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Online Games to Review Key Vocabulary​


Plastic's Journey

Key Language
Nature Kanji; 山, 木, 田んぼ, 土, 花,海
Kanji numbers up to 20
Sustainability (soft plastics reaching the ocean)
Match the kanji word to the correct picture.
Match the kanji to the correct hiragana word in this Game Show Quiz.
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Match the hiragana word to the correct meaning
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Learn the Kanji with Audio and Pictures.
Test your Kanji knowledge with a Learning Game

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Find the matching hiragana word for the kanji before being eaten!
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Learn the Hiragana to match the Kanji with Audio
Match the hiragana and the Kanji

Match the hiragana/romaji word to the correct kanji and picture.
Match the kanji to the correct hiragana and romaji word.
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Greeting My Animal Friends Activities

Key Language
Australian animals 
Daily basic greetings; おはよう, こんにちは, また ね, こんばんは, おやすみなさい, さようなら, もしもし
Key Grammar;__       です。
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Learn the Greetings with these flashcards
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Learn these Hiragana greetings with Audio


I Am Handsome

Key Language:
Body parts; あたま, め, みみ,くち, はな,しっぽ, あし, て
かっこいいでしょう、はずかしい
Kanji used incidentally to show different representations of words in Japanese (not expected learning outcome at this level but can be an extension opportunity)
Match the picture to the correct hiragana word.
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Flashcards: Learn to match the Kanji (and Audio) to the correct meaning.
Match the Kanji to the Meaning
Match the romaji/ hiragana word to the correct picture.
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​Is it kanji, hiragana or romaji?
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Flashcards: Learn Hiragana and Audio to Kanji
Match the Hiragana and Kanji (Audio option)

Ocean, Ocean, How Are You?

Key Language:
Sustainability and the ocean
Students imagine how the ocean might ‘feel’ in different circumstances
Feelings; しあわせ です, かなしい です, おこって います, さむい です, あつい です, びょうき です, ねむい です, おなか が, すいて います
Key Expression; おげんき です か, はい、げんき です
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Learn the Japanese Feelings with these flashcards
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Match the hiragana sentences to the correct meaning

A Fruit Crime Story

Key Language:
Colours; みどり, あか(い), オレンジ, きいろ
Fruit; くだもの, ぶどう, キウィ,すいか, ようなし, いちご, りんご, トマト, オレンジ, みかん, レモン, バナナ
Key Expressions; いいえ ちがいます, じゃあ, だいじょうぶ です, ありがとうございます, さようなら, へえ?, そう です か?, よかった です, はい
A Fruit Crime Story: Match the fruit to the correct colour
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A Fruit Crime Story: Hiragana, Katakana and romaji Fruit Flashcards

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A Fruit Crime Story Flashcards: Hiragana and Katakana
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A Fruit Crime Story: Put the fruit into the correct category
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Dog Training Trouble

Key Language:
Students learn/ consolidate classroom commands by following the story of some unruly dogs in a dog training school.
Classroom Commands; みて ください, すわって ください, きて ください, やめて ください, きいて ください, はなして ください, もどって きて ください

Matching hiragana instructions to pictures
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Game Show: Matching hiragana instructions to pictures
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Matching hiragana instructions to pictures
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Matching romaji instructions to pictures
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A Dangerous Meeting

Key Language:
Cyber safety focus: learn who is and isn’t a friend on social media
Grammar: ___の (ownership)
___も (too/also)
Key Expressions: なんさい、どこにすんでる (exposure to these key questions- students are not expected to produce or study the informal verbs at this level). 
ほんとうに、ありがとう、ぐうぜん、すごい、だめかな、だいじょうぶ、あぶない
Match the romaji/ hiragana word to the English meaning.
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Match the hiragana word to the English meaning.
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Fox's Dream Day

Key Language:
Family members; おじいさん, おばあさん, ともだち, おにいさん, わたし, おとうさん
Verbs; おきます, みます, たべます, よみます, あいます, もらいます, します, ききま, かちます, ねます
Time: ごぜん, ごご, よる, あした
__時 に
__時半 に
__を します
Adjectives and adverbs; おもしろい, おいしい, たくさん
Put the hiragana characters into the correct order.
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Find the matching hiragana/romaji word for the meaning.
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Match the hiragana sentences to the matching English meaning.
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Find the matching hiragana word for the meaning.
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Daruma Otoshi Loses His Stomach

Key Language:
Cultural Focus: Teaches how to play Daruma Otoshi
Language for playing games; いい です よ, がんばって ください, よく できました, だいじょうぶ, あぶない, できます か, よかった です, おうえん して います, こわい,やった ね, じゃ
Conjunctions; さいしょ, つぎ, でも, さいご
Colours; あお, ちゃいろ, あか, きいろ, みどり
Brain Tease: Match the colour of the picture (NOT the box) to the hiragana word.
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Reorder the hiragana to match the romaji sound
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Conjunction practice: Match the hiragana to the meaning
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Match the hiragana/romaji word to the correct colour picture.
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Match the hiragana word to the meaning
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Conjunction Practice: Match the hiragana and romaji to the meaning
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Babysitter's Unlucky Day

Key Language: 
Verbs; しましょう,しません, よみます, よみましょう, よみません, みましょう, みません, あそびましょう, あそびません
Grammar; 
___を します
___ましょう
 ___ません
___が すき じゃない です。
___が きらい です。
Expressions; いってきます, いってらっしゃい
Match the hiragana object with the meaning
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Sort the verbs into their correct groups by noticing the ending 
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Find the matching hiragana/romaji word
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Game Show: Which group does this verb belong to?
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Printable Student Progress Sheet and Bookmarks

Teachers can print off this sheet so that students are able to check off books that they have read. Students can read the books in the order or can choose to read any book that appeals to them, with as much (or as little) support as suits your class.
Here are a variety of bookmarks designed to be printed off as bookmarks or easy reference tools for students to keep in their pencil cases. When you purchase books, you will receive one free professionally printed and laminated bookmark per book.
series_1_reading_progress_sheet_with_kanji_levels.pdf
File Size: 352 kb
File Type: pdf
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reading_tool_bookmark.pdf
File Size: 1685 kb
File Type: pdf
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