On Friday, the students at Highlander got to learn about Japan and the 2011 tsunami. Students were able to look at pictures from the aftermath of the tsunami and learned how to count to three in Japanese. Students were given the opportunity to reflect in their homeroom on what they can do to spread the news about what is going on in Japan, and help with the clean up after the disaster, which is still going on a year after. Students created peace cranes to donate to Japan to help with tsunami relief.
In the students’ homerooms they continued to learn about Japan through making peace cranes, eating noodles and sushi with chopsticks, making fans, painting their own paper with watercolor and then turning the paper into an origami balloon. Students also watched Japanese anime including “Spirited Away” and “Princess Mononoke.” Students tried some traditional Japanese food like miso soup, sushi and edamame.
The fifth grade really enjoyed the visuals of the movie, “Princess Mononoke” and munching on edamame that they called “crunchy pods.”
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