tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29938909979208939502024-02-07T17:12:22.521-08:00Ms. McGraw visits JapanMs. McGraw is going on a mathematical adventure in Japan to see how the culture, arts, crafts, and education system influence math learning.Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-55047156639789631242018-07-04T09:59:00.000-07:002018-07-04T09:59:04.604-07:00More travels through Tokyo<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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He also had done his research about “mathy” sights to see
and so we went off on a hunt for a collection of mathematical “ema”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br />
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shrines to record your wishes and prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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or the problems they were working on were put on ema tablets and hung at the
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the shrine grounds but did not find a collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did, however, get a book of some of the
problems that had been put on those ema.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And we saw the largest Taiko drum that I have ever seen. The shoulder of the person in the picture gives you some context for the actual size!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I did get a chance to go through this ring again (as I did in Hiroshima) to ensure my good luck for the next 6 months. I'll try to share it with all my Lawrence family!<br />
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of Tokyo and stopped at Starbucks for the Matcha Frappucino that Mrs. Kida had
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All sidewalks and train stations have these braille walkways. Lines for go and dots for stop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Japanese love baseball and a growth mindset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cashier at the department store made sure to carefully choose the right sized gift bag for each of my gifts!</td></tr>
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Thank you so much to Mrs. Tanigawa for organizing the reunion this year. It was wonderful to see so many families who shared the experience of having been part of the Lawrence community. Some students had been at Lawrence very recently, and some had not been there for a very long time. However, we all have Lawrence Loyalty!! <br />
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Students and families loved looking through the yearbook (Thank you Ms. Moriarty!). <br />
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Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-25429893046515138502018-07-04T08:54:00.001-07:002018-07-04T08:54:59.479-07:00Mihara Elementary School<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-3HbQJU1R7DiDtlDtz6MV9EVZCcCHHtq124DDOddVg3g4MnRSwvFF1LPyajcqPDeC3-mmWKRRrYjTqnCVwk1grUgNq7ux014AGIougk5qLAoa5TIU-0dVMuDVwFEYn1xNHzJo_BTAbO2/s1600/IMG-8546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-3HbQJU1R7DiDtlDtz6MV9EVZCcCHHtq124DDOddVg3g4MnRSwvFF1LPyajcqPDeC3-mmWKRRrYjTqnCVwk1grUgNq7ux014AGIougk5qLAoa5TIU-0dVMuDVwFEYn1xNHzJo_BTAbO2/s320/IMG-8546.JPG" width="320" /></a>Mrs. Ohguchi was able to arrange a visit for me to the Mihara Elementary School because her father was a teacher and a vice principal there for many years and now sometimes works there teaching the math teachers. The school is affiliated with Hiroshima University which means that they serve as a lab school for researchers at the university and as a training school for students doing teacher training. The school is grades 1 - 6 with a separate Kindergarten on the campus as well. Students take an entrance exam to get in, but it's a secret as to what is on that exam.<br />
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Everyone there was very friendly and welcoming. They even put signs up to welcome me to their school!<br />
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Toshi and I were definitely curiosities; he because he spoke English and they couldn't tell if he was Japanese or American, and I because there were no other non-Asian people at the school and certainly none with white hair. But we certainly felt like celebrities as students peeked around corners, gathered around us, and asked many questions. They had mastered phrases like, "See you!", "Hello", "Nice to meet you", and even "High Five!"<br />
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I felt very fortunate to be able to visit many classes, have lunch with students, and have both a question and answer time with students and with teachers. The teachers made sure that we had breaks and served us green tea in the morning, black tea at break time, and then coffee in the afternoon. Such hospitality!<br />
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The first lesson we watched was a music class for second grade students. The students were standing up, singing when we arrived and reading the words from a chart in the front of the room. Then they sang B-I-N-G-O which sounded awfully familiar.<br />
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Then they all sat on the floor while the teacher introduced the goal of the lesson which was to follow hand signals to sing different notes or tones. <br />
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They watched the DoReMi scene from The Sound of Music (I've never heard Julie Andrews sing in Japanese before!) and then did a series of activities following the ups and downs of the scale. The teacher even showed a graph of how the notes go up and down during the song! The lesson was very fun, interactive, and carefully planned out to connect one activity with the next. They went from warm up song, through the focused work toward the objective, and ended with a workbook page related to the lesson and a "guess my note" wrap up. A student stood up at the end and restated the goal of the lesson. Masterfully done, and catchy too... Do a deer, a female deer, Re a drop of golden sun.....<br />
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Students were asked to solve the problem in many ways and shared with each other on the board, by doing a gallery walk of their notebook work, by turning and talking, and by sharing their notebooks with a friend. Much of it was very familiar with some interesting takeaways for me. I loved the way the entire flow of the lesson could be seen on the board by the end, the way the students reviewed and restated their learning for each other, and how clearly they showed their work. I said to Toshi, "This is why I always ask you to show your work clearly. I can follow their thinking perfectly even though I don't speak any Japanese!" <br />
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The next class that we visited was a fifth grade math class. They were working on multiplying with decimals through a ratio context. The problem was about how much water it takes to care for a particular area of garden given a consistent ratio of garden to water. This class had a similar structure in which students copied the question, read it, restated it in their own words and offered suggestions for how to go about solving it. They also did independent work and shared strategies on the board.<div>
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Next we observed an art class. I did not realize until later that it was taught by the classroom teacher for that group. They were in the middle of a seven session project in which they could build anything they wanted out of cardboard. Students used the cardboard in many different ways to create something. I was impressed with the way the students used saws, knives, hot glue guns, and regular glue and with the diversity of projects that they created. Each student had a smock on and helped with clean up at the end. Very creative, efficient and productive.</div>
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Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-5179602819662534732018-07-03T21:48:00.004-07:002018-07-03T21:48:59.845-07:00Soroban (Abacus) School <span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">Mrs. Hara met me near the Soroban School that SET-J had
researched for me.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">This is an
afterschool enrichment school.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">What
struck me first off was the mix of ages and how little some of the students
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<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">I found out later that the
youngest student is 3 years old and that many of the students there that day
were 5 and 6.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">The oldest was 10 years
old.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">Students stay from one to three
hours at Soroban school and come multiple days a week.</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">They also came in with homework that they had
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They correct their own answers and move on to
the next assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They work on
addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and even square
roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these have varying lengths
of numbers and a mix of decimals and whole numbers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With each new “level” of complexity, students
move through using the beads on the abacus, to imagining the abacus in their
minds and moving their fingers, to moving their eyes as they imagine the
abacus, to doing the full solution in their mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to problems given on paper,
students also work on a computer to practice different speeds and complexity of
numbers to add or subtract.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teacher
told me that the world record is to add 15 3-digit numbers in 1.6 seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He showed me what that looked like on the
computer and I found I could not even keep track of what number I was seeing at
that speed, without even trying to add them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wow!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The soroban (or abacus) uses 4 ones and one 5 in each place
value column to represent any number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The length of the number depends on how many columns you have on your
particular abacus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beads that are
pushed toward the bar are counted and the others are not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tool would fit right in with the ten
frames and rekenreks that students learn to use at Lawrence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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column in order to combine what you had with the new number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This often requires regrouping (or changes in
more than one column at a time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example if adding 8 to 14 one might add 1 ten then take away 2 ones because
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The teacher also showed me how you can use the abacus to
keep track of multiplication and division.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both require that students have memorized their multiplication facts up
to 9 x 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take me a lot of
practice to understand better and be able to calculate with the abacus.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The teacher is so proud of his work and his school that he
gave me a copy of the book of number sequences that he published.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he says, everything is in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To hear him read the series of numbers for
his students to calculate sounds like religious chanting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the students have the answer before he
even finishes chanting the last number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</style>Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-42923648803511435162018-07-03T21:30:00.001-07:002018-07-03T21:30:17.953-07:00Tokyo SightseeingMrs. Kida was a gracious host and did a wonderful job fitting in many different sites around the enormous city of Tokyo. I met her in Shinagawa station near my hotel. This is one of the largest stations in Tokyo and it is full of so many people. Luckily, I had met Mrs. Kida before and she was wearing a beautiful kimono so we were able to find each other.<br />
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It was amazing to watch Mr. Kobayashi's hands work as he spoke. <br />
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During the demonstration I learned that Mr. Kobayashi has been all over the world teaching about origami. He showed us a photo of the dining table decorations he made for an important international summit. He also wrote all of the origami books in the store. Quite the celebrity. I wondered if he was related to the Lawrence School Kobayashi family as they are pretty special too.<br />
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Beside the busy tourist area we entered a lovely quiet traditional
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things that I have never eaten before, like a whole river fish and
sashimi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The octopus was quite good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t care for the squid very much but the
tuna was delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuna in Japanese is
Maguro (which is the closest sound you can make to McGraw in Japanese).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students in Mihara Elementary School even
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In the afternoon we visited the Taiko Kaiken to see drums from Japan as well as all over the world..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The huge taiko drum made such a deep sound that the other drums in the room made noise when it was beaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The learning we did with Genki Spark at Lawrence made me think that the rhythms and dances of taiko drumming are very mathematical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did not see a demonstration there, so I’ll just have to go see Mrs. Wang, Ms. Hsu and the other members of Genki Spark again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br />Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-71059929303907605102018-06-30T17:25:00.002-07:002018-06-30T17:25:15.970-07:00Hiroshima Castle and Shukkein Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgsCXyHnCYXmy00i_8mb4rnfShuGKPoc6ERKSn3cQSYfGdIGY3aL1QgzKiAhxQyhyphenhyphen7AeM3n3hB_BgmVj4LRQPAO5EeThgjynfgX9TiGVbV63y7lOqgS_bCpn5nFpwzvTbiQpnive80cgi/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgsCXyHnCYXmy00i_8mb4rnfShuGKPoc6ERKSn3cQSYfGdIGY3aL1QgzKiAhxQyhyphenhyphen7AeM3n3hB_BgmVj4LRQPAO5EeThgjynfgX9TiGVbV63y7lOqgS_bCpn5nFpwzvTbiQpnive80cgi/s320/20.jpg" width="240" /></a>From the modern history of wartime and nuclear weapons, we sought refuge in the ancient Hiroshima castle and the Shukkein gardens. <br />
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It is amazing to me how an ancient castle can be surrounded by such a bustling city and such modern city buildings. The juxtaposition of old and new is striking but is quite a usual occurrence in Japan. <br />
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Here is the Taiko (drum) that was used in the tower to alert the community. (This one's for you Ms. Wang and Ms. Hsu)<br />
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We climbed up many stories inside the main castle building which is now a museum filled with the history of the Samurai. <br />
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We each took a turn dressing as a Samurai.<br />
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The view from the top was amazing. <br />
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The Shukkein Gardens are gardens are a beautiful quiet refuge in the middle of the city. While we were there, there was a photo shoot going on with a couple in their wedding kimono. Maybe Ms. Gannon should have arranged for this as well as part of her honeymoon trip. <br />
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After a lovely walk all around the different landscapes, we were ready for some refreshment. I chose Matcha cheesecake that was sooooo delicious. Mrs. Ohguchi had traditional tea and sweets (bean paste) and Toshi chose blue shaved ice with fruit and ice cream! Good stuff.<br />
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Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-85869034342794267362018-06-27T07:23:00.001-07:002018-06-30T16:47:16.836-07:00Hiroshima Peace MemorialThis was a most wonderful day. I was so touched by the passion and dedication of all of the people I met. I learned so much about the experiences of the people of Hiroshima and how the effects of the Atomic Bomb are still felt today.<br />
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Toshi and Mrs. Ohguchi came to meet me at my hotel to travel to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. It was so nice to see old friends and to have them as companions for this intense experience.<br />
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This photo shows a pagoda from the cemetery that was shaken so hard by the blast that the pieces fell in different directions and the base lifted off of the ground. Can you see how it goes back together?<br />
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This photo shows the "A bomb dome" which was once an ornate exhibition center and government building. The copper covering was melted off of the dome but the structure remained. Think about that for your third grade structures projects!<br />
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Toshi and I watched a video which gave us a lot of detail about the damage done by the bomb and how people are working to help preserve the memory of that event so that we will never have to repeat it. The video showed a lot of difficult images of the people who were killed and injured by the blast and the fire. It was hard to watch, but Toshi and I got through it. Here is Toshi ringing the peace bell so that we may never forget.<br />
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After walking through the museum exhibits, we had the opportunity to meet and hear from Mrs. Yoshiko Kajimoto, an 87 year old woman who was convinced by her granddaughter 10 years ago to start telling her story. In a large lecture hall, Toshi and I had a private audience with her as Mrs. Takami translated. It was very moving. <br />
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At the time of the bombing, she was a high school student who was sent to work in a propeller factory because it was war time and they needed all the workers they could get. She told us both about the immediate impact of the bombing on her, as she was trapped under the machinery in the factory on top of her friend, and how they got out and traveled through the destroyed city for days until she found her father. <br />
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She also told us of the later effects including the early death of her parents from radiation which caused her to raise her three younger brothers alone, and how she continues to worry about the effects of the radiation on her children, grand children and great grand children. She spoke about the anger she had toward America and the Japanese government for so many years and how when she began telling her story she decided to let go of the anger so that she could move ahead in her life. She is an amazingly strong woman full of passion, grace and generosity and she is so dedicated to the mission of telling her story so that everyone will know the effects of nuclear weapons and resolve to abolish them.<br />
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At the Sadako memorial, there are so many cranes being offered that they have built shelters to hold them. They clean out one each day and make space for new cranes to come. You can see the artwork that people make with the cranes that they offer.<br />
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<br />Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-82339368125569099102018-06-27T07:23:00.000-07:002018-06-28T02:03:11.662-07:00Kyoto Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mr. and Mrs. Oki (grandparents of Aika Oki who is going into fifth grade) were wonderful hosts on my second day in Kyoto! Mr. Oki prepared his own guidebook for me and played English travel information for me as we rode in the car. There is so much to notice in Kyoto, I was not able to see it all (but we tried!).<br />
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We began our driving tour by driving past many sights such as the Kyoto Tower (built 131 meters tall to represent the 1.31 million people that were in Kyoto at the time) and the Imperial Palace. Our first stop for photos was at the Higashi Hongan-ji temple with a room 927 mats large.</div>
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Mr. Oki explained that many ancient buildings were measured in tatami mats which are always 90cm by 180cm. </div>
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Next we went to Kinkakuji (Golden Pavillion) which is actually covered in gold leaf. It is so beautiful from many angles, especially because of the water that surrounds it.<br />
It was a palace for a Shogun that was later given to be a Zen Buddhist temple. Each of the three layers of the building have a different architectural style and a different purpose. We were not able to go in.<br />
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Our next stop was Ryoanji Temple. Here there is a famous rock garden which has 15 stones which are arranged in such a way that from any viewpoint, only 14 can be seen. It is an ancient mystery.<br />
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The green gardens at Ryoanji are also beautiful. In the middle of them there is a restaurant where we met Mrs. Oki for a magnificent traditional Buddhist vegetarian lunch.<br />
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We ate seated on pillows on the tatami mats of the beautiful room with screens that opened to the gardens.<br />
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In the center of the table was a special boiled tofu that we added to soup. On our trays were other excellent dishes including shaved cabbage with peanut sauce, sesame tofu, pickled vegetables and the stems of wild plums. Everything was delicious.<br />
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After a luxurious meal we were ready to tour Nijo-jo Castle. This castle was built as a palace for the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the early 1600s. It is a grand palace with different sized tatami rooms with beautifully painted screens. Here I learned that when visitors came to have an audience with the Shogun, most sat in the low level and only the very important people and the Shogun sat on the high level.<br />
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This was the last stop on our driving tour. Then Mr. and Mrs. Oki brought me back to the train station to take the Shinkansen to Hiroshima. What wonderful hosts they were! And what a beautiful city full of both ancient treasures and modern wonders.<br />
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Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-51760919357652780462018-06-26T05:48:00.000-07:002018-06-26T05:48:27.570-07:00Kyoto Day 1I had very wonderful companions for my first day of sightseeing and learning about Japanese traditions. I was met my Mrs. Nakamura at my hotel. We realized that I taught her son, Taka, when he was in Ms. Wang's class. He is in the same class as the students who graduated Brookline High School this year. Time flies!<br />
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We then walked up the mountain path through many arches. We did not go too high up the mountain as we had other places to get to. <br />
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As we left the shrine, we passed many little shops and street vendors. We saw foods I had never seen, like octopus with peanuts, and foods I had seen, like mochi. I also saw these Daruma dolls that reminded me of the ones that second graders at Lawrence make when they are studying Japan. <br />
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We then took the train to a tea house called Chikusei. There we met Mr. Sasaki, a young man who went to Heath School for a number of years. We also met Mrs. Tsukada, mother of Mana and Kaho who were in 1C and 3W two years ago. There we learned about the traditional tea ceremony. Mrs. Tsukada did a great job translating so that I could understand all the wisdom the tea master was sharing about the Japanese traditions and how they play out in Japanese culture now, including the patience and strength of character he had seen in the Japanese soccer team that night when they tied with Senegal. <br />
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From there we went to a beautiful restaurant for a fancy multi-course meal. We had difficulty finding the place, but in the end that was the charm of it. It was a quiet retreat in the otherwise busy city or suburban streets. (Below is a picture looking in to the entrance of the restaurant, and out toward the neighborhood.)<br />
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There I learned that there is a specific seating order at a formal dinner depending on how important the guests are. <br />
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I was the important guest but I chose the least important seat by mistake. I moved to the seat of honor closest to the wall and the window. Many courses of food were brought to us, each one beautifully presented and delicious as well. It was a very special meal. My favorite dish was the tofu salad (left); beautifully light with a perfect combination of textures.<br />
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Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-612790794362347482018-06-25T07:37:00.001-07:002018-06-26T04:00:54.397-07:00Traveling to Kyoto and Doshisha Junior High SchoolSunday afternoon, I took the train from Fukui to Kyoto. I got to see the new Shinkansen station in Fukui, which is being built for the 2020 Olympics. It was opened for the first time that day, but the Shinkansen was not running. I took the Thunderbird instead.<br />
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The landscape between Fukui and Kyoto was beautiful with mountains, the largest lake in Japan (Lake Biwa), many many rice paddies and small houses. I realized that all the Japanese movies I have seen gave me the misconception that rice paddies were always out in the country. However, I saw many that looked like they were in people's suburban back yards. It is good to have your misconceptions disrupted by real experience.<br />
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I rode on the train with Mr. Nakamata who is a Vice Principal at Doshisha Junior High School. He told me all about his school and then offered to give me a tour when we arrived in Kyoto, even though it was Sunday night and the school was empty. I had a chance to see the many exhibits they have in their hallways to display their learning materials and their student projects. I found makerspaces that Lawrence can only dream of and a whole Math Museum which really got me thinking.<br />
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Math League students might recognize this magic trick that we did this year, which was displayed in the math museum.<br />
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Here are some other displays I saw.<br />
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<br />Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-34097811644209080552018-06-25T07:07:00.000-07:002018-06-26T04:02:38.746-07:00Fukui Roundtable Day 2Sunday, I spent the morning sharing teacher practice at the Fukui Roundtable and the afternoon traveling to Kyoto.<br />
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From the breakfast room at my hotel I was able to watch school students (in uniforms, this time on a Sunday!) retrieving their bicycles from a big bicycle garage.<br />
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Then I took the train to Fukui University for our roundtable discussion. I presented about work the fifth grade teachers and I have done around building a growth mindset in math class for students. <br />
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Kohei, who is a university student in Japan, presented about what his teacher training has looked like as he prepares to get licensed as a teacher. <br />
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Then Yudi, who is a Chemistry teacher in Bhutan, presented about the differences between the education system and culture in Bhutan and in Japan and told us about what he has learned in Japan that he would like to put in place in his school in Bhutan. <br />
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Pauline, an education researcher in Japan who is originally from the Philippines, gave us all some background about how math is usually taught in Japan and about some of the educational practices that are being used in Fukui that inspired Yudi.<br />
Radi, an English teacher from Cambodia gave us all good feedback on our presentations and helped us to understand what teaching looks like in Cambodia as well. It was a very interesting group from all over Asia (and the United States).<br />
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I am in Fukui which is a small quiet city. <br />
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I then followed the music and found that the whole town had come for what looked like a melon festival. The melons are ripe at this time of year and everyone had come to enjoy them. The line for free samples went all around the square. The fresh melon, melon drinks, melon ice cream, and melon pastries looked delicious. Inside a shop near the square I got to taste watermelon, both pink and white. It was very refreshing.<br />
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Later in the morning, I met a professor from Fukui University who is originally from the Philippines, a member of the Ministry of Education in Malawi, and a Japanese/English translator from Nagoya, Japan. All together we took the train to the University for the beginning of the teachers' conference. <br />
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After they gave me my lunch box of Onigiri (rice triangles wrapped in seaweed with salmon and sour plum), vegetables and a juice box of green tea, we began the conference. I was able to wear a hearing device so that I could hear the translator's voice telling me what was being said in English while people spoke Japanese. I'm sure many of the Lawrence students wish for that when they arrive. That is why they are so happy to have Yuki and Mr. Nagano in their classrooms. <br />
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I listened to a few groups of students give presentations about the projects they have been doing at school. One group of 7th and 8th grade students had been researching different professions and how they have changed over the years. I learned that here in Fukui the coffee shops are not doing very well now that more people have access to the internet in different places. <br />
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A few groups of 5th grade students presented about planning a trip to Kanazawa. They planned their whole trip there from the bus times to the museum tickets and then actually got the chance to go! While there, they interviewed local people and tourists about what they knew about Fukui. They were comparing and contrasting the tourist sites of Kanazawa with what is available in Fukui and planning for how they can attract more tourists to Fukui. <br />
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The presenters did a great job showing their work to teachers from all over the country and the world. You can see that they all wore their school uniforms, even on a Saturday!<br />
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For the rest of the conference today, I listened to educators talking about inquiry learning and how to support teachers and students in fostering inquiry learning in the classroom. Many of the themes and goals seemed very familiar to ways that we teach at Lawrence school. Besides Malawi and Japan, I learned about teaching in Bhutan, Myanmar, and Cambodia. There is certainly more that unites us, as teachers, than divides us.Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-53855714045205337592018-06-16T20:48:00.002-07:002018-06-16T20:50:17.199-07:00Wait, What? Strange Calculations for Travelling to JapanI am looking at my flight itinerary for my trip to Japan and the numbers are very strange.<br />
Take a look and see what you think.<br />
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Flight #1<br />
Departure: 21 June 8:40 am: Boston<br />
Arrival: 21 June 10:31 am: Toronto<br />
Duration: 1:51<br />
Distance: 444.28 miles<br />
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Flight #2<br />
Departure: 21 June 1:40 pm: Toronto<br />
Arrival: 22 June 3:35 pm: Tokyo<br />
Duration: 12:55<br />
Distance: 6426.22 miles<br />
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Flight #3<br />
Departure: 22 June 7:55 pm: Tokyo<br />
Arrival: 22 June 8:55 pm: Komatsu<br />
Duration: 1:00<br />
Distance: 195.73 miles<br />
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How many hours did I spend on all 3 flights together?<br />
How long was the whole trip from start to finish? How do you know?<br />
I leave at 8:40 am on Thursday and arrive at 8:55 pm on Friday. How does that make sense?<br />
How many miles will I fly on my way to Komatsu?<br />
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Now take a look at my flight itinerary on the way back. This time I leave at 5:40 pm on July 1st and arrive in Toronto at 4:45 pm on the same day. How can this be? Am I a time traveler????<br />
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Flight #1<br />
Departure: 01 July 5:40 pm: Tokyo<br />
Arrival: 01 July 4:45 pm: Toronto<br />
Duration: 12:05<br />
Distance: 6426.22 miles<br />
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Flight #2<br />
Departure: 01 July 8:55pm: Toronto<br />
Arrival: 01 July 10:27pm: Boston<br />
Duration: 1:32<br />
Distance: 444.28 miles<br />
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How many hours did I spend on the 2 flights together?<br />
How long was the whole trip from start to finish? How do you know?<br />
How many miles will I fly on my way from Tokyo to Boston?<br />
What did you need to know about time around the world to understand my crazy itinerary?<br />
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Feel free to leave me a comment to let me know what you found out ; )<br />
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It is amazing how many yoyos the students can make in such a short time.<br />
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It is also amazing how quickly the parents can clean up and put Akiko's classroom back together before school starts.Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-22705086683165540832018-06-12T18:57:00.002-07:002018-06-12T18:57:31.185-07:00Children's Day<div style="text-align: right;">
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And once again Mr. Nagano hung the enormous carp outside of the school. What a fun sight for children to see when they enter the school!Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242907079269574402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993890997920893950.post-87836202021081097182018-03-06T15:13:00.000-08:002018-03-06T15:13:32.000-08:00Folding Cranes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January was full of folding adventures! Thank you so much to all the SET-J parents who came to explain to students about the memorial in Hiroshima and why we bring 1000 paper cranes to Japan on behalf of Lawrence School. They did an amazing job of creating the presentation, speaking to students, providing origami paper and giving instruction on how to fold paper cranes. Check out all the steps shown on this poster!</span><br />
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We folded cranes in Jessica's classroom with KG and 3L students, in Ms. Russell's classroom with 2R and 2SC students, in Ms. Gannon's classroom with 2G and 2GR students, with 4W students (seen below) and with Math League members. So many students got involved and generously shared their crafts. <br />
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