A rooster crows; mouth is round.
GRADE-1 CHINESE · PINYIN 13 min
Pinyin helps us read characters
Meet the vowels: a o e
Today we learn three vowels and four tones; they help us read every word correctly.
👄 a🐔 o🦢 e
WARM-UP · THE GRID5 min
Pinyin babies live in the four-line, three-box grid
Writing pinyin: know the upper, middle, and lower boxes.
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Teacher writes on the board; children trace in the air.
TEACH · a6 min
Open wide: a a a, like at the doctor
Watch the mouth: open wide and say a.
a
When saying a, your mouth should be?
TEACH · o e6 min
Rooster crow o o o; white swan e e e
O makes a round mouth; e pulls the corners out.
A swan calls e e e; corners pulled out.
Teacher leads: a—o—e, students repeat, watching the mouth shape.
TEACH · FOUR TONES6 min
Level, rising, dip, falling
Four tones on a: ā á ǎ à. Read with the teacher.
ā一声 平á二声 扬ǎ三声 拐à四声 降
The second tone sounds?
PRACTICE · TONES6 min
Level high, rising climb, dipping turn, falling down
Put tone hats on o and e too.
ō ó ǒ òē é ě è
Game: teacher shows a tone by hand; students read the sound.
WRITE · LETTER FORM5 min
a o e all sit in the middle box, filling it snugly
Follow the teacher and write a o e one line each.
First the round part, then the right curve.
Start top-left, one round stroke.
Start middle, cross then round.
Reminder: keep the three-one posture while writing.
SUMMARY · HOMEWORK3 min
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Today we learned
Three vowels a o e, and four tones: level, rising, dipping, falling.
a o e and four tones.
In the four-line grid.
Homework: read ā á ǎ à to your parents and write a o e one line.