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So, at the moment, I've only taught one week. During that week, due to a number reasons, I've only taught four identical lessons. As a result, I don't have much to offer the group. This is what I did for my only lesson so far:

Command Game: I told them that I'd heard that they were very good at Japanese, but that I wanted to test them. I told them that because I am the teacher, I am the boss of everything, and they have to do what I say. I then barked commands like, たってください、座ってください、まわってください、手をたたいてください、and finished up with 静かにしてください to calm them down. Turning while sitting down is always a winner.

Self Introduction

Revision of words: They'd studied most of the insects before, so I didn't have to introduce many new words. I had pictures insects on the board, and a pointer to point at them with. To make the revision a bit fun, I would make students yell out the word when I pointed to an insect. I would do this as I revised each word, moving from insect to insect and back again, doing it quickly, using silly voices, low voices, high voices, quiet voices, slow motion voices, etc. That keeps the simple repeating of words from getting too boring.

Insect Hunt: I told students that we would be going outside to become explorers. Their goal would be to find insects. Each group was to have a reporter, a recorder/artist, and a team leader. Their task was to find insects, draw them, then later make a report in Japanese about what insects, and how many, they found.

Here's one extra tidbit: My mentor has an interactive whiteboard in the class and uses it a lot. She often starts her classes with warmups using simple clips of Algorithm Taisou (アルゴリズム体操) and Framy (フレーミー), which she'd found on youtube in the past. The kids love singing along to them, and it's a fun way to start a class. Most of the clips she uses aren't on youtube anymore, but if you're interested, I can send them your way.