Charity Announcement

Monday ( 14/02/2011)

a) Charity Announcement
l We recapped on sentences to say about the Orphanage Charity Sale. The kids are rather independent as they chose to voice their thoughts. I assisted them with the proper language. Some carried the posters, some wanted to speak and we would be ending with Barney’s Theme song, “I Love You”.
l First, we went to 4-year old class to share followed by 5-year old class. Finally, we went to 6-year old class telling them that we are working together as a team to raise the fund for the orphans.
l Among the information the kids shared were:
Yun Xin: Let’s help the orphans.
Xing Tong: They have no money to buy pencils.
Natalie: The have no money to buy drinks.
Tzen Yu: They have not enough money to buy food.
Chun Kit: The have no house to live in.
Qian Joe: Orphans have no mother, no father, no brother and no sister.
Xiang Wei: They have no money to go Jaya Jusco.
Kwong Yong: They have no money to buy t-shirts.
Jia Xun: They have no money to go to a school.
Zhe Qing: They have not enough colour pencils to use.
Zheng Yuan: They have no money to buy storybooks.
Rei: Let’s help them.
l Initially, last Friday we practiced by saying, “They don’t have enough money to buy books”. However, most kids preferred saying, “They no money to buy books”. Thus, I simplified the sentences as “They have not enough money to..…… or They have no money to….….”.

b) Maths: Plus and minus.
l When we returned to the classroom, the kids were quite tired. I did some calculations with them so that they can play their role as sellers well on Thursday (17/02/2011).
l I placed cards of RM1, RM5, RM10 on the table. We talked about items kids brought to school for Charity Sale. Among: biscuits RM1, bottles RM2, books, RM1, clothes RM5, cookies RM1, toys RM2 and etc. The vocabulary: buyer and seller were introduced.
l A kid became a seller and another as the buyer. The objective was to discuss addition and minus with the kids. Addition was easier. The kids took turns to play the role of sellers and buyers.

c) Charity items.
l A BIG THANK YOU to all caring parents. We were very touched with your contributions knowing that they are all in good conditions. Your good attitude has definitely influenced your kids. The kids brought different items to school for Charity Sale. The money would then be collected to donate to the Orphanage.
Chun Kit: How are we going to give the money?
Teacher: We would pass it to them when we visit the orphans.
Xing Tong: Are we going to buy and sell using card money (false money).
Teacher: Haaa……of course not. We are using real money.
Yun Xin: We cannot buy real items with false money. We cannot donate false money to the orphans.
Qian Joe: We must be truthful.
l I got some kids to carry the items into the classroom and we observed together. Among:
Biscuits – Yun Xin, Xing Tong, Jun Yu, Chun Kit, Zhi Feng.
Clothes – Qian Joe, Natalie, Tzen Yu.
Toys – Zheng Yuan, Chia Yen, Natalie.
Cookies – Jia Xun
Book – Kwong Yong
Water bottles, cups and plates – Zhe Qing.

d) Packing.
l At first, I thought it would be just a small scale charity sale. However, with parents’ and kids’ contributions, it would be quite a big one. We invited 6-year old class to join us for the charity sale. Thus, even more items will be sold.
l Some items needed to be packed. The kids queued to get a small plastic bag. They put a pack of biscuits, 2 chocolates and a sweet in it which would be sold for RM1. Another packet contains 5 pieces of different cookies worth RM1 too. We shall continue with the labeling on Wednesday.