Sunday, April 16, 2017

April 16, 2017

Announcement
Mana Telugu Madhyama final exam is on April 30th. Sample exam paper was distributed through this blog 2 weeks ago. You can refer to the sample question paper below in this blog.

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

From now on, the preparation to the final exam is most of what we discuss in the class. 

Revision of all the three poems that we discussed in the class

Revision of animals and fruits. 

Writing a few simple sentences using animals, to reinforce the names and knowing how to write the names of different animals. The students will get extra points for writing the animal/fruit/flower names in the exam.

Family relationships revision

Homework

Please review what we have done in the class. Work with the students in understanding, learning and preparing towards the final exam. That is the homework for this week.

Plan for next class

The next class is the final class before the final exam. We will review each item from the question paper and revise the needed items

Complete set of references

For your convenience, here is a one-stop shop for all references. 




Wednesday, April 12, 2017

April 9, 2017

Reminder
Mana Telugu Madhyama final exam is on April 30th. Please refer to the sample paper distributed 2 weeks ago.

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

It was a short class due to other presentations. Students revised how to write the 12 Hindu months in Telugu

A few students introduced themselves in Telugu in 5 sentences

Homework
From now onward until the final exam, there is no class  homework. Preparation for the final exam is expected to be the home work

Plan for next class
Students will learn how to form simple sentences and write them. This will not be included in the final exam

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

April 2, 2017

Announcement
Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Please review the Sample paper given below for further information
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NM2s4c3JYOUdQeEU

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity


The final exam sample paper was discussed in detail

Writing practice of twelve months was started. A reference of the writing the twelve months is given below. This is important for the final exam


Homework

Students can start revision to prepare for the final exam

Students are expected to practice all vattulu from Mana Telugu SiSu book. One or two words per vattu is enough to get started but, more practice is bettter. This is in direction of preparing for the exam.

Plan for next class

Vattulu revision and dictation
Family relations revision & quiz

Sunday, March 26, 2017

March 26, 2017

Announcements

Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Please review the Sample paper given below for further information

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?

Core Activity

Revision of Vegetables, fruits, animals, counting 1 to 1000 and beyond 

Expressing in Telugu - telling about one self in at least 5 sentences (important for final exam)
For example, the sentences could be the following
what is your name? mother & father name
what do your mother & father do
where do you live
which school do you go to?
hobbies, interests, eating preferences
What do I like about Prajna

Vattulu practice. ప, ఫ, బ, భ, య, ర, ల vattulu were discussed. 
Students were taught how to write their names, especially those that involved vattulu


Homework

Students write their names, the names of their parents and siblings in Telugu on a separate sheet of paper and submit

The students are expected to write 3-5 words with ప, ఫ, బ, భ, య, ర, ల vattulu from Mana Telugu SiSu (UKG) book 

Plan for next class

Practicing words for the remaining vattulu

Discuss the sample question paper

Write the twelve months names in Telugu

 Practice the antonym pairs (Sweet - Sour, Hot - cold, Hard - soft, Early - late, Difficult - easy, Big - small, Tall - short, Young – old, fat - thin, day - night) - and corresponding sentences - in Telugu

Monday, March 20, 2017

March 19, 2017

Announcements

Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Sample paper will be published very soon

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?

Core Activity


Revision of Twelve Telugu months

Revision of famous festivals along with their tithis
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

Directions were discussed in English and then in Telugu. The directions were also written. This is important for the final exam

Vattulu practice

Homework

Pages 52,54 and 56 from mana Telugu SiSu

Revise all the relations described in the document https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NVF9USTBKRlVZanM 

Plan for next class

Vattulu practice - all vattulu 
Dictation for vattulu
Writing simple sentences
Relationships quiz

Sunday, March 5, 2017

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. 



Sunday, February 26, 2017

February 26, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)
None

Core Activity
Revision of poem - నీళ్ళలోన మీను

Reading the story - The lion and the Rabbit - from Panchatantra and line by line translate into Telugu.

Writing vattulu - ట, ఠ, డ, ఢ

Homework

Page 44 and 46 from Mana Telugu Sisu book. The students are expected to write each word on a sheet of paper and submit it in the next class. The students were already informed about this homework in the class.

Plan for next class

Revision of Indian months and corresponding festivals

Revision of family relationships

Spoken Telugu - Angry customer situation

Writing vattulu