Oct 23, 2016

We do not have class next week (Oct 30). It is a Deepavali holiday.!!

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

We delivered books for Telugu class for this year. Although some of the students had books from last year, we delivered a fresh set so that they have the books handy for reference.

Contest covering names of vegetables numbers (from 1 to 1000 and beyond). Students are doing ok with numbers but need improvement. Homework of this week is expected to reinforce their knowledge.

A reference sheet for gunintaalu and vattulu is provided. 

Page 1 gives

• Achchulu and their corresponding structure for gunintaalu
• Hallulu and their corresponding vattulu

Page 2 gives

• gunintaalu for all hallulu.

This is going to be an ongoing reference for the students. Please let them preserve it and bring it to every class. I shall let them use it heavily in the next 2-3 months and as they reach the end of the academic year, they should have enough practice to write without referring to the sheet. For now, bringing this sheet to class is mandatory.

Role play: 10 kids (5 pairs) did a role play of a car sales person and a customer and mother & daughter looking at a report card. They were asked to have the conversation in English first and later, the same conversation in Telugu. Kids are enjoying this and we shall continue this in future. 

It is very exciting to see the kids pick up spoken Telugu skills. At this stage, it is important to reinforce the spoken Telugu skills at home as well. Please talk to your children in Telugu as much as you  can. Pat them and correct them at opportunity. 

Homework

Since we do not have class next week, please bear with me as the homework is slightly higher than usual. At this stage, it is critical they practice their reading and writing skills to get back to a speed where we can learn to read & write simple sentences.

1. Take a printout of gunintaalu practice sheet. Have kids write them in your supervision. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NYzVzWTVjRTFHYXc

2. Take a printout of vattulu practice sheet. Have kids write them in your supervision   https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NalhEWFU0Nm9CbjA

3. Mana Telugu sisu (UKG) - Page 30 to 76 - Let the students write as many words as they can. I would suggest 5-6 words per day. This gives them the consistent practice.

Thank you for your cooperation in working with your children to warm up with vattulu and gunintaalu.

Plan for next class

Vishwamitra story

Reading and writing simple sentences, involving vattulu and gunintaalu

Note:

Please ensure that your children get a notebook and pen/pencil to every class.

October 16, 2016

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)

None

Core Activity

A revision of the poem

vEru purugu chEri vRkshambu cherachunu

cheeDa purugu chEri cheTTu cherachu

kutsitunDu chEri guNavantu cherachuraa

viSwadaabhiraama vinura vEma

వేరు పురుగు చేరి వృక్షంబు చెరచును

చీడ పురుగు చేరి చెట్టు చెరచు

కుత్సితుండు చేరి గుణవంతు చెరచురా

విశ్వదాభిరామ వినుర వేమ

Counting from 1 to 1000 and beyond. Numbers like 1122, 2444, 3462 etc. were discussed. Homework includes some work to reinforce this knowledge.

Students did not complete the homework for last week. So, we did a revision of a few words that includes gunintalu.

Role play: 6 kids (3 pairs) did a role play of a car sales person and a customer. They were asked to have the conversation in English first and later, the same conversation in Telugu. Kids are enjoying this and we shall continue this next week. 

Homework

For counting numbers, please have the students practice the numbers given below. Also, you can give them more practice as you choose.

517, 787, 906, 1592, 1929, 2378, 4630, 6722

Gunintaalu needs some more practice before we can get started with writing sentences. Students are expected to work with their parents to write the 4 simple gunintam sheets that can be found at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NNXhLTG1XQW9HbDg 

They need to bring the completed homework to the class.

Based on today’s class, I think that students do well with a written aid to speak. Students are expected to prepare a written aid for next week’s role play speeches. The context is a car sales person and a prospective buyer (yes we will continue it next week also) and mother/daughter discussing a school progress report (3 pairs of girl students will be performing this). The template for this homework can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3IeuUQA9h8Ncm42bG9QUlp2REE/view?usp=sharing. Students need to work with their parents and come prepared with at least 4 questions or answers. 5-10 students will be asked to present their sales person & customer conversation in Telugu in a max time of 2 minutes

Plan for next class

Spoken Telugu – sales person & customer conversation, mother/daughter conversation in Telugu – Role play

Vattulu revision and dictation

Try to form simple sentences.

Note:

Parents, the students are gaining good spoken skills in Telugu. Without practice, these skills cannot be retained.

**The students are coming to the class without a notebook and pen/pencil. Parents, please ensure that the students has a pen/pencil and a note book. We practice writing in class and hence this is required***

Please ensure that your children complete home work every week. I have been getting only 1 or 2 home works every week

October 9, 2016

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)

The theme was all it needs is a drop of poison to spoil a big can full of milk. The story was of a brilliant student in USA who excelled in every academic field and was offered seat by many prestigious institutes. Later through one of his roommates he got addicted to a few bad habits and ruined his life. This introduced a nice segway into the poem.

vEru purugu chEri vRkshambu cherachunu

cheeDa purugu chEri cheTTu cherachu

kutsitunDu chEri guNavantu cherachuraa

viSwadaabhiraama vinura vEma

వేరు పురుగు చేరి వృక్షంబు చెరచును

చీడ పురుగు చేరి చెట్టు చెరచు

కుత్సితుండు చేరి గుణవంతు చెరచురా

విశ్వదాభిరామ వినుర వేమ

We also revised the 12 Telugu months and 6 Telugu rutuvulu, the significance of navaratri and when we perform.

Core Activity

There was a game with six rounds, all for the practice of spoken Telugu – first 3 rounds was with vegetable translation, the last 3 rounds was about saying sentences with words that have antonym relationship. Kids really loved the game!

Role play: 8 kids (4 pairs) did a role play of a teacher and a student in different contexts. They were asked to have the conversation in English first and later, the same conversation in Telugu. This forms a good mapping in their minds. 

Homework

Gunintaalu needs some more practice before we can get started with writing sentences. Students are expected to work with their parents to write the 4 simple gunintam sheets that can be found at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NNXhLTG1XQW9HbDg 

Based on today’s class, I think that students do well with a written aid to speak. Students are expected to prepare a written aid for next week’s role play speeches. The context is a car sales person and a prospective buyer. The template for this homework can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3IeuUQA9h8Ncm42bG9QUlp2REE/view?usp=sharing. Students need to work with their parents, with at least 4 questions and answers. The best way to do it is to come with both roles and write questions & answers in English. Then they can translate it in Telugu in class. 5-10 students will be asked to present their sales person & customer conversation in Telugu in a max time of 2 minutes

Plan for next class

Spoken Telugu – sales person & customer conversation in Telugu – Role play

Padyam revision

Gunintaalu dictation. Try to form simple sentences.

Note:

Parents, the students are gaining good spoken skills in Telugu. Without practice, these skills cannot be retained.

**Please try to speak to your children in Telugu to the extent possible. Let’s maximize Telugu speaking at home. You have all been so keen for your children to learn spoken Telugu. Trust me, this one step will make a huge difference. Please try and see the difference yourself***

Also, please ensure that your children complete home work every week. I have been getting only 1 or 2 home works every week

October 2, 2016

What did we cover in the class?

Story – The power of determination

Story of Dhruva, the power of getting positive inspiration from the events in life, determination and commitment, doing well when none is watching

Core Activity

Revision of the names of vegetables through “story of vegetables”. 3 Kids presented their own stories or helped to present. The students absolutely loved it! 

We also revised the list of vegetables given at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3IeuUQA9h8NMGQwdjFpWS1lTWM/view?usp=sharing once again

Continuing with basic sentence construction in Telugu with a theme of opposites. Sweet - Sour, Hot - cold, Hard - soft, Early - late, Difficult - easy, Big - small, Tall - short, Young – old, fat - thin, day - night. Writing of sentences did not start yet.

Homework

Gunintaalu needs some more practice before we can get started with writing sentences. Students are expected to work with their parents to practice achchulu, hallulu and gunintaalu.  Practice అచ్చులు, హల్లులు from  మన తెలుగు పరిచయ *AND* Page 2 to 28 in మన తెలుగు శిశు  (At least 4 words from each page the students should read & write). They need to read to a parent and can use a white paper to write 

Plan for next class

• Spoken Telugu – Some more conversation about vegetables. We shall introduce a role play (for conversations) with the context of a teacher asking student for homework. Two students will play the role of a teacher and student. They will discuss the situation in Telugu. I believe it is going to be fun
• We will play a game for reinforcing the knowledge of antonym relationship.
• We will begin writing simple sentences
• Padyam
• Gunintaalu practice. Try to form simple sentences.

Note:

Parents, the following is required for each student in Telugu class.

• 1.     A binder to collect and organize all the material provided in class and taken as printout
• 2.     A note book and pen or pencil

Important links

Mana Telugu Syllabus

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3IeuUQA9h8NWkVzYWFUbkIyWm8/view

Mana Telugu Madhyama class schedule

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NTlNoUlpxUEVsZFE