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Animals around us

An AR classroom game for Grade 2. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive matching activity.

Curriculum indicatorต 1.1 ป.2/2

Play Host a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Match each animal to its English name.
- cat
- dog
- bird
- fish
Read the explanation
The four pets children meet most often.
02
Match each animal to its English name.
- cow
- pig
- duck
- chicken
Read the explanation
Farm animals that come up often in the textbook.
03
Match each animal to the sound it makes.
- cat
- dog
- cow
- duck
Read the explanation
English writes animal sounds differently from Thai - try saying them aloud.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Read and say nine everyday animal names (cat, dog, bird, fish, cow, pig, duck, chicken, lion) and link them to meanings, sounds and homes, in line with indicator ต 1.1 ป.2/2 on reading aloud and spelling simple words.

What's in the worksheet

4 questions, a matching game with 4 pairs each - Match cat to แมว and fish to ปลา - Farm animals: pig to หมู, chicken to ไก่ - Animal sounds: duck to quack, cow to moo - Homes: bird to tree, lion to zoo

How to use it in class

A good 5-minute warm-up at the start of an animals lesson. Play once together on the projector, then a second round in teams. - For the sounds question, have the class make the Thai animal sounds first, then compare them with meow and woof - If many miss the homes question, ask Where does a fish live? and let the class answer together - Play it linked to your class so scores go into the gradebook

Common sticking points

- In the sounds question, swapping cat and dog because Thai children know the Thai sounds better than meow and woof. Read the English words aloud first - In the homes question, hesitating between cow and lion, as farm and zoo are new words. Point out that the lions children can actually see live in a zoo - Matching chicken to เป็ด, since chicken and duck are both birds