Multiple choiceShort and long vowels
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Thai
First tone marks
An AR classroom game for Grade 1. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.
This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.
Curriculum indicatorท 1.1 ป.1/2
A look before you play
Sample questions
A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.
How is the tone mark ไม้เอก written?
- ป่า (paa - forest)
- ป้า (paa - aunt)
- ป๊า (paa - dad)
Read the explanation
ไม้เอก is a single small slanted stroke above the consonant, as in ป่า, ไก่.
How is the tone mark ไม้โท written?
- ป่า (paa - forest)
- ป้า (paa - aunt)
- ป๋า (paa - dad)
Read the explanation
ไม้โท looks like a small figure two above the consonant, as in ป้า, บ้าน.
Which word has no tone mark?
- ก่า (gaa)
- ก้า (gaa)
- กา (gaa)
Read the explanation
A word with no mark above the consonant carries no written tone.
Before you play
Game teaching guide
What children will practise
Practise recognising the tone marks ไม้เอก, ไม้โท and ไม้ตรี in ป่า, ป้า and ป๊า, spotting a word with no tone mark, and naming the marks in บ้าน (ไม้โท) and ไก่ (ไม้เอก), for reading words and their meanings (ท 1.1 ป.1/2).
What's in the worksheet
6 multiple-choice questions - Which shows ไม้เอก: ป่า / ป้า / ป๊า - Which shows ไม้โท: ป่า / ป้า / ป๋า - Which word has no tone mark: ก่า / ก้า / กา - Which shows ไม้ตรี (ป๊า) - Which mark does บ้าน use, and which does ไก่ use
How to use it in class
Use after teaching tone marks, 4-5 minutes in solo mode. - Before playing, children draw the marks in the air: one stroke for ไม้เอก, a little two for ไม้โท, three bumps for ไม้ตรี - Items 1, 2 and 4 all use ป + า; read ป่า, ป้า, ป๊า aloud in turn to hear the difference - For items 5 and 6, point to the mark on a real word card Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.
Common sticking points
- Item 1: swapping ป่า and ป้า because the marks are tiny on screen; enlarge them or write them big on the board - Item 4: ไม้ตรี is rare at P1, so children may guess; remember โต๊ะ uses it - Item 3: misreading no tone mark; explain it means no mark above the letter
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