CCCL Hexaware: Satyanarayana pideti

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This article is about a child at the CCCL Hexaware construction site who is being assisted/taught by the members of CMI Spark

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Basic information 1.2 Educational background 2 Knowledge state 2.1 Native language 2.2 English 2.3 Mathematics 3 Desire to learn 3.1 Areas 3.2 Time-slots 4 Interaction so far 4.1 Interactions on 28th January 4.2 Interactions on 4th Febraruy 4.3 Interactions on 11th February 4.4 Interactions on 25th February

[edit] Profile

[edit] Basic information

• Name: Satyanarayana Pideti
• Gender: Male
• Age: ?? years (approx?)
• Mother: Rama
• Father: Ram
• Native place: Parvathipuram
• Native language: Telugu

[edit] Educational background

• Studied in: A (Telugu-medium) school at Paravathipuram
• Studied upto: Class 1

[edit] Knowledge state

[edit] Native language

In knowledge of Telugu, he seems to be somewhere very close Level 2 as per this gradation. That is, he can read and write alphabets and can write small words.

[edit] English

In knowledge of English he seems to be at Level 1, viz he can read/write alphabets. He also knows a few spoken words and their Telugu meanings and can write simple monosyllabic words like cat, sat, mat.

[edit] Mathematics

He has studied addition, subtraction in school, though he may be somewhat out of touch with these. Refer to the 11th February session for more details on what he knows so far.

[edit] Desire to learn

[edit] Areas

• Telugu: ??
• English: Word construction and vocabulary (proceeding to Level 2)
• Mathematics: ?

[edit] Time-slots

He is willing to learn every day.

[edit] Interaction so far

[edit] Interactions on 28th January

was not present

[edit] Interactions on 4th Febraruy

Was not present

[edit] Interactions on 11th February

Wrote down alphabets of Telugu and Exglish and also wrote some "gudinthaalu" and learnt some more. Wrote some small words in English.

[edit] Interactions on 25th February

This is a first-person article (or section of an article) by Vipul

I covered the following topics in mathematics (I was teaching him along with Narayana Rao and Shankara Rao):

• Counting 1-20 in Telugu and English
• Addition by dot-counting and number line
• Subtraction by dot-counting and number line
• Writing and manipulating expressions for addition and subtraction
• Shapes of square, circle, triangle, rectangle; counting the number of such shapes

After I had finished, he did the following:

• Practice of writing the Telugu alphabet (checked by Ravitej)
• Listened attentively to "Hanuman to the Rescue" (recited by Ravitej) and "Baddhu and Chhotu" (recited by Bhanukiran)
• Recited a poem/song to Ravitej