September 27, 2020

  

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam recitation by one of the students

Reminder to students to complete and submit Homework by Friday night every week

 

Story - చెరపకురా చెడెదవు  along with meaning. Students expressed their views about the story - why they liked it

We continued our learning on how masculine and feminine genders (స్త్రీ - feminine, పు/పుః - masculine, నపుంసక - no gender)

Started Deep dive into ప్రశ్నార్ధక sentences - Discussed about how or how much.

Plan for next week

1. Padyam recital - one student 

2.  వచనము (ఏక, బహు), - practice - Along with this, we will learn new vocabulary about animals and birds

3. Deep dive into ప్రశ్నార్ధక, నిశ్చయార్ధక, ఆజ్ఞాపూర్వక, ఆశ్చర్యార్ధక

How	ఎలా
How much	ఎంత
Why	ఎందుకు
When	ఎప్పుడు
Where	ఎక్కడ
Who	ఎవరు
What	ఏమిటి

4. Translation from English to Telugu (part-1)

Homework

1. Write corresponding Telugu words beside each word in the table below.

Masculine	Feminine	Gender neutral
man	woman	person
father	mother	parent
son	daughter	ward
boy	girl	child
uncle	aunt	relative
husband	wife	spouse
actor	actress	artist
prince	princess	heir
waiter	waitress	server
rooster	hen	chicken
headmaster	headmistress	head
king	Queen	head

2. Write 5 sentences (questions) using Telugu counterparts of how or how much

3. Complete worksheet 1 (page 9 & 10) in మన తెలుగు శిశు (UKG) - అభ్యాసము 

 

Note to parents

Please post the home work in our Madhyama WhatsApp group with the student name by the end of Friday every week. That will give me enough time to review the home work and get back to you with feedback

Students are expected to complete their home work every week

We shall start the class on time, sharp at 11.40 AM. Students are expected to join on time. If they come in late or drop off in the middle, I shall send a note to the parents and mark their attendance as absent.

The students are expected to keep their video on all the time during the class

September 20, 2020

 

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam (agaNita satyabhaasha) revision

Homework from last class 

We learnt how singular & plural are stated and the rules around it. In parallel, we learnt a few new words

Vocabulary on the go: Expect - ఆశించుట, Context - సందర్భము

ఏకవచనము (Singular) బహువచనము (plural)

Duck – బాతు బాతులు

Deer – లేడి లేళ్ళు

Home - ఇల్లు ఇళ్ళు

River – నది నదులు

Forest – అడవి అడవులు

Tree – చెట్టు చెట్లు

Ocean – సముద్రము సముద్రములు

సముద్రాలు

We learned a few sentences with each of these words

We then learnt త్రికాలములు

           భూత   - past tense

           వర్తమాన - present

           భవిష్యత్ – future

We then combined ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష with భూత, వర్తమాన, భవిష్యత్ and practiced a few sentences to say with those.

We then covered లింగములు  (స్త్రీ - feminine, పు/పుః - masculine, నపుంసక - no gender)

Girl బాలిక  Boy బాలుడు   Book  పుస్తకము

Mother తల్లి   Father తండ్రి  Home  ఇల్లు

He అతడు, వాడు - She ఆమె  Pen  కలము 

Plan for next week

1. Padyam recital - one student 

2. Story - చెరపకురా చెడెదవు  

3.  వచనము (ఏక, బహు), లింగములు (స్త్రీ, పు, నపుంసక) - practice

4. Deep dive into నిశ్చయార్ధక, ప్రశ్నార్ధక, ఆజ్ఞాపూర్వక, ఆశ్చర్యార్ధక

5. Translation from English to Telugu (part-1)

Homework

1. Write the singular form (in Telugu,of course), plural form, one sentence each for the plural form for the following words.

Boon

I 

My – 

You (friendship form)

You (respect form)

Your - 

He, she – 

His, Her –

man

woman

person

father

mother

parent

2. For each of the following verbs, find out the corresponding Telugu verb and write one sentence in each of ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష. 

Act (movie), cry, crawl, shout

 

Note to parents

Please post the home work in our Madhyama WhatsApp group with the student name by the end of Friday every week. That will give me enough time to review the home work and get back to you with feedback

Many students missed last week home work. They are expected to send their home work for last week by the end of Today, 9/2020

We shall start the class on time, sharp at 11.40 AM. Students are expected to join on time. If they come in late or drop off in the middle, I shall send a note to the parents and mark their attendance as absent.

The students are expected to keep their video on all the time during the class

September 13, 2020

 

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam (agaNita satyabhaasha) revision

Homework from last class 

Students took a subject (story of tortoise and rabbit) and explained it in simple sentences

We tried to learn points of view - first person, second person and third person, along with their usage

ప్రథమ పురుష: నేను, మేము, మనము, నా (First Person)

మధ్యమ పురుష: నీవు, నువ్వు, మీరు, తమరు, నీ, తమ, మీ (Second Person)

ఉత్తమ పురుష: అది, అతడు, వాడు, ఆమె, వాళ్ళు, వీళ్ళు, వారు, వీరు, , ఆయన, ఆవిడ, ఆ (Third Person)

Plan for next week

1. Padyam revision - final 

2.  వచనము (ఏక, బహు) 

3. లింగములు (స్త్రీ, పు, నపుంసక)

4. త్రికాలములు

5. Deep dive into నిశ్చయార్ధక, ప్రశ్నార్ధక, ఆజ్ఞాపూర్వక, ఆశ్చర్యార్ధక

Homework

1. Write a total of 15 sentences in Telugu using ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష. Use each word (like నేను, మేము etc.) only once.

2. Discuss with parents about usage of several words in ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష. 

Please note: Home works are due by the Saturday night. You can send the homeworks as picture (or screenshot) in WhatsApp

Note to parents

We will be discussing about Telugu vocabulary in each class as we come across words. Please review those words with the students again and use them in a sentence or two so that the words become active in their vocabulary  

August 30, 2020

 

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Padyam

agaNita satyabhaasha SaraNaagata pOsha dayaalasajjharI 

vigata samasta dOsha pRthivIsuratOsha trilOkapoota kR

dgagana dhunI maranda padakanja viSEsha maNi prabhaa dhaga

ddhagita vibhoosha bhadragiri daaSarathI karuNaa payOnidhI

 

అగణిత సత్యభాష శరణాగత పోష దయాలసజ్ఝరీ 

విగత సమస్త దోష పృథివీసురతోష త్రిలోకపూత కృ

ద్గగన ధునీ మరంద పదకంజ విశేష మణి ప్రభా ధగ

ద్ధగిత విభూష భద్రగిరి దాశరథీ కరుణా పయోనిధీ

 

Homework from last class 

• Students took a subject (story of tortoise and rabbit) and explained it in simple sentences

We tried to do a quick revision (spot check) of gunintalu and vattlulu. Here are the words. The meanings are also discussed in English.

• హృదయము

• దొంగమొసలి

• యౌవనము

Sentence types in Telugu

niSchayaardhaka (నిశ్చయార్ధక)

Example: Anvita eerOju telugu taragatiki vachchindi 

                  అన్విత ఈరోజు తెలుగు తరగతికి వచ్చింది

praSnaardhaka (ప్రశ్నార్ధక)

Example: Anvita eerOju telugu taragatiki vachchindaa?

                అన్విత ఈరోజు తెలుగు తరగతికి వచ్చిందా?

aajnaapoorvaka  (ఆజ్ఞాపూర్వక)

Example: Anvita, eerOju telugu taragatiki raa!

                అన్వితా, ఈరోజు తెలుగు తరగతికి రా!

aaScharyaardhaka (ఆశ్చర్యార్ధక)

Example: abbO! Anvitaa eerOju telugu taragatiki vachchindE! 

                అబ్బో! అన్విత ఈరోజు తెలుగు తరగతికి వచ్చిందే! 

Plan for next week

1. Padyam revision

2. 1-2 students speak about their themes (3-5 sentences each)

3.  Reading & writing simple sentences - part 2

ప్రథమ పురుష, మధ్యమ పురుష, ఉత్తమ పురుష

Deep dive into ఆశ్చర్యార్ధక

4. త్రికాలములు

Homework

No class next week. We will meet on September 13.

1. For those who did not have a chance to speak, try to come up with your own theme/story and speak 3-5 sentences in Telugu. The idea is to let students play with expression of ideas

2. Read the words (given above) and practice gunintalu and vattulu. If possible use them in your own sentences to reinforce your understanding.

3. Find out the Telugu counterparts for the following words

Practice

Living room

Bathroom

Restroom

Bedroom

4.  Take any 2 themes. Express and write the sentences in Telugu for all 4 sentence types. i.e 2 themes X 4 sentence types = Total of 8 sentences to be written in Telugu. We discussed this in the class and the students can provide more details, if parents need.

Note to parents

We will be discussing about Telugu vocabulary in each class as we come across words. Please review those words with the students again and use them in a sentence or two so that the words become active in their vocabulary  

August 23, 2020

 

*మన తెలుగు మధ్యమ  తరగతి(2020-2021)కి స్వాగతం *

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

We had some connectivity issues today. We apologize for that and we will fix the issues in the next class. 

Here is what was covered in the class today 

Homework from last class 

College - కళాశాల

University - విశ్వవిద్యాలయం

We tried to do a quick revision (spot check) of gunintalu and vattlulu. Here are the words. Due to connectivity issues, we did not have a chance to cover them all. The students can try to read all these words (and write them) to practice  gunintalu and vattlulu. Also, I would recommend an overall revision of vattulu and gunintalu.

అమృతము

భైరవరావము

కౌపీనము

వయఃపరిమితి

చిక్కని పెరుగు

ప్రతిష్ఠాన పురము

ఉష్ణపు తీవ్రత

అన్నప్రాసన

నృసింహుడు

తామర తంపర

పౌరుషము

తపఃఫలము

ఫాల్గుణ మాసము

సూక్తిముక్తావళి

లగ్నపత్రిక

Plan for next week

1. Padyam from Dasarathi Satakam

2. Students speak about their themes (3-5 sentences each)

3.  Reading & writing simple sentences - part 1

Homework

1. Try to come up with your own theme/story and speak 3-5 sentences in Telugu. The idea is to let students play with expression of ideas

2. Read the words (given above) and practice gunintalu and vattulu

Note to parents

We will be discussing about Telugu vocabulary in each class as we come across words. Please review those words with the students again and use them in a sentence or two so that the words become active in their vocabulary  

April 26, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Final exam discussion
Final exam, as a take home test would be conducted as we get near the completion of this academic year. 

In today's class, a link to the take home test, the written section of the test be completed by the students by May 3, 2020 11 AM, was sent. The test format was discussed and questions were cleared.

Download take home test

We will have the verbal sections of the test in the next class. The grades will be given to students in the class on May 10.
Parents, please work with the students to leverage the opportunity of test and have the kids focus on learning through the test. 

Plan for next week

Verbal sections of the take home test

Reading exercise

Homework

Take home test

April 19, 2020

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Homework review & Writing practice
Students did a partial work for their home work. So, we reviewed the words, learnt their counterparts in Telugu and wrote the words. 
బలపం, సుద్ద 
నత్త నడక 
సైనికుడు భటుడు 
మంట, నిప్పు, అగ్ని, అగ్గి పెట్టె 
యంత్రము 
రత్నం, వజ్రం 
లత 
వల 
తాళము, తాళము చెవి 
శంఖము

Idea expression
If you could rollback and roll forward time, what should the world to minimize the impact. Students spoke about it in their own sentences for about 3 minutes each. They are showing great interest in this exercise. So, we will continue this next week

Plan for next week

Home work review & writing practice
Fun exercise where the students will be given 3-4 words from what they learnt and they need to use it in adhoc sentences
Idea expression
Reading exercise

Homework

1. Find the meaning for the following English words, write it in Telugu and use the word (with at least one sentence)

    wave       shelf       forest      sand
​    iron    ​    brick    ​    swimming   ​    feathers
​    spear   ​    steel        breath   ​    pickle
    sage   ​    proof

2. Try to think about the following topic and express in English first and then in Telugu

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