A Hero's Card

Tuesday (26/01/2010)
a) Vocabulary revision
· We revised a few words: fire extinguisher, firefighter, fire station, gloves, axe, rescue dog and also hose.

b) Assessing the permission letter.
· I showed the kids' everyone's drawing for the firefighters we are going to visit in the near future. Chun Kit is sure that they would love our cute drawings.
· I got the kids to read the letters. Hmm...they read quite well. They included Shi Jie, Foo Soon, older Xing Tong, Jun Hong and Jing Kai.
Teacher : How are we going to present our letter and gift for them? Do you think is
nice if we just hand them scatterly.
Devin : Why not we put in a container.
Jun Hong: Let's make a card.
· The class agreed. Then, we discussed the picture for front page and back page. Majority wanted a fire truck in front while the back page, they preferred a star or a love shape.
· The title will be “Our Heroes” and “Thank You”. Thay wanted a big card.
Jing Kai: We must draw a lot so as not to waste the paper.
· However, after discussion, the class preferred to paste the pictures with colourful pieces of paper rather than colouring them. Shi Jie drew a nice fire truck but it would be such a waste if we were to paste it over with pieces of paper. Finally, we decided to have a big love for the firefighters.

c. Craft: Making a card.
· The kids chose the colour they like and cut the strips along the lines I have drawn. Wee Hong needed guidance. Jun Yu could cut independently without the lines.
· Then, they applied some home-made glue. Wow......they just loved that!
· Finally, the star and love were so colourful although very sticky. We would hand over the whole thing to the Principal tomorrow.

d. DVD: Let's go to the Firehouse!
· We continued watching Barney and friends who were visiting the Fire Station.
· Hmm......firefighters ned to do regular exercise to stay strong and fit.
Wee Hong: Wow.....their house is so nice!
· They have a comfortable kitchen whereby 3 different teams shared refrigerator and food. They eat lots of fruits and healthy food. They do their own cooking and chores. Wow...they are also cooks!:)
· Then, a big crowd attended a Fire Safety show. It was hosted by Barney and the chief. The first performance was by the yellow dino who sang “Never play with matches!”
· They loved the song but nobody knows what matches are......hmmmm! I required them to ask their parents.
· We shall continue the film tomorrow.