March 5, 2017

Announcements

No class on March 12 - Spring break

Parents meeting will be held for parents of Madhyama class students on April 2, 2017 from 10 AM to 10.30 AM

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)

None

Core Activity

Twelve Telugu months 
Chaitram, Vaisakham, JyesTham, AashaDham, SravaNam, Bhadrapadam, Aaswayujam, Kartikam, Margasiram, Pushyam, Maagham, PhalguNam

The following festivals in Hindu calendar dates were explained

Festival	Hindu Calendar Date
Ugadi	Chaitra Sudha PaDyami
Srirama Navami	Chaitra Sudha Navami
Narasimha Jayanti	Vaisakha Sudha TrayOdaSi
Rakhi Poornima	SravaNa PoorNima
Vinayaka Chaviti	Bhadrapada Sudha Chaturdhi
Vijaya Dasami	Aaswayuja Sudha dasami
Deepavali	Aaswayuja amaavaasya

Family relationships were revised and new relationships were explained

Spoken Telugu - hostile customer situation. The following conversation was translated by a few students from English to Telugu

Customer: I bought a few fruits from your store yesterday. They all got bad today
Vendor: Which fruits?
Cus: Bananas, grapes, oranges and pine apples
Ven: Did you put them in refrigerator?
Cus: Yes, I put them in the refrigerator
Ven: Then why did they get spoilt?
Cus: I don't know. You need to refund money
Ven: I cannot
Cus: Why not? The quality of the fruits you sold was bad. I need my money to be refunded
Ven: How much was the total amount?
Cus: 57 rupees
Ven: Ok, I will give half the amount back
Cus: No, I need the full amount back
Cus: Sorry, I cannot give full amount. How about 45 rupees?

Cus: Alright

A few words with da and dha vattulu were practiced for writing

Homework

Since next week is Spring break (no class on March 12) , pages 48, 50 & 52 of mana Telugu Sisu - Students need to read & write the words from those pages into a separate sheet and provide it in the next class

Parents, please spend some time to review the family relationships described in the document https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NVF9USTBKRlVZanM . It might take some time for the students to understand some complex relationships. This is where they would need your help.

Plan for next class

Revision of Telugu months and chosen festivals

Revision of directions in Telugu

Spoken Telugu – Role play for hostile customer situation one more case

Comprehensive Vattulu practice with all vattulu

Try to form simple sentences.