Our “BEN 10 Airport”

16/10/2008 (Thursday)

a) Assessment and Corner Playing.
Some preferred playing while some colouring.
Meanwhile, I guided Le Xin for her homework. She is always working very hard and has shown improvement. She needed guidance to connect the numbers from 20 until 50.
I also did individual assessment.

b) Airport Vocabulary
In the last few lessons, we had sketched our Airport. Now that the kids understand the flying machines even more, we are ready to in-depth at it.
Vocab: car, bus, tree, entrance, ticketing counter, security officers, scanner, baggage, shop, restaurant, fire engine, hospital, playground, toilet and the flying machines.
I asked them the meaning which some they could answer. Examples: they could remember “scanner, lift, workshop, petrol station, restaurants, baggage”. They related to their experience.

c) The Airport Book
We looked at the pictures.
First, the car park. People go through the entrance and then to the ticketing counter.
Next, to the customs counter where the scanner is standing high. Bags moved along the rails to be loaded into the airplane.
Passengers showed passport and while waiting for their flight, they visit the shops, restaurants, playground and even toilets.
There are control towers to check the air traffic and also weather.
There is the long runway and the kids get a look at the indoor of an airplane.

d) Editing Our Existing Airport plan.
From the book, the kids saw an airplane that caught fire.
Class : Fire-engine.
T : Yes, we need to have a fire station nearby. What about the injured people?
Class : To the hospital.
T : Yes, we need to build a hospital nearby.

e) "BEN 10 Airport”
We listed a few names for our DREAM airport.
Some wanted the Bomerang Airport. However, BEN 10 Airport was the winner.
In fact, the kids taught me the proper wa to write the title….haaaaa! All capital letters for BEN!
They decided a “watch” as the shape of their airport.

f) Picture drawing
The kids chose the items they want to draw. Each has got their own responsibility.
Song Chuan drew and colour the Control Tower, Max did the Workshop, Yun Zhe did the title, Zin Ru did the kite, Jun Hong did the cars, Jin Shan did the Flying Car, Yun Wen did the parachute, Zi Yang did the aeroplane, Wen Yue did the rockets, Jin Nan did a butterfly playground, Jin Shan added in a Flying Dragon beside the Flying Fish. Thus our airport is beside the sea. Zi Jun did the lift, Justin drew his favourite Mc Donalds, Jian Wei drew people, Eugene and his petrol station, Shi Jie drew a rocket and Le Xin drew the flowers.
We shall continue with “BEN 10 Airport” tomorrow.