Foreign Language Can-Do Statements

Language: Japanese
Level: I
Semester: 1 & 2
Unit Theme: Hiragana Lesson

Interpretive
Listening
Reading
I can
I can read
recognize
about furigana,
Japanese
punctuation,
alphabets.
word spaces
and horizontal
I can
and vertical
recognize
writing
classroom
commands.

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can ask someone their name,
age.
I can say what the weather is
like.
I can ask to borrow classroom
supplies

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can count to
I can write the
ten.
entire
hiragana table
I can sing a
hiragana rap
I can use
song.
hiragana to
write known
vocabulary
words

Unit Theme: Hajimemashite [Making introductions]

Interpretive
Listening
Reading
I can
I can read Kanji
understand
for numbers 1 phone
100.
numbers.

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can give my name
I can say where I live.
I can ask someone phone
numbers.

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can say
I can write
greeting words.
simple
sentencesI can introduce
what is your
myself.
phone
number?
I can write
Kanji for
numbers 1 100.

Unit Theme: Watashi no kazoku [Talking about my family]

Interpretive
Listening
Reading
I can understand
I can read some
when someone
kanji relating to
counts to 200
family
I can understand
I can read an
when speakers
assigned
use people and
paragraph about
family words.
Japanese bands in
Japanese

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can say how many
people are in my family.
I can introduce
members of my family.
I can say what I like and
dislike.

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can introduce I can write
my family.
Kanji-mother,
father and etc.
I can count the
I can write a
people.
short
paragraph
about my
family.

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Unit Theme: Ohayou! [Describing your morning routine]

Interpretive
Listening

I can
understand
when some
one gives
the time.
I can
recognize
the days of
the week.

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person

Reading

I can read
Kanji-the days
of the week.
I can read time.
I can read an
assigned
paragraph
about
Japanese
school uniforms

I can say what time I get up.

I can say what I have for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Presentational
Speaking
Writing

I can talk about

my routine.

I can write
about my
morning
routine and tell
what time I do
certain things.
I can write
Kanji-time and
days of the
week.

Unit Theme: Gakkou ni ikimasu [Going to school]

Interpretive
Listening
Reading
I can read an
I can
assigned
recognize
paragraph
Japanese
about
transportatio
Japanese bullet
n words.
trains
I can
understand
someone
explain how
they get to
school: the
mode of
transport, the
time they
leave, and
who they go
with..

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can talk with someone about
how I get to school: the mode of
transport, the time I leave, and
who I go with

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can write a
I can give a
short
short speech
paragraph
about how I get
about how I
to school: the
get to school:
mode of
the mode of
transport, the
transport, the
time I leave,
time I leave,
and who I go
and who I go
with
with
I can write
Kanji-school
and go.

Unit Theme: Gakkou [Talking about school subjects and teachers]

Interpretive
Listening
I can understand

when someone talks

about different school
subjects.
I can understand
students explain what
classes they do well
and poorly

Reading
I can read an
assigned
paragraph about
Japanese bands

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can talk with a
friend about what
classes we do well
and poorly in

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can talk about I can write
my school
about my
schedule..
timetable.
I can talk about I can write
what school
school
subjects I am
subjects in
taking.
Kanji.

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Unit Theme: Shuugaku ryokou [Narrating events in the past]

Interpretive
Listening
Reading
I can read an
I can
assigned story
understand
about a school
the words
trip in
about
Japanese
months and
the dates of
the months.
I can
understand
about friends
birthday.

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person
I can ask and answer simple
questions about past events
I can ask about the date of a
friends birthday.

Presentational
Speaking
Writing
I can say
I can write
todays day and
about a past
birthdays in
trip or event
Japanese.
I can give a
paragraphlength speech
about a past
trip

Unit Theme: Hima na toki [Talking about pastimes and hobbies]

Interpretive
Listening

I can
understand
when
someone
talks about
his/her
hobbies and
interests.
.

Interpersonal
Person-to-Person

Reading

I can read an
assigned
paragraph
about
Japanese
extracurricular
activities

I can talk about my hobbies and

interests in Japanese.
I can talk with a friend using
simple sentences to describe
what I did the previous week

Presentational
Speaking
Writing

I can give a
short speech
about what I
did the
previous week,
I can explain
about my
hobbies and
interests.

I can write a
paragraph
about what I
do in my free
time

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