October 29, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Gunintalu practice session 3 - Gunintams was reviewed with a few words as examples. The words for several gunintams were written on the board while the kids copied it into their notebooks. Parents, homework this week is important. Please ensure that you work with your kids to finish the homework.

Story: Shivaji winning Simhagadh - the significance of determination

Other revision: 12 months of an Indian calendar, 8 directions in Telugu, shown below

Homework

Not many completed last week's home work. So, from pages 2 to 26 of the text book మన తెలుగు శిశు (UKG), the students are expected take 2-4 words in each gunintam, read them and write them on a white paper (in the presence of their parents), and get the paper to the next class. Students must work with parents in this home work.

Home work will contribute to 10% of the final score 

Plan for next class

3 Students will speak about the story of Simhagadh and what they learned

Travel vocabulary revision

12 months and 8 directions revision

Revision - gunintalu - exercise in writing gunintalu and dictation for writing words

Simple sentences - translation and writing in Telugu

Note:

Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

The students are also supposed to get their gunintalu & vattulu reference sheet (distributed in class today) to **every class**. This would help as we try to learn & master writing and reading.

October 15, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam) - revised.  

Travel vocabulary. The vocabulary completed this week. For each word, sentences were formed in English and translated by students into Telugu. Parents, please ensure that you revise the words and their usage. The list that can be found here 

Gunintalu practice session 2 - All the gunintalu were revised with examples. A few words for each gunintam were written on the board while the kids copied it into their notebooks. 

Homework

Gunintalu - From pages 2,4 and 6 of the text book మన తెలుగు శిశు (UKG), the students are expected take the words in the left two columns, read them and write them on a white paper (in the presence of their parents), and get the paper to the next class.
Home work will contribute to 10% of the final score 

Plan for next class

A few more sentences with travel vocabulary would be discussed., Students are expected to translate the sentences into Telugu.  

Part-II of the Story: Shivaji winning Simhagadh - the significance of determination

Revision - gunintalu - exercise in writing gunintalu and dictation for writing words

Note:

Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

The students are also supposed to get their gunintalu & vattulu reference sheet (distributed in class today) to **every class**. This would help as we try to learn & master writing and reading.

October 8, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam) - revised. The meaning of the poem was discussed and explained  

Travel vocabulary revision. The list that can be found here 

Gunintalu practice session 1 - All the gunintalu were discussed with examples. Appropriate references to the reference sheet were provided. 

Story of Shivaji - we got started on the story but did not have enough time. We will finish the story next week.

Homework

Gunintalu - On a sheet of white paper, the students are expected to write the gunintalu for the letters క, ఖ, గ, ఘ, చ, ఛ, జ, ఝ and bring it to the next class

Plan for next class

Part-II of travel vocabulary.

For Part-I of the travel vocabulary, students are given sentences in English that they will need to convert into Telugu.  

Revision - Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam)

Part-II of the Story: Shivaji winning Simhagadh - the significance of determination

Revision - gunintalu - a few words that demonstrate the gunintalu will be shown and writing practice is also conducted

Note:

Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

The students are also supposed to get their gunintalu & vattulu reference sheet (distributed in class today) to **every class**. This would help as we try to learn & master writing and reading.

October 1, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Spoken Telugu: 3 more kids talked about their Harvey experiences.  

We had fun quiz to revise the travel vocabulary that we learnt last week. We continued to learn a few new words related to travel from the vocabulary list that can be found here 

Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam)

Homework

Apparently none completed the worksheets. So, parents, please explore if you can get the homework done. It is ok if the children do not master the exercises. Please work with them to get it completed.

Worksheets 1 to 5 in Mana Telugu Sisu (UKG) అభ్యాసము book. 

Plan for next class

Practice vocabulary i.e. the words that the students learnt about natural disasters and travel. Students will be asked to  use these words in their own sentences. 

Revision - Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam)

Story: Shivaji winning Simhagadh - the significance of determination

Revision - gunintalu

If time permits: 
Telugu year organization, twelve months, fortnights and tithis & how they align to some festivals. How the 8 directions are referred in Telugu along with usage. 

Note:

Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

The students are also supposed to get their gunintalu & vattulu reference sheet (distributed in class today) to **every class**. This would help as we try to learn & master writing and reading.

September 24, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Spoken Telugu: 3 kids talked about their Harvey experiences. 3 more kids are signed up to discuss their experiences in next class. This exercise was not only useful but, to see the students come up with so much of enthusiasm was awesome. 

We had fun quiz to revise the vocabulary about natural disasters. We learnt a few new words related to travel from the vocabulary list that can be found here 

Discussed about the significance of Dasara and Deepavali. Discussed the Telugu tithis (month & day) of those festivals. We will revise the Telugu months and year organization in subsequent classes.

After looking at the students' situation, we decided to revise gunintalu & vattulu in the next 3-4 classes. The schedule sheets I distributed (parents, please collect it from students) in the class today did not reflect that shift. So, we may be running behind in the schedule in favor of a revision of gunintalu and vattulu to let the students gain confidence in basics. 

Parents: I distributed a gunintaalu and vattulu reference sheet in the class today. So, if you can work with them to get started with gunintaalu for next class, that would help.

Homework

Worksheets 4 and 5 in Mana Telugu Sisu (UKG) అభ్యాసము book. Many students did not complete worksheets 1 to 3 which was the home work last week. It is fun to do those exercises and that gives them the revision of some basics. Please encourage your children to do those worksheets.

Plan for next class

Spoken Telugu – 3 kids talk in Telugu about their experiences during Harvey.

Travel vocabulary part-II 

Padyam: tanakopame (sumati satakam)

Telugu year organization, months, fortnights and tithis & how they align to some festivals.

Note:

Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

The students are also supposed to get their gunintalu & vattulu reference sheet (distributed in class today) to **every class**. This would help as we try to learn & master writing and reading.

September 10-17, 2017

The syllabus for this year for all mana Telugu classes can be found at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NUFNJMDNWTk1pVnc

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

We had fun quizzes to revise fruits, flowers, animals, weeks of the day and relationships. Boys and girls were made into separate groups and the competitive spirit was audible to the students in the next class :-)

We also learned a new set of words - how different disasters are called in Telugu. You can find a reference to the words here

Homework

Worksheets 1 to 3 in Mana Telugu Sisu (UKG) అభ్యాసము book. It is fun to do those exercises and that gives them the revision of some basics. Please encourage your children to do those worksheets.

Please revise achchulu, hallulu, gunintams and vattulu with kids. We will touch briefly upon them next week.

Plan for next class

Spoken Telugu – 4-5 kids talk in Telugu about their experiences during Harvey.

Discussion about the festivals of Dasara and Deepavali. 

A quick fun quiz about words involving simple gunintams and vattulu

Note:

1. Parents, If think that your ward is in a higher or lower class than where she can succeed, please let the teacher know immediately.

2. Please ensure that your child gets a note book and a pencil/pen to the class. We will have them practice writing skills also in every class. In addition, they will have something to note.

Welcome to new Academic year!

Welcome to new Academic year 2017-208!

నూతన విద్యా సంవత్సరానికి స్వాగతం!