{"id":305386,"date":"2026-02-27T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/?post_type=m-matsuomto-campus&p=305386"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:38:09","slug":"milky-way-wrapping-up-our-unit-of-inquiry-feb-24th-27th","status":"publish","type":"m-matsuomto-campus","link":"https:\/\/isnedu.org\/en\/m-matsuomto-campus\/milky-way-wrapping-up-our-unit-of-inquiry-feb-24th-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Milky Way: Wrapping Up Our Unit of Inquiry (Feb 24th-27th)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Hi everyone! Welcome to Milky Way\u2019s last blog of February. As we slowly wrap up our inquiry into WHO WE ARE and growth, this week we focused on exploring the skills people develop as they grow and learn and experience different things. The students watched a video showing different skills demonstrated by children aged 4 to 6. We then discussed what they noticed, how the children may have developed those skills, and who might have helped them improve and refine them. Some of the comments made during this discussion were, “-maybe she practiced a lot at home with her mom and dad. That\u2019s how she got so good at tying her shoes!-I think his teacher helped him learn how to read.-He can ride a bike because he kept trying, even when he fell down. Maybe someone was holding the bike at first to help him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this week’s reading lesson, we read the RAZ book “Ant and Grasshopper.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This connected with our phonics review lessons. We reviewed the “gr”<\/strong> blend and were introduced to the “gl”<\/strong> blend so that students could learn how to pronounce them properly, as differentiating between the “r”<\/strong> and “l”<\/strong> sounds can be relatively difficult for native Japanese speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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