Tuesday (12/01/2010)

(a) Song Reinforcement: The Firefighters
To recap what they learnt and saw yesterday.
To learn the new vocabulary and phrases: wheels, siren,, hose, “fight the fire” and “save the day”.
To encourage kids’s ideas on body movements. We sang twice and enjoyed ourselves!
The Firefighter Song
The bell at the station goes ding ding ding,
Ding, ding, ding; Ding, ding, ding;
The bell at the station goes ding ding ding,
It’s time to fight a fire.

The wheels on the truck go round and round,
Round and round, Round and round,
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
It’s time to fight a fire.

The siren on the truck
goes whew, whew, whew; Whew, whew, whew,
Whew, whew, whew,
The siren on the truck goes whew, whew, whew;
It’s time to fight a fire.

The dog on the truck goes woof, woof, woof;
Woof, woof, woof, Woof, woof, woof,
The dog on the truck goes woof, woof, woof;
It’s time to fight a fire.

The hose on the truck goes squirt, squirt, squirt;
Squirt, squirt, squirt; Squirt, squirt, squirt;
The hose on the truck goes squirt, squirt, squirt;
The firefighters save the day.

(b) Possessions of Firefighters.
Teacher: Why do firefighters need dogs to fight fire.
Foo Soon: Don’t dogs bite people?
Jun Hong: But these dogs save people. They sniff for clues.

Nobody brought any raincoats as uniforms. However, the school has three pairs. Qian Joe, Jun Hong, Devin and Zhi Feng wore them while the other kids wore the yellow helmets.
Some preferred to wear belts which we folded from scarves.
Shi Jie chose to be the Dalmatian dog.
Today, they built a fire engine using their chairs ( Jun Hong’s and Qian Joe’s ideas).We borrowed toy telephones from 6 year-old class. Meanwhile, Xin Tong played the role of a clerk in the fire station office. I pretended to be trapped in a shopping mall while Kwong Yong was my little child….haaaa!
First, I called the emergency number 994. Xin Tong picked up the call and quickly pressed the alarm bell. All the firefighters woke up and quickly drove the fire engine. Of course, the Dalmatian dog followed. Some spurt the water with the long hose, Wei Hong used a rope to save me. Then, they used an imaginary ladder to save Kwong Yong. Haaa…..!

(c) Discussion: Decorating the class
We discussed the location for the clerk’s table, the parking area for the fire engine, the sleeping area for firefighters, the pantry and also the burning area.
Wei Hong accidentally knocked on Shi Jie with the chair. Thus, Jun Hong suggested we use boxes. We discussed ways of making the fire engine. However, we would do a small one first to experiment. The following team work as the kids volunteered for:
Wheels - Jing Kai & Devin - Ladder- Zhi Feng, Zheng Yuan & Wei Jun.
(Qian Joe suggested using sate sticks while
Wee Hong said using paper with cellophane
tape).
Toy dog – Xin Tong & Shi Jie. - Fireman – Qian Joe & Jun Yu.
Clerk’s table – Zhe Qing & Yun Xin. - Hose – Jing Kai & Wei Hong.
Burnt building – Foo Soon & Yan Shan.
Meanwhile, Zhi Feng and Xin Tong promised to bring toy telephones. Jun Hong wanted to bring boxes and rope ladder while Foo Soon wanted to bring wheels. Let’s just see the outcome tomorrow, firefighters!