Animals at My Home
Primary 1 · English
Animals at My Home
Lesson 4 of 5
12 min
Let's begin
Grown-up: read this page out loud. Your child needs a stick and some dust, or a pencil and a notebook.
Ishimwe writes a and e in the dust with a stick.
His sister says: "Now write i."
Ishimwe makes a stick, but he puts no dot on top.
Today you will meet three new letters: i, u and r.
This is the letter i. The big one is I.
Say its name out loud: i.
This is the letter u. The big one is U.
Say its name out loud: u.
This is the letter r. The big one is R.
Say its name out loud: r.
Look at this row. Find every i and circle it.
| i | a | u | i | r | o | i | u | r | e |
There are three letter i in the row.
Now find every u. There are two.
Now find every r. There are two.
i is one small stick going down. Then put the dot on top.
The dot goes on last, every time.
u goes down, round at the bottom, up, then down again.
u is a cup. It holds water. Do not turn your cup over!
r goes down, then up and out with a small arm.
Write i, u and r six times each in the dust.
Then write the big ones: I, U and R.
i says /i/. You hear it in pig and in in.
u says /u/. You hear it in cup and in under.
r says /r/. You hear it at the start of rabbit, red and room.
Say rabbit very slowly. The first sound is /r/.
A song in Kinyarwanda for a, e, i, o, u. Listen for your new letters i and u.
Watch how the hand writes each small letter. Look for i, u and r.
Tip
Stick down, dot on last
Make the stick of i first. The dot comes after, every time.
And say this for u: my u is a cup, it holds the water.
Do each one, then tap Show answer to check.
Write the small letter i three times.
Answer: stick first, dot last. Put the dot near the stick, not up high.
Which new letter holds water like a cup?
Answer: u. Turn it over and the water falls out.
Say rabbit very slowly. What is the first sound?
Answer: /r/. The letter is r.
You listen with your ear. Which letter is missing in ea__?
Answer: r. The word is ear.
Write i, u and r in the dust with a stick.
Answer: three letters, three times each. Say the name as your hand moves.
What you learned today
Quick check
Which new letter is like a cup?
