Tamil Class Dec,20th 2015

Tamil Jr. :
  This week we practiced for the presentation in the class. Kids all did well. We went in circle like a train and sang the Vowel song. Practiced it few times. Kids are very comfortable with the song well. Please have them practice at least couple of times in the holiday time so that they do not forget it.
     We also revised the letters and did a New year coloring page. The class then combined with intermediate as first graders has to go to Biksha.
         Keep them motivated by making them speak couple of sentences in Tamil every day. Many kids knows all the words. but is not confident in using them while talking. Though we encourage them in the class, it would work more if it continues in the house too. 

Link for practice:
 Click on the link below and select "UyirEzhuthu" in the selectbox to see the rhyme.
http://www.baasha.net/baasha_rhymes.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/WrittingPractice/Uyir_Letter_tracing.html


Tamil Intermediate:
In the intermediate class, we did the new year coloring page and then practiced the song. We listened to the song in youtube couple of times and sang them couple of times. Most of the kids got it. Please refer to the last week blogspot for the video and lyrics and have them practice during the holidays. 
  Practice writing and song at least couple of times during the holidays so that they do not forget the lessons. 
Then we went to the Jr. room to do a combined practice. This week our star student is Harish. He talked on a topic "About me" and also sang the song "Dosai amma Dosai". He talked very well in tamil. 
   Very good job Harish. You have inspired other kids too in the class.
Then , couple of kids came forward and talked about their favorite.
We will work on more talking every week. Intermediate will work on writing too. For now , most of the kids can write the consonant sound. The rest of the kids will finish the consonant sound in a class or 2. Then we will work on secondary letters.
    Every week each child in the class will get a turn to be star student of the week. Star student for the next class has been informed. It will go in the alphabetical order of their first name. 
Links  for practice:
  http://www.baasha.net/lessons/Level-1/b_Mei_lessons.html
http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html

There is no class during the winter break. Our next class will be on January 10th. 

Mark the dates:

   January 24th: Our class presentation in Assembly.
   February 21st: Test for kids in writing letters.(Consonant sound and Vowel sounds for Intermediate)

Wish you all a Happy New Year. Have a fun filled Holiday.

இனிய 

புத்தாண்டு 

நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 

Tamil Class - Jr and Intermediate - Dec 13th 2015

Tamil Jr.:
    Tamil jr. had minimal strength this week. 
Siva and Vidya made them write Vowels (உயிரெழுத்து ) fully .
அ ,ஆ  - ஔ  and Aayutha ezhuthu(ஃ) .

Siva went through colors with the kids. 

Then we did the most fun part - அ ,ஆ, இ,ஈ   song with all the little children. Everyone individually sang so well. They will sing this song for  the presentation. Here are the lyrics for the parents to practice at home too. 

Audio link to the song : 

http://www.baasha.net/Rhymes/TamilRhyme_vowelsounds_2015_10_11_18_24_02.wav

அ, ஆ  இ  ஈ  உ ஊ. வாம் 

எ ஏ ஐ.. ஒ ஓ..  வாம் 

ஔ வுடன் வந்தது உயிரெழுத்து 

ஃ மட்டும் ஆயுதமாம் 

அ ஆ  பாடம் கற்றோமே 

அன்னை முத்தம் பெற்றோமே .

Lyrics in English:

a,aa e, ee u, uu vaam
ye,yae, ai .., o, oo vaam
au vudan vanthathu uyirezhuththu
akku mattum aayuthamaam
a, aa paadam kaRRomae, 
annai muththam peRRomae




Tamil Intermediate: 
  In the intermediate, We reviewed our consonant sounds. With couple of more practice we will be very comfortable with the consonant sounds. Kids were made to write many of the letters without seeing and also in random order. They would have brought that paper home. check it. we will work on the similar pattern in future too as we want the kids to understand the letters and their sound. 
   Kids who missed few classes were made to write the letters 3 times with saying them. Please do the same in the home. 
  We then listen to and learn the consonant song. The song link and the lyrics are given below. We sang this couple of time. Not all kids got it. please encourage your child to practice this at home too. We will be singing this song in the presentation.
   Home work:
         Practice consonant letters in writting and practice the song for singing. We will be work on the song next class. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YbtqDQYeA8

Lyrics:

க  ச  ட  த ப ர  வல்லிணமாம் 

ஞ ங ண ந ம ன  மெல்லிணமாம் 

ய ர ல வ ழ ள  இடையிணமாம்

நல்லவங்க நம் இனமாம் 

க ங ச ஞ 

ட ண த ந 

ப ம ய ர 

ல வ ழ 

ற ள ன 

உயிர் எழுத்தும் மெய் எழுத்தும் 

சேர்ந்தால் தான் உயிர்மெய் எழுத்து 

சத்தம் போட்டு படித்திடனும் 

நீ முத்து முத்தாய் எழுதிடணும்.

English lyrics:

     ka sa da tha pa ra vallinamaam

    gya nga Nna na ma na mellinamaam

    ya ra la va zha la idaiyinamaam

    ka nga cha nya 

    ta na tha na

    pa ma ya ra

    la va zha

    Ra La 

    uyir ezhuththu mei ezhuththu sernthaal thaan uyir mei ezhuththu

    saththam pOettu padiththidanum

    nee muththu  muththaai ezhuthidanum. 

Tamil class Dec 6,2015

 Tamil Junior:
We started with learning colors. We saw the names of the colors in Tamil and English, we did this a couple times.
We then learned to write the letter O and Oo.

The preschool children traced the vowels and others are able to write A Aa till O Oo.
The star child- Anusri had thirukkural to tell, but couldn't get to it due to time constraint. She will present her Thirukkural next class.

Homework- Please make the children practice the colors in Tamil.
Practice writing A Aa till O Oo 2 times in your NOTEBOOK


Tamil Intermediate:
   We worked the full class in writing the consonant sounds. All kids are recommended to say the letter and write. Kids can see the letters and write or write all the letters without seeing in an order. If they are asked to write one specific letter, they have trouble identifying it. We worked very hard. We will be working more in the next class. 
Next class we will have dictation on the consonant sounds. Practice all the consonant sounds. We will be working on writing the Body parts in the next class. We will also be practicing for the Assembly presentation in January.

Homework:

• Practice all the consonant sounds. 
• Practice the song. Refer to the November 15th Blogspot for the link in youtube and the video is also attached if you could not access youtube.
• Printouts for additional practice (optional): http://www.baasha.net/Worksheets/Level-1/Level_1_Uyir_mei_tracing.html