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Parent guide · Grade 2 Russian · Unit 2

Lesson 2.2 Здра́вствуйте! At School

Written for the parent. The Read aloud parts are written to your child; read them as they are. Do this parts are for you. Answers for you are marked Listen for.

At a glance

Time
3 sessions of 15–20 minutes
Goal
Say school and teacher in Russian.; Greet a grown-up politely: Здра́вствуйте!; Say goodbye politely: До свида́ния!
You need
  • Two paper bags or socks
  • Markers, yarn, glue
  • A sketchbook or plain paper, and crayons
  • A King James Bible
Print
Worksheet A · the lesson page (it also has a short video (3:21))

Steps

  1. Do this together: Say кни́га, ру́чка, каранда́ш, тетра́дь. How do you say hi to a friend in Russian? (Приве́т!) Grown-ups get a special, polite hello. Today you learn it.

  2. Read aloud: The story. When Jesus was twelve years old, His family went to the temple in Jerusalem. On the way home, Mary and Joseph could not find Him. They looked for three days, and at last they found Him in the temple, sitting with the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone was amazed at how well He understood. Then He went home and obeyed His parents, and He grew in wisdom.

    Read aloud: How Russian sounds. Шко́ла is SHKOH-luh. Учи́тель is oo-CHEE-teel’, and a woman teacher is учи́тельница (oo-CHEE-teel’-nee-tsuh). Russian children greet their teacher with Здра́вствуйте! (ZDRAHST-vooy-tee) and leave with До свида́ния! (duh svee-DAH-nee-yuh). Use приве́т and пока́ only with friends and family.

    Read aloud: Say it and move. Stand up straight when the teacher comes in: Здра́вствуйте! Wave politely at the door: До свида́ния!

  3. Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.

    • шко́ла (shkola) [SHKOH-luh]: school
    • учи́тель (uchitel) [oo-CHEE-teel]: teacher (man)
    • учи́тельница (uchitelnitsa) [oo-CHEE-teel-nee-tsuh]: teacher (woman)
    • здра́вствуйте! (zdravstvuyte!) [ZDRAHST-vooy-tee]: hello
    • до свида́ния! (do svidaniya!) [dah svee-DAH-nee-yuh]: goodbye

  4. Show: Your teacher walks into the room. What do you say?

    Say this: “A teacher is a grown-up, so use the polite hello.”

    Say this: “Polite hello: Здра́вствуйте!”

    Answer: Здра́вствуйте!

    Show: Your friend leaves. What do you say? And to the teacher?

    Say this: “To a friend: пока́.”

    Say this: “To a grown-up: до свида́ния.”

    Answer: Пока́! … До свида́ния!

  5. Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.

    Ask: Say school in Russian.

    Listen for: Шко́ла.

    Ask: Say teacher (a woman) in Russian.

    Listen for: Учи́тельница.

    Ask: Greet a grown-up politely.

    Listen for: Здра́вствуйте!

    2 more on the lesson page.

  6. Read aloud: Make two puppets, a teacher and a friend, and practice the right greeting for each.

    Steps:

    1. Make a teacher puppet (with glasses or a book) and a friend puppet.
    2. The teacher puppet comes in: say Здра́вствуйте!
    3. The friend puppet comes in: say Приве́т!
    4. Each puppet leaves: До свида́ния! for the teacher, Пока́! for the friend.

    Tips for you:

    • Let a sibling work one puppet and switch.

    Done when your child can say:

    • I made two puppets.
    • I use the polite words with the teacher and the friendly words with the friend.

  7. Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.

    1. In your notebook, draw your school or your homeschool table and your teacher. Write шко́ла and учи́тель or учи́тельница with a parent’s help.

  8. Read aloud: In Russia, children call their teacher by first name and father’s name together, like Мари́я Ива́новна (Maria, daughter of Ivan). It is the polite way to speak to grown-ups.

    • Saying every letter of Здра́вствуйте. The first в is silent: ZDRAHST-vooy-tee.
    • Saying приве́т to a teacher. Use the polite Здра́вствуйте! with grown-ups.

  10. One person knocks and comes in as a teacher, a grandma, a friend or a little brother. The child answers with the right greeting: Здра́вствуйте! or Приве́т!

  11. Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”

    Listen for: Say school and teacher in Russian.; Greet a grown-up politely: Здра́вствуйте!; Say goodbye politely: До свида́ния!

  12. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

    Luke 2:52 (KJV)

    In the Russian Bible (Synodal translation), this verse reads: <i class="ru-bible" lang="ru">Иисус же преуспевал в премудрости и возрасте</i> Jesus grew up as a boy just as you are growing: in wisdom, in size, and in favour with God and people.

Spread over the week

3 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

  1. Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
  2. Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
  3. Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.