Tsumiki 1 Teacher Resource Book

The Tsumiki 1 Teacher Resource Book gives the teacher ideas on how to enhance the students’ learning of the Tsumiki 1 lessons and tasks. The book contains unit overviews, comprehensive lesson notes for each unit in the student book and workbook, classroom instructions, Blackline Masters (outlines of the hiragana and katakana for use in practicing character formation), and the solutions for the student books and workbooks. It also highlights key tasks and key learning outcomes of each unit. In addition, the teacher resource book features notes on linguistics terms and topics, a cultural calendar covering Japanese festivals and cultural events and how to incorporate them into a classroom setting, given names in katakana, and audio CD tracks. Online teacher notes and printable Blackline Masters for Tsumiki 2 are available at www.thomsonlearning.com.au/tsumiki.