October 28, 2018

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Core curriculum continued this week.

Sentence Construction

ప్రథమ పురుష: నేను, మేము, మనము
మధ్యమ పురుష: నీవు, నువ్వు, మీరు, తమరు, నీ, తమ
ఉత్తమ పురుష: అది, అతడు, వాడు, ఆమె, వాళ్ళు, వీళ్ళు, వారు, వీరు, , ఆయన, ఆవిడ, ఆ

Sentence construction using భూత, వర్తమాన, భవిష్యత్ కాలములు  
For example - 

నేను వెళ్ళాను(భూత), వెళ్తున్నాను (వర్తమాన), వెళ్తాను (భవిష్యత్ )
మేము వెళ్ళాము, వెళ్తున్నాము, వెళ్తాము
మనము వెళ్ళాము, వెళ్తున్నాము, వెళ్తాము

నేను విన్నాను (భూత)  వింటున్నాను (వర్తమాన)  వింటాను (భవిష్యత్ )
మేము విన్నాము, వింటున్నాము, వింటాము 
మనము విన్నాము, వింటున్నాము, వింటాము  

నీవు/నువ్వు  వెళ్ళావు, వెళ్తున్నావు, వెళ్తావు  
మీరు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు  
తమరు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు

నీవు/నువ్వు విన్నావు, వింటునావు, వింటావు 
మీరు విన్నారు, వింటునారు, వింటారు 
తమరు విన్నారు, వింటునారు, వింటారు 
  

అది వెళ్ళింది,  వెళ్తుంది, వెళ్తోంది
అతడు వెళ్ళాడు, వెళ్తున్నాడు, వెళ్తాడు
వాడు వెళ్ళాడు, వెళ్తున్నాడు, వెళ్తాడు
ఆమె వెళ్ళింది,  వెళ్తుంది, వెళ్తోంది
వాళ్ళు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు
వీళ్ళు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు
వారు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు
వీరు వెళ్ళారు, వెళ్తున్నారు, వెళ్తారు

Plan for next week

Home work review - correction of students' sentences using ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష (భూత, వర్తమాన, భవిష్యత్ కాలములలో )


Padyam

వినదగు నెవ్వరుచెప్పిన
వినినంతనె వేగపడక వివరింపదగున్
కనికల్ల నిజము దెలిసిన
మనుజుడే పో నీతిపరుడు మహిలో సుమతీ!

తాత్పర్యం: ఎవరు ఏం చెప్పినా వినవచ్చు. విన్నా వెంటనే తొందరపడకుండా బాగా పరిశీలన చేయాలి. అలా పరిశీలించి అది నిజమో అబద్దమో తెలుసుకొన్న మనిషే ధర్మాత్ముడు.

sametalu - 2-5 new sametalu

Ankelu (అంకెలు) - revision of numbers - and lakhs and crores
     
Homework

Write sentences using ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష (భూత, వర్తమాన, భవిష్యత్ కాలములలో ) for the following verbs (in Telugu)

Work - పనిచేయుట 
Play - ఆడుకొనుట 
Buy 
Eat
Sleep
Wake
Bring
Build
Come
Draw

e.g 
నేను పనిచేశాను, పనిచేస్తున్నాను, పనిచేస్తాను
మేము ...
మనము ...
నీవు/నువ్వు ...
మీరు ...
తమరు ...
అది ...
అతడు ...
వాడు ...
ఆమె ...
వాళ్ళు ...
వీళ్ళు ...
వారు ...
వీరు ...

Students are expected to write similar sentences in Telugu for all the Telugu forms of the English verbs given above.

Please note:

The students are coming without a notebook and pen/pencil. Please ensure that they get a notebook & pen/pencil.

It is highly recommended for the students to have a binder as I plan to give printouts in most  classes. The students need to preserve the printouts to prepare well for the exams later in the academic year.

Parents, please speak to your children only in Telugu to maximize their learning.

October 21, 2018

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Core curriculum continued this week.

Review of homework from last week

Homework from last week was reviewed. Correct sentence construction was discussed for each sentence and meaning was explained. A few new words were also discussed. 
Parents, please review this with your children. As you continue to speak to them in Telugu, they will become more fluent with the sentence construction. 

Story

The story పొగరుగల గొర్రె పోతు from printout. I noticed that the kids were still struggling to read from the printout, taking a long time for each sentence. So, we paused the reading and decided to continue with simpler sentences from next week onwards.

Learning how to question

The following question words were discussed and how to translate sentences in English to Telugu
How (ఎలా, ఎంత, ఎన్ని సార్లు), why (ఎందుకు) and when (ఎప్పుడు)

How
    How much does this toy cost?
    How  long have you been living in America?
    How many times should I tell you not to keep books on the floor?
    How far is Katy from Sugar Land?
    I am not sure how such a big family of 8 lived in the small house

Why
     Why did you do that?
     Why does the sun rise in the east?
     Why should we work on repairing the vehicle?
     I know why you do not want to tell me the truth
     Why did you not ask me this question before?
     Why are you sad?

When
    When did you go on vacation last year?
    As a friend, I will be there when you need me
    When do you need to submit the assignment in your school?
    When did you take up this new job?
    When can you visit us to spend some time?

Additional Concepts
        త్రికాలములు 
           భూత   - past tense
           వర్తమాన - present
           భవిష్యత్ - future
Examples were provided with the following verbs. For each verb, students were asked to provide 2-3 example sentences in the class.

వెళ్ళాను   వెళ్తున్నాను      వెళ్తాను
తిన్నాను  తింటున్నాను   తింటాను
చూసాను  చూస్తున్నాను   చూస్తాను
పిలిచాను  పిలుస్తున్నాను  పిలుస్తాను
పీల్చాను   పీలుస్తునాను    పీలుస్తాను
విన్నాను   వింటున్నాను   వింటాను
దూకాను  దూకుతున్నాను  దూకుతాను

Numbers
    How to say numbers in Telugu - including very large numbers
    A few large  numbers and calendar year numbers were discussed. This week's home work assignment  includes writing numbers in Telugu

Plan for next week

Reading sentences from basics

sametalu - 2-5 new sametalu

Ankelu (అంకెలు) from zero to large numbers, Reading and writing them (revision)

Prathama purusha - I, we
Madhyama purusha - you - two forms
Uttama purusha - he, she, it, they

Mixing above purusha constructs with Past, present and future tenses with examples

Homework

This week we have 2 home work assignments.

1. On a white paper in your notebook, write 4 own sentences each in Telugu using the three questioning words - How (ఎలా, ఎంత, ఎన్ని సార్లు), why (ఎందుకు) and when (ఎప్పుడు)
Parents, please work with your children to complete the homework. The sentences that the students complete in their homework must be different from what we discussed in the class (listed above).

2. Write numbers from 1 to 60 in Telugu in the sheet provided in the class (or if the sheet missed, write them on a white paper) 

Please note:

The students are coming without a notebook and pen/pencil. Please ensure that they get a notebook & pen/pencil.

It is highly recommended for the students to have a binder as I plan to give printouts in most  classes. The students need to preserve the printouts to prepare well for the exams later in the academic year.

Parents, please speak to your children only in Telugu to maximize their learning.

October 14, 2018

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Core curriculum continued this week.

Review of homework from last week

Homework from last week was reviewed. Correct sentence construction was discussed for each sentence and meaning was explained. A few new words were also discussed. 
Parents, please review this with your children. As you continue to speak to them in Telugu, they will become more fluent with the sentence construction. 

Story

The story పొగరుగల గొర్రె పోతు from printout. We were able to read half of it as the students were learning how to read a story. You can find its soft copy link here.

sametalu - 

The following sametalu were revised along with meaning.

కాకి పిల్ల కాకికి ముద్దు  kaaki pilla kaakiki muddu

ఎంత చెట్టుకి అంత గాలి  enta cheTTuki anta gaali

సీత కష్టాలు సీతవి పీత కష్టాలు పీతవి   seeta kashTaalu seetavi peeta kashTaalu peetavi

Learning how to question

The following question words were discussed and how to translate sentences in English to Telugu
Where (ఎక్కడ), Who (ఎవరు), What (ఏమిటి)

Where
       is the bank?
       did you go yesterday?
       did your parents wedding take place?
       did your family live when you were born?
Who
       gave you the gift yesterday?
       is your school teacher?
       built the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco?
       will pay for the bill when we go to a restaurant?
What
       did you eat last night?
       did your grandfather give you as your birthday gift?
       is your favorite color?
       was your age when you visited India last time?

Additional Concepts (Revised)

For a few numbers - the practical sets available in Telugu were discussed. Parents, please review them carefully and discuss with students.

1 - ఒకటి - దేవుడు ఒక్కడు

2 - రెండు - వచనాలు రెండు 
        ఏక వచనము - singular
        బహువచనము - plural

Review differences between singular and plural - in different contexts

Differences in singular and plural sentences was discussed with the examples of humans and non-humans. Please review below.

నా తరగతిలో...
    ఒక ఉపాధ్యాయుడు ఉన్నాడు, ఒక ఉపాధ్యాయురాలు ఉంది 
    ఒక బోర్డ్/కాగితం/బల్ల ఉంది 
    రెండు/మూడు/నాలుగు... కుర్చీలు/బల్లలు/వస్తువులు ఉన్నాయి
    ఇద్దరు/ముగ్గురు/నలుగురు/ఐదుగురు/ఆరుగురు/ఏడుగురు అబ్బాయిలు/అమ్మాయిలు ఉన్నారు 
    ఎనిమిది మంది/తొమ్మిది మంది/పది మంది/... మనుషులు ఉన్నారు 

3 - మూడు - త్రిమూర్తులు
           బ్రహ్మ విష్ణు మహేశ్వరులు 

        త్రికాలములు 
           భూత   - past tense
           వర్తమాన - present
           భవిష్యత్ - future
Examples were provided for singular and plural forms. Parents, please discuss this further to reinforce the concept

        త్రిగుణములు 
           సత్వ - soft
           రజస్ - Arrogant
           తమో - desire driven

Plan for next week

Complete reading 2nd moral story - పొగరుగల గొర్రె పోతు

Revision of Where (ఎక్కడ), Who (ఎవరు), What (ఏమిటి)
Discussion of How, Why, When

sametalu - 2-5 new sametalu

Ankelu (అంకెలు) from zero to large numbers, Reading and writing them

Past, present and future tenses with examples

Homework

On a white paper in your notebook, write 4 own sentences each in Telugu using the three questioning words - Where (ఎక్కడ), Who (ఎవరు), What (ఏమిటి)
Parents, please work with your children to complete the homework. The sentences that the students complete in their homework must be different from what we discussed in the class (listed above).

Please note:

The students are coming without a notebook and pen/pencil. Please ensure that they get a notebook & pen/pencil.

It is highly recommended for the students to have a binder as I plan to give printouts in most  classes. The students need to preserve the printouts to prepare well for the exams later in the academic year.

Parents, please speak to your children only in Telugu to maximize their learning.

October 7, 2018

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Core curriculum started this week.

Story

nakka - draakshapaLLu (నక్క - ద్రాక్షపళ్ళు ) story with meaning. This was connected to the sameta అందని ద్రాక్షపళ్ళు పుల్లన. 

The story printout was distributed. You can find it here.
Students were asked to read the story నక్క - ద్రాక్షపళ్ళు line by line and were helped as needed. Please work with the students to read the whole story with you again. As they slowly get used to the cult of reading Telugu, repetition would help.

పొగరుగల గొర్రె పోతు story was discussed. This will be read by the students in the next class.

sametalu - 

The following sametalu were revised. These sametalu were used in the real-life context. Parents, please try to use these sametalu by discussing with the students about some real life contexts.

ఐకమత్యమే మహాబలము    aikamatyamE mahaabalamu

అందని ద్రాక్షపళ్ళు పుల్లన    andani draakshapaLLu pullana

The following new sametalu were taught. The apparent meaning and hidden meaning of these sametalu was discussed and real life context will be discussed next week along with some more usage examples.  

కాకి పిల్ల కాకికి ముద్దు  kaaki pilla kaakiki muddu

ఎంత చెట్టుకి అంత గాలి  enta cheTTuki anta gaali

సీత కష్టాలు సీతవి పీత కష్టాలు పీతవి   seeta kashTaalu seetavi peeta kashTaalu peetavi

Learning Numbers

Students learnt to say numbers 1-120  in Telugu.

Additional Concepts


For a few numbers - the practical sets available in Telugu were discussed. Parents, please review them carefully and discuss with students.

1 - ఒకటి - దేవుడు ఒక్కడు

2 - రెండు - వచనాలు రెండు 
        ఏక వచనము - singular
        బహువచనము - plural
Examples were provided for singular and plural forms. Parents, please discuss this further to reinforce the concept

3 - మూడు - త్రిమూర్తులు
           బ్రహ్మ విష్ణు మహేశ్వరులు 

        త్రికాలములు 
           భూత   - past tense
           వర్తమాన - present
           భవిష్యత్ - future
Examples were provided for singular and plural forms. Parents, please discuss this further to reinforce the concept

        త్రిగుణములు 
           సత్వ - soft
           రజస్ - Arrogant
           తమో - desire driven

Examples were provided for singular and plural forms. Parents, please discuss this further to reinforce the concept

We will revise these concepts in the next class.

Plan for next week

2nd moral story - పొగరుగల గొర్రె పోతు. This will be read by the students in the next class.

sametalu - revision of last week, 2-5 new sametalu

Revision of ankelu (అంకెలు) from zero to large numbers

Revision of practical sets of numbers - discuss more

Homework

On a white paper in your notebook, write 10 sentences in Telugu about ocean (సముద్రం). Students are expected to dicsuss with parents and finish the home work.

Please note:

The students are coming without a notebook and pen/pencil. Please ensure that they get a notebook & pen/pencil.

It is highly recommended for the students to have a binder as I plan to give printouts in most  classes. The students need to preserve the printouts to prepare well for the exams later in the academic year.

Parents, please speak to your children only in Telugu to maximize their learning.

September 30, 2018

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Warm up continued for the second week. Next week onwards, we expect move on the core curriculum.

Padyam Revision

నీళ్ళ లోన మీను నిగిడి దూరము పారు (please see last week's update for full poem)

Revision - Telugu week days, rutuvulu, Telugu months, directions. In their home work the students are expected to write these on a white paper and submit. Please refer to the following for any questions.

Textbooks for this year were distributed

Concept of saametalu (సామెతలు) introduced. First the English proverb "Grass looks greener on the other side" was taken and explained. 
In a similar way, the following telugu saametalu were introduced. Parents, please discuss with your children about the sametalu and where they would be used in life.

ఐకమత్యమే మహాబలము    aikamatyamE mahaabalamu

అందని ద్రాక్షపళ్ళు పుల్లన    andani draakshapaLLu pullana

Reading & Writing Telugu sentences (homework sentences were visited and discussed in the class)

Plan for next week

2 moral stories - reading & writing a few sentences from each story

sametalu - revision of last week, 2-5 new sametalu

ankelu (అంకెలు) from zero to large numbers

Homework

On a white paper in your notebook, write the following and bring to the next class.
Seven days of a week in Telugu
Eight directions (దిక్కులు) with the picture shown above
Twelve Telugu months


Please note:

The students are coming without a notebook and pen/pencil. Please ensure that they get a notebook & pen/pencil.

It is highly recommended for the students to have a binder as I plan to give printouts in most  classes. The students need to preserve the printouts to prepare well for the exams later in the academic year.

Parents, please speak to your children only in Telugu to maximize their learning.