Jessica

media type="custom" key="3993151"Hi! My name is Jessica and I am so excited to be with all of you this week. I have been teaching Japanese for 17 years. For the past 15 years, I have been teaching in a PreK-5 Japanese FLES Program in Waterbury, Connecticut. I now teach grades 3-5 and PreKindergarten (4-year olds). In the summer, I teach the K-8 World Languages: Methods, Materials, and Curriculum Development Summer Institute for the Connecticut Department of Education and Southern Connecticut State University. I have worked on the Japanese National Standards, the Connecticut World Languages Framework, and many local curriculum projects in Connecticut. I enjoy presenting at workshops on topics such as the standards, advocacy, small group instruction (centers), and use of the target language in the classroom. I love working with other teachers to talk about lessons and curriculum!

[|Maloney Magnet School Japanese Program (my school)]

[|Connecticut K-8 World Languages Summer Institute] Here is the "Going to Japan" Rap that I used in the demonstration class. media type="custom" key="3998147"

media type="youtube" key="bsrBQ6AGo_g" height="364" width="445" That video always makes me laugh! I like to show it to teachers in my methods institute at the end of the first day!

media type="youtube" key="xJ_5ijDX8gM" height="364" width="445"I like to use this video in my world language methods class as a break for everyone on one of the afternoons when they are tired. I find it so soothing!!!

media type="youtube" key="dWUuhL-MbRA" height="364" width="445" That is the video we will use in class tomorrow. It is a commercial for a Japanese randoseru company.