The Big Jets

31/10/2008 (Friday)

a) Corner playing and Props
l The girls cut their laminated little butterflies. Those are the hairbands’ and dresses’ decorations.
l Justin needed guidance to prepare his caterpillar’s skin. Jian Wei and Max helped him.
l Jin Shan did his eagle’s mask.

b) Quiz and discussions
Q : Name 2 types of aeroplane and the purposes.
* Immediately they said jet which is used for military purpose. Sea Aeroplane to rescue people from the water.
* We recapped about cargo Aeroplane, passenger Aeroplane and the Spacecraft that we learnt yesterday.
* The Big Jet is special as it carries smaller aeroplanes or jets after some missions or when at default.
Class : Teacher, an aeroplane cannot go backwards.
Ze Yan : I saw befor. It needs a big truck like tractor to pull it.
Eugene and Zi Yang: But…..a jet can fly backwards.
T : Correct but only for Military Jets. This is because they carry missiles and bombs to protect their countries.
Ze Yan : Yes,……like from the terrorists.
l I had to explain to the kids “terrorist” and they realized how lucky they are.

c) A different Aeroplane origami
* The kids leant a different paper folding. This is the normal folding. Some kids already knew about it.
* Then they compared the jet and the normal aeroplane flying. Definitely, the jet is faster.
* They could fold ant type of aeroplane as they wish. However, they have to label them. They were quite independent. Jun hong and Le Xin needed some guidance.
* Most folded the Big Jets as they wanted them to carry smaller planes. Quite interesting. Le Xin preferred Sea Aeroplane. 2 kids preferred passenger aeroplane.

c) Role-Play Practice
l Eugene and Ze Yan were more independent at their lyrics. Justin and Zi Yang the narrators needed more attention as they were trying hard to say their lines. The others were quite alright. The kids enjoyed seeing Ben, little tortoise and the rocket flying.