March 1, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
Students did a partial complete of the homework. We reviewed the homework 

Gajendra Moksham katha
One student explained the story of Gajendra Moksham with updates, where needed

Translation practice
A story which is familiar to the students was chosen for translation practice. Martin Luther King Jr. was the name of the book and students were asked to translate the sentences in part-1 and write them. Here is the part-1 of the story.

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the America's great leaders. He was a powerful speaker, and he spoke out against laws which kept black people out of many schools and jobs. He led protests and marches demanding fair laws for people.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin's father was a pastor. His mother had been a teacher. Martin had an older sister, Willie Christine, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel.

Young Martin liked to play baseball, football and basketball. He liked to ride his bicycle and to sing. He often sang in his father's church.

Young Martin played in his backyard with his friends. One day he was told that two of his friends would no longer play with him, because they were white and he was black.

Martin cried. He didn't understand why the color of his skin should matter to anyone. Martin's mother told him that many years ago black people were brought in chains to America and sold as slaves. She told him that long before Martin was born, the slaves had been set free. However, there were still some people who did not treat black people fairly.

In Atlanta, where Martin lived, and elsewhere in United States, there were "white only" signs. Black people were not allowed in some parks, pools, hotels, restaurants and even schools. Blacks were kept out of many jobs.


Graduation day practice

Students recited the poems for their graduation day practice 

Plan for next week

Home work review
Reading practice & discussion from Martin Luther King Jr. book
Graduation day practice

Homework

1. Translate the sentences in part-1 of Martin Luther King Jr. book (that part of the story is given above).

2. Read and write from తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి. Do some work after any chapter.

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

February 23, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
Unfortunately, kids did not complete the homework as well. Hence, this was combined with the homework for the last 2 weeks and this week - all the three are due next week

Telugu writing practice
We continued the work with vattulu in reading & writing. We learnt a few new words and their usage while writing the words and learning associated vattulu

Reading practice
Made some progress with Srirama Navami in Telugu text book (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి page 83). But, still the students need some practice at home (included in the homework for this week). The students were asked to practice it a couple of times with parents

Graduation day practice

Students recited the poems for their graduation day practice 

Plan for next week

Home work review
Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading practice & discussion
Graduation day practice

Homework

1. The students are expected to write the words, from the printout, that we learnt in the class (by reading aloud) two more times. This includes last week words and this week words as well. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

2. Learn and practice vattulu from the same practice sheet 

3. Read paragraphs 3,4,5,6 from page 83-84 of textbook about Srirama navami. 

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

February 16, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
Unfortunately, kids did not complete the homework. Hence, this was combined with the homework this week and both are due next week

Telugu writing practice
We continued the work with vattulu in reading & writing. We learnt a few new words and their usage while writing the words and learning associated vattulu

Reading practice
Made some progress with Srirama Navami in Telugu text book (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి page 83). But, still the students need some practice at home (included in the homework for this week)

Graduation day practice

Students discussed the poems for their graduation day practice 

Plan for next week

Home work review
Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading practice & discussion
Graduation day practice

Homework

1. The students are expected to write the words, from the printout, that we learnt in the class (by reading aloud) two more times. This includes last week words and this week words as well. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

2. Learn and practice vattulu from the same practice sheet 

3. Read paragraphs 3,4,5,6 from page 83-84 of textbook about Srirama navami. 

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

February 9, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
For those kids who completed the home work, we reviewed it, understood different ways of using the words, took a few errors and discussed on how to fix them.

Telugu writing practice
We continued the work with vattulu in reading & writing. We learnt a few new words and their usage while writing the words and learning associated vattulu

Gajendra Moksham story telling

A student told the story of Gajendra Moksham. Corrections in language were suggested

Map for telugu tithulu

Last week we discussed the tithulu for Ugadi, Srirama navami, Guru Purnima, Vijaya Dasami and Deepavali). 
This week we discussed a few more.
Hanuman Jayanti - Vaishakha bahula dasami
Vasantha Panchami - Magha Sudhdha panchami 
Ratha Samptami - Magha Sudhdha Samptami
Bheeshma Ekadasi - Magha Sudhdha Ekadasi

Reading practice
Started reading about Srirama Navami in Telugu text book

Graduation day practice

Students discussed the poems for their graduation day practice 

Plan for next week

Home work review
Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading practice & discussion
Graduation day practice

Homework

1. The students are expected to write the words, from the printout, that we learnt in the class (by reading aloud) two more times.

2. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

Feb 2, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
For those kids who completed the home work, we reviewed it, understood different ways of using the words, took a few errors and discussed on how to fix them.

Telugu writing practice
We continued the work with vattulu in reading & writing. We learnt a few new words and their usage while writing the words and learning associated vattulu

Map for telugu tithulu

Last week we discussed the tithulu for Ugadi, Srirama navami, Guru Purnima, Vijaya Dasami and Deepavali). 
This week we discussed a few more.

Maha sivaratri - Magha bahula trayodasi
Holi - Phalguna Poornima
Rakhi Poornima or Sravana poornima - Sravana (sudhdha) poornima
Subrahmanya ShashThi - maargasira sudhdha ShshThi
Hanuman Jayanti - ?? (asked students to find it out from parents)

Graduation day practice


Students discussed the poems for their graduation day practice 

Plan for next week

Home work review
Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading (by students) & discussion
Different festivals and their tithis
Graduation day practice

Homework

1. The students are expected to write the words, from the printout, that we learnt in the class (by reading aloud) two more times.

2. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

3. Learn Gajendramoksham story to explain in class

4. Learn the tithis for the following festival and present - Hanuman Jayanti

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

January 26, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
For those kids who completed the home work, we reviewed it, understood different ways of using the words, took a few errors and discussed on how to fix them.

Telugu writing practice
We continued the work with vattulu in reading & writing. We learnt a few new words and their usage while writing the words and learning associated vattulu

Map for telugu tithulu

I distributed a map for understanding telugu (Indian) tithulu. This starts with rutuvulu and ends at the actual tithi. We used this today to list a few festivals (Ugadi, Srirama navami, Guru Purnima, Vijaya Dasami and Deepavali). Next week we will discuss a few more.

Gajendra moksham story telling

One student narrated the story of Gajendra Moksham. Next 2 weeks, we will have one student each narrating the story.

Plan for next week

Next week onwards we will start practicing 15 minutes every week for the performance on Graduation day in April/May (To be decided). The padyams are assigned as follows.

Uddeern - ఎవ్వనిచే జనించు (evvariche janinchu) - refer to earlier posts in blog for full poem

Anvita - శ్రీ రఘురామ చారు తులసీదళధామ (SrI raghuraama chaaru tulasidaLadhaama) - refer to earlier posts in blog for full poem

Abhiram - (raajulmattulu)
రాజుల్మత్తులు, వారి సేవ నరకప్రాయంబు, వారిచ్చు సం
భోజాక్షీ చతురంత యాన తురగీ భూషాదులాత్మ వ్యధా
బీజంబుల్, తదపేక్ష చాలుఁ, పరితృప్తింబొందితిన్, జ్ఞానల

క్ష్మీ జాగ్రత్పరిణామ మిమ్ము, దయతో శ్రీకాళహస్తీశ్వరా! 

Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading (by students) & discussion
Different festivals and their tithis

Homework

1. The students are expected to write the words, from the printout, that we learnt in the class (by reading aloud) two more times.

2. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

3. Learn Gajendramoksham story to explain in class

4. Learn the tithis for the following festivals and present - Holi, Maha Sivaratri, Sravana poornima

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home

January 19, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework reveiw
The kids completed the home work from the previous 2 classes and brought it to the class. We reviewed it, took a few errors and discussed on how to fix them.

Telugu writing practice
I thought over last week and realized that the kids are making very slow progress in reading because they have some confusion in identifying the vattulu in reading & writing. So, we did a quick revision of vattulu and some practice around that in the whole class.

Plan for next week

Padyalu revision
Gajendra moksham story telling
Srirama navami & Ugadi - Reading (by students) & discussion
Different festivals and their tithis

Homework

1. Today's class work was done in a printout I distributed (this was from a copy book in India). The students are expected to write the same words (by reading aloud) two more times.

2. Write your own (student's own) sentence for each of those words 

3. Learn Gajendramoksham story to explain in class

Please note:

Please bring the books (తెలుగు వాచకం 1వ తరగతి, తెలుగు వాచకం 2వ తరగతి) to class for discussions

Please maintain a note book and a binder for Telugu class. Encourage the students to speak only in Telugu at home