Our Story: Ben Ten And The Tortoise

14/10/2008 (Tuesday)

a) Assessment
l SJ, XR, LX preferred colouring while the others preferred to play with blocks.
l I did individual assessment for numbers 1 until 50.

b) Flashcards and drawing.
l Again, we did flashcards. Vocabulary: aeroplane, he;licopter, propeller, caterpillar, butterfly, hot air balloon, propeller, fly, plastic bag, experiment, fire.
l Zi yang said that some helicopters have 3 propellers. The bigger helicopters can even have 4 propellers. The private helicopter does have 2 propellers.
l We thought of different pictures to decorate our Helicopter hat. The kids volunteered to draw their pictures. Jin Shan drew a bee, Ze Yan drew a rocket, Zi Yang drew an aeroplane, Jin Nan drew a hot air balloon, Yun Wen drew a butterfly, Eugenen drew a flying tortoise, Zi Jun drew a jet and le Xin drew another hot air balloon, Zi yang also drew a bat. Eugene claimed that it does not have eyes. Actually, they have but they are blind and depends very well on their ears.

c) Decorating the Helicopter Hat.
l After having the ideas, they chose their favourite coloured paper and started drawing. Only Jun Hong needed some encouragement to draw. Later, he continued independently. Wen Yue, Xin Ru have shown improvement!
l They placed their pictures into a plastic bag to avoid being taken mistakenly.
l They also drew their own stars to be pasted on the hat. Those indicates their rankings: Inspector / Sergeant / Captain etc.

d) Story Continuation: Ben Ten
T : Did you go home to think of the ending of yesterday’s story.
Eugene : Teacher, I did!
Ze Yan : Me too! I got ideas from the television and computer.
T : That’s awesome!
Yun Zhe : I forgot teacher.
T : It’s okay…..let’s brainstorm the story now.
* This is their story………Enjoy!
* The two cranes flew into the sky with the tortoise biting the middle of it. A flying tortoise! The farmers saw them and praised the carnes. The tortoise was jealous and started shouting, “It’s my clever idea!”….and it fell down!!
* Meanwhile, Kevin 11 snatched Ben’s watch in the jungle and threw into the space. Ben was now alone and the tortoise fell onto its back.
* they both agreed to help one another. A giant butterfly flew them to an airport. Everyone got scared and so, Ben and tortoise launched a rocket to the space.
* There, the tortoise asked Jade rabbit’s help. Yes….Xhang Er and Hou Yi found the watch and gave to Ben. They thanked Chang Er, Hou Yi and the totoise. They returned back to Earth and Ben helped the tortoise to find a new home with lots of water.
* We were short of time to choose the casting. We would continue tomorrow.