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| | Namaste,
Another wonderful year of Gurukul is coming to end.
This week we finished our last poem "Chote Chote Pav". We also finished our hindi evalution. I have send copy of evaluation with each kid, please check there folders.
I have also given summer workbook to all the kids who were absent last week.
In order to goto next level everyone have to finish summer workbook. If your kid has scored less in hindi evalution then they can be re-tested in Sep by next level teacher.
We also practiced annual day performance. Please help your kids to memorize there lines from swar-tarang & poem.
We will repeat same performance 3 times @ 11:05 AM, 11:35 AM, 12:05 PM, this is done so that if you have other sibling in different class then you will not miss there performance.
Performance will be in same room where current class is being held.
Please have your children dress up in Indian clothes and be there latest by 10:30.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we conducted Hindi evaluation. Thanks to Sudhir (Abhinav's dad) & Sugandha (Ishan's mom) for helping us out for evaluation & annual day preparation. I will be posting results next week. All kids showed lot of progress.
Please make sure all kids memorize there lines for annual day. We have got only 1 week left before final performance.
If you have not send seasons drawing or India trip photo then please do so in coming week.
We have also given summer workbooks with everyone. Please check the gurukul bags. It is mandatory to complete the workbook during summer holiday in order to go in Level 2. Some of kids were unable to come this week, we will hand over there workbooks in next week.
Reminder:
Dear Parents of students returning to Gurukul in 2010-11 session,
Please attend a mandatory meeting that has been set up for returning families.
Date: Sunday May 16th (11:15AM)
Location: Gurukul(LWTC , downstairs in cafeteria)
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we learned all about time(samay) -- day,night,hour,year,month,morning afternoon,evening....
Then we revised swars,days of week,numbers,parivaar & body parts.
After that we moved on to play game in order to revise our syllabus for exam. During play we revised wild animals,domestic animals,birds,fruits,vegetables,taste & directions.
Most of kids are confident in answers but some still need lot of revision. Next week May 9th we will be conducting exam & based on that marks we will decide if your kid can go to next level or not. So please make sure they come prepared next week. Due to time limit we will not be able to take retest, availability of all kids is necessary.
For show & tell
Ajitesh shared hathi, bander & machali with class.
Akash shared photo of Goddess Chamunda & also talked about lion.
During culture hour we were busy with preparation of annual day. Lot of kids did good job of memorizing there lines & poems.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
As we have finished with the Cultural part of the syllabus, we will be using this hour for the Annual Day preparations.
Each kid has been assigned a vowel (Hindi swar). We have pasted the assigned swar in their folder. Please help them memorize it. (We will give the parts for Abhinav, Ishan, Prabhav, and Reva in the next class.)
The kids have been divided into four groups. Each group has been given a rhyme. Please go through the rhyme with them.
This is a reminder for the kids who have yet to submit the season drawings. Please draw the four seasons in four different sheets and label them.
On a construction paper, they should paste a photo of their India visit and write a few lines about it. They can write in English or use Hindi sentences in English. Only some of the kids received the construction papers. I will be passing out the rest next week.
Parents, we need additional parent volunteers to help us with the preparations and the rehearsals for the next three weeks. We need help especially from 12:20 – 1:15pm. Please feel free to drop by. We appreciate all the support you are giving us.
-Dhanyawad
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we learned about Earth & our home. We discussed various parts of home & what there uses are like rasoi(kithchen) is used for cooking, mandir (temple) is for pooja.
We learned about our home surrounding too --- day, night, sun, moon, trees (fruit & vegetable), grass & so on....
For show & tell
Saumya shared her toy dog Kutta. She did wonderful job of sharing.
Any kids who have not yet done there show & tell can come prepared in next week.
We also handed out Annual day parts which kids have to memorize. We will be doing poems & swar-tarang with them in upcoming classes, but please help them in home also to memorize.
On May 9th we will be doing Hindi evaluation. Based on this evaluation we will decide if your child can go in 2nd level or not.
Evaluation will be of 20 questions.
We will ask about animals(wild, domestic),birds, fruits,vegetables,direction & taste.
Please go through the syllabus with them. During hindi I keep on taking revisions & almost everyone participate, so it shouldn't be hard for them. We have almost 2 weeks to prepare.
Thanks to Sumita, Sugandha & Archana to Volunteer for upcoming annual day. We will need more volunteers in the class starting next week as we start working on the annual day tri-folds and other activities. We are having great fun preparing for it so far.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural hour we talked about the games of India, both modern (field hockey & cricket) and traditional (kabbadi, kho-kho, pittu, patang bazi,etc).
We were fortunate to have a wonderful weather to play Pittu (seven stones) outside. The kids also saw a power point presentation about the games of India.
Annual Day is on May 23, 10. Please respond to the following list:
1. Please confirm if your child is going to attend the Annual Day. (My last mail said the opposite. I just want to double check the head count).
2. Please make sure you child finishes the drawings of the four seasons. Each season should be drawn in separate sheet of paper. The name of the season and their name should be labeled. We are goind to display their work.
3. On a construction paper, they should paste a photo of their India visit and write a few lines about it. They can write in English or use Hindi sentences in English. I did send the construction paper with your child in the last class.
4. We are going to divide the kids into groups and make them recite some simple poems. We will be sending the poems next week. Please make sure they memorize them.
5. The kids are also going to be assigned with a vowel and they have to talk about it. We will be sending the info regarding that next week.
6. We do need a parent volunteer to coordinate the snacks for the Annual Day.
Celebration of the Annual Day is a joint effort from all of us. Let us make it a fun day for the kids.
-Dhanyawad
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
Finally we finished our Swars अं , अ: , ऋ
Please practice all swars with them.
Then we moved on with Feelings. We discussed how we feel different in different occasions like khus, dhukhi, gussa ....
Due to less time we couldn't do our show & tell this week, but we will continue with it on coming sunday.
We have almost finalized annual day program now we need to assign the parts to kids for which head count of each kid is must. Thank you for all parents who have already responded to email if you have not done so please respond till this friday, this will ensure proper planning on our part.
Important reminder :
We still do not have any parent volunteer to help with the annual function, and if we don't get any response we would not be able to plan any social function afterwards.
We would love to have a potluck in the class after the function ( finger food only) For this, we need one or two parent volunteers to take the responsibility to be the “lead parent volunteer” for the event. These people would need to communicate with the event committee(Gurukul) and other parents of the class to get logistics and other things aligned. Please let us know if you can take this responsibility for the event. Looking forward to your responses.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural session we talked about different regions of India. We divided the regions into north, south, east, west and central. We discussed the famous landmarks like Taj Mahal, Red fort, Gateway of India, national parks, etc. We talked briefly about the physical features (Himalayas, Thar Desert, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian Ocean). We showed the power point on the same. The kids did a puzzle activity of India map.
Parents, we are going to have the Gurukul Annual Day on May 23rd. Each class will have their own setup.
We are planning to showcase your child’s work. The kids will also be entertaining us. We need your help in making this a successful event. Following are the points we want to address:
1. Please let us know if your child is not going to attend the Annual Day (May 23, 10). Our performance revolves around your kids.
2. Please send a copy of their favorite photo taken during their India trip. They should stick this photo on a construction paper and write a few lines about it. Writing can be in English or Hindi sentences in English.
3. We had asked the kids to draw and label the four seasons. Only a few of them had done it. Please make sure they finish it. We will be displaying their work.
4. We are also planning to have a potluck (dry nut free snacks and juices). We will send more details later.
This is our preliminary “To Do” list!
Parents, we want to make this Annual Day a very joyous and a memorable occasion for your children. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We cannot do this without your help.
Dhanyawad,
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week was terrific. We played egg hunt in class. Each kid had to pick one egg and do the action word in front of class,if class guesses it right kid gets the prize. Everyone was excited to participate.
We also revised numbers & seasons. We learned new swars ओ, औ.
We also worked on opposites and adjectives.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural hour we had a demo on classical music. The demo was presented by the Carnatic musician, Chitra Subramanian. She talked about the history of Carnatic and Hindustani music. She talked how music notes and ragas are formed.
We would like to thank all the parents for re enrolling your kids for the next academic year. Gurukul is going to open the registration to all.
There is no class next week April 04,10. Have a wonderful spring break.
-Danyawad
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During Hindi we learned different tastes of food.
Like kela meetha hota hai, ice-cream thandi hoti hai....
We also learned seasons. We came up with foods & their tastes associated with different weather.
eg: In Gurmee (summer) we eat thandi ice-cream, Sardee (Winter) we drink garam cocoa ....
We also talked about weather like we make snowman in sardee, leaves change color in patjhar, we eat ice-cream in garmee, we have easter egg hunt in basant.
We learned swar ए, ऐ and revised all other swars along with numbers & days of week.
In show & tell
Reva shared Koala
Maleena shared beautiful dolls of india
Saumya ---
Zahaan ---
Next sunday Apr,11th Sruttika, Akash & Prabhav have there turn.
There is no class on Apr,4th. Enjoy the Spring break.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | During conversation session, kids were given a set of action verbs, and nouns (fruits, vegetables and animals) to come up with silly sentences. The idea was to come up with a funny story. Some sentences they came up with were - “Bakri chappal pahanthi hai”. (Goat wears slippers).
“Batak ek chikoo khatha hai”. (The duck eats a chikoo).
“Kutha Chidiya per so raha hai”. (Dog is sleeping on the bird).
Please encourage the kids to make simple sentences at home.
Reminder: Thank You parents who have already re-enrolled your child for the next Gurukul year.
For those students who have not re enrolled, next weekend will be their last opportunity to re-enroll for the next Gurukul year.
-Dhanyawad
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in hindi we learned swar उ, ऊ
We revised Parivaar & Saptaah ke din (Days of the week).
We made two teams Safed bagh and Hawaii daal, each team has to tell new hindi word from ending letter of the word.
Ex: Angoor -- roti -- imli --...........
We also had show & tell
Ishaan shared Jungle book animals -- Bhalu,hathi,bander
Prbhav shared pencil
Ansh ---
Next week Maleena,Saumya & Zahaan have there turn for show & tell.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During Conversation session, we made sentences to guess the mystery animals, fruits, vegetables, and even their favorite movie characters. For Example: For Sher (lion), following hints would be given: “Yeh junglee janwar hai. Iska rang bhoora hai”. They were also made to ask questions to find the mystery animal. They would ask: “Kya yeh junglee/palthu janwar hai? Iska rang kya hai?” You can also play “Guess Who” at home. This is a fun way to review the Hindi chapters. The kids also reviewed sentences using “yahaan” (here), “vahaan” (there), and “mai” (in),
As we had a long conversation session, we had to rush our cultural session. We talked about dances of India (Classical). The kids saw a power point presentation on the same. They didn’t have time to finish the “Kathakalli” mask in the class. Please help them finish at home.
Parents, Registration packet for the next year has been sent in your child’s folder.
Here is the link of the announcement on the Gurukul web site
Dhanyawad,
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
We learned Saptaah ke din (Days of the week) this sunday.
We made our own Chidyaghar(zoo) which had wild animals plus petting zoo. All kids selected one animal to put in zoo but the rule was they should tell animal in hindi & is it junglee or palatu janwar.
Then we gave food to all animals which was lot of fun as sher was eating pyaj, bandar was eating baingan, suwar was eating narange and so on..
Aneesh shared his toy gun with class for show & tell.
Reminder:
Please make sure you come prepared for show & tell when it's your turn. Also make sure you select something related to our syllabus like wild animal,domestic animal fruit, vegetable anything if possible.
Dhanywad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During hindi we learned two new swar इ, ई.
इ से इस्तरी, इमारत, इमली
ई से ईख
We practiced writing them in correct way.
We also played telephone game.
After that each kid got chance to ask a hindi word to other person ex if one gives word goat other has to tell "Bakri" then he ask word to other & so on.
At this age they are introduced to hindi language for first time so they tend to forget a lot. Please keep on revising hindi with them at home.
For show & tell Isan bansal shared "Sher".
All other kids forgot there turn. Please make sure kids come prepared for show & tell at there turn so that we can move smoothly ahead & everyone will get the chance.
This weeks kid Prachi, Ishaan Mirchandani,Ansh will get chance to do show & tell again next week.
In circle time we shared "Panchatantra book" which was brought by Akash. We looked at all the animals pictures and kids told what they are called in hindi. Some animals were sher,bhalu,bhed,bander...
For spoken hindi, we emphasized on using "मे " in sentence.
ex : ग्लास मे पानी है.
डिब्बे मे क्रयोन(Crayon) है.
Please refer to chapter 10 in spoken hindi folder. It's under parents tab on Gurukul website.
During culture hour we have shown the power point presentation about Holi to Kids. We talked that Holi is India’s spring festival. The first day is “Holika Dahan” (like a bonfire) which is the significance of burning the evil and the next day is Holi where everybody plays with colors (gulal) and water colors in pichakari, balloon by throwing on each other. Special drink “Thandai” is made and lots of sweets are made at home.
Kids knew a lot about Holi and few remembered holi at Gurukul last time. J
I asked questions like who all played holi? What kind of colors did you use? Tell me colors in Hindi. Tell one special thing about Holi? All kids participated in answering these questions.
Then we placed the cardboard sheets around kids and gave them crayons to color each other on the cardboard sheet. Kids had lot of fun running around and coloring on cardboard sheets.
Thanks to Rajashree (Reva's mom) for helping us out for cultural hour.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
In culture time, we had a demonstration on Classical Dance - Bharatanatyam' By Vidya Guhan. They played Krishna stories in form of dance. For more information about Artiste and the Dance school. Click the link: www.fromwithinacademy.org
Due to Bharatanatyam demo we didn't have spoken hindi hour.
During hindi we revised vegetables and also learned poem "Aaloo bola". Play this poem to kids on Gurukul CD poem 2.
We started with our hindi vowels (Swar) a , aa
We also read story about "Chu chu chuha", which was enjoyed by everyone a lot.
We also had show & tell
Abhinav shared "Penguin Pakshi"
Sheel shared "Narangi phal"
Ishan Bansal ---
Next week Prachi, Ishaan Mirchandani,Ansh had there turn for show & tell.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural hour we talked about the animals of India. We discussed in detail about elephants, tigers, lions, cobras, and peacocks. The kids saw a power point presentation on the same. They made an animal mask for their activity.
Conversation session: The kids conversed how to make fruit salad. The kids picked different fruits and they used the following verbs in their sentences:
Dhona - to wash
Sukhana – to dry
Katna – to cut
Milana –to mix
Khana – to eat
They also made similar sentences (verbs -dhona, katna, pakana, and khana) with vegetables.
We introduced “may” (In) in our sentences. For Eg:
Q: Glass may kya hai? What is in the glass?
A: Glass may pani hai. Water is in the glass.
Please review fruits and vegetables with your kids and use it in conversation with above verbs mentioned.
-Dhanyawad
-Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in hindi we did revision of fruits and learned vegetables (sabjiya).
Please go through them with vegetables & fruits revision in home while shopping & cooking.
From next week we are starting hindi show & tell.
Each week 3 kids will get the chance.
They can choose any favorite animal, fruit or vegetable to talk.
They need to talk at least 5 lines in hindi.
They can bring toy, actual fruit or vegetable or even picture will do. If they are creative they can even draw & color the picture to share.
Ex:
Mera naam ----- hai.
Muzhe Aam pasand hai.
Ye peele rang ka phal hai.
Aam meeta hota hai.
Aam india ka national phal hai.
Sunday 2/28 Ishan Bansal,Sheel Gada & Abhinav Diddee will have show & tell.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural session we talked about Republic Day (Jan 26) and its significance. We showed a power point presentation on Republic Day parade. We also talked about National Symbols ( Rashtriya Prathik): National Anthem, National Flag, National animal(tiger), bird(peacock), fruit(mango), tree(banyan), and flower (lotus). We also talked about Indian currency. The kids did an activity on National Symbols.
Conversation Session: We rotated the kids between three stations:
Station 1: Reviewed time from last class. Eg: Aap school kab jathe ho? (When do you go to school?)
Ans: Mai school aat baje jatha hoon. (I go to school at 8:00am.)
Similar questions where they have to use time in their sentences.
Station 2: We introduced vegetables(carrot=gajar, potato=aloo, tomato=tamatar, eggplant=baingan, okra=bindhi) into our sentences.
For Eg: Maleena kya kathi hai? (What is Maleena eating?)
Ans: Maleena gajar kathi hai.
Station 3: We went over dinner scenario using action words like dhona(to wash), katna(to cut), pakana(to cook), khana(to eat), and pina(to drink). Do the action and the kids have to come up with the sentence. For Eg: Mummy kya karthi hai? (what is mummy doing?). Mummy has to act as though she is washing her hands. The kids have to answer: Mummy hath dothi hai.(Mummy washes her hands.)
You can play charades by using the above verbs.
Reminder: No Gurukul next Sunday (Feb 14). We will see you back on Feb 21.
Dhanyawad,
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we revised directions and learned about fruits (Phal). We also shared experience from kids who have seen this fruits in India which we cannot get here (like Sitaphal, Chikko).
Favorite fruit for most kids was Mango (Aam) & Apple (Seb).
Important reminders
There is NO Gurukul class next Sunday Feb 14th in lieu of the mid term break, the class resumes on Sunday Feb 21st (It is different on the calendar)
A CD of Hindi poems and other Hindi songs was given to each child. Please play the CD as often as possible.
If your child was absent, please let us know.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
In culture today, we had a demonstration on folk dances of Gujarat by Leena Shah. She talked about the significance of the folk dances (Garbha, Dandiya, Tippini) and also about the costumes.
In conversation session we introduced sentences starting with "Mai" and ending with "Hoon". They were also asked to use the time of the day and an action word in their sentences. For Eg:
Mai subah uttha hoon. I get up in the morning.
Mai subah school jathi hoon. I go to school in the morning.
Mai raath ko sotha hoon. I sleep in the night.
Subah = Morning
dopahar = Afternoon
Sham = Evening
Raath = Night
Please encourage your kids in making sentences starting with "Mai", then time of the day (subah, raath, sham, dopahar), then the action verb(uttha/utthi, padtha/padthi, kheltha/khelthi,etc) and ending with "hoon". Just as shown above.
Dhanyawad,
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we learn about Dishaye(Directions).
Please help kids learning them:
North : Uttar
South : Dakshin
East : Purab
West : Pashchim
Please revise spoken hindi with them.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
Parent volunteers helped the kids revise the Hindi lessons. Quiz was given on action words. They did a collage with numbers, colors, animals, and birds.
A big Thank You for all the parent volunteers for helping us while we conducted the parent conferences.
Thank You parents for attending the conferences. For those who couldn't make to our parent conference, please contact us.
Yogita and I are looking forward to working with the kids again and back to normal routine.
-Dhanyawad
-meera and yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
The class mainly focused on revising the Hindi lessons. Both oral and written quizzes were given. We greatly appreciate the help and support given by the parent volunteers while we conducted the parent conferences. We will follow a similar pattern next week. This is a great opportunity for the kids to brush on their Hindi lessons. We will be giving activities/quizzes on numbers, colors, birds, and animals. Also we will be reviewing the following action words: Padna(to read), likna(to write), chalna(to walk), bhagna(to run), baitna(to sit), koodna(to jump), khana(to eat), pina(to drink).
This is how we are planning to quiz-
Fill in the blanks with action words-
1) Rahul loves books. Rahul ____________ hai. (reads)
Ans: Rahul padtha hai.
2)Rita is thirsty. Rita juice _______________ hai. (drinks)
Ans: Rita juice pithi hai.
We will be using only the above mentioned action words. They should practice how the action word ends "aa" or "ee" depending upon the gender(boy/girl).
Jan24th PTC conference.
11:15am-11:25am Abhinav
11:30am-11:40am Ishan
11:45pm-11:55pm Meera
12:00pm-12:10pm Ishaan
12:15pm-12:25pm Akash
12:30pm-12:40pm Open
1:00pm-1:10pm Maleena
-Dhanyawad
-meera and yogita
| | | | | | |
Namaste,
During cultural hour we talked about the harvest festival- Lohri/Sankranthi/Pongal and how people celebrate it in different parts of India. They saw a power point presentation on the same. The kids colored kite for the art work.
Conversation hour: We reviewed action verbs and used them in sentences. They also worked on colors and numbers.
Dhanyawad,
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
We revised numbers animals and birds in Hindi class then moved on to spoken hindi.
Thank you to all the parents for signing up for the Parent teacher conf. (PTC). If you have not signed up for the PTC, please send us an email for the available slot.
We will need 2 parent volunteers in each class for the next 2 weeks, We already have parent volunteers for Jan 24th but we need one parent volunteer for jan 17th , if you can volunteer during the PTC, we would really appreciate it. Please let us know.
Please come on time as we have back to back conferences.
Please come prepared with any questions, concerns or suggestions during the PTC.
Jan 17th 11:30am-11:40am Zahaan 11:45pm-11:55pm Reva 12:00pm-12:10pm Sheel 12:15pm-12:25pm Ajitesh 12:30pm-12:40pm Saumya 12:45pm-12:55pm Sruttika 1:00pm-1:10pm Prachi Jan 24th 11:15am-11:25am Abhinav 11:30am-11:40am Ishan 11:45pm-11:55pm Meera 12:00pm-12:10pm Ishaan 12:15pm-12:25pm Akash 12:30pm-12:40pm Open 1:00pm-1:10pm Maleena Thank you to all the parents for taking the Gurukul survey, if you have not taken the survey, please do so to help Gurukul. You can find the survey at http://www.surveypirate.com/Survey.aspx?surveyid=9788&hash=lDMPL-7uEyOALkL7pLW2jQ%3d%3d Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Wish you all a very Happy New Year.
During cultural session we reviewed the festivals that we had covered so far (Ganesh Chaturthi, RakshaBandhan, Navarathri, Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Eid, and Christmas). We combined the cultural session with class 1A. We played a game where they had to guess the festivals.
In Conversation session, we revised yah/vah and mera/meri sentences.
| | | | | | | Namaste,
Wish you all very Happy New Year 2010.
Due to presence of very few kids this week we revised Hindi while playing games tippi tippi top & simon says & also had fun doing our poems.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
We talked about Christmas in our cultural session. It is called “Bada Din” (Big day) in India. We showed a power point presentation how it is celebrated in India. The kids made a card for their art work.
Conversation session: We introduced “samay” (time) in our sentences. For Eg:
Kya time(samay) hai?
Chaar baje hai.
In one station we asked the kids to combine time with some action verbs:
Mai saath baje liktha hoon. (I write at 7:00 clock)
We will be revising conversation chapters in the coming weeks as we are having a big break in the middle!
We wish you all a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! See you all next year.
Dhanyawad
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week we revised Palatu & Junglee janwar. We also learned poem "Chun chun karti aayi chidiya"
Then we moved on to learn our birds.
Next class is on 3 Jan 2010.
Wish all of you a very warm and Happy Holidays and a Happy New year!!!
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents, This week in hindi we learned about wild animals. As you probably know, we performed a short spoken Hindi evaluation for each child in levels 1, 2 & 3. We have sent the spoken Hindi evaluation form along with your child. Please take a careful look at the evaluation form. Given the number of repetitions of these concepts in class, we had expected a minimum score of 18 out of a maximum of 25 during this evaluation. If your child scores higher this, then he/she is absorbing the material well or already knew basic Hindi conversation from home. For some children who may have found the test trivial, we will likely test further with an slightly more advanced test in January. If your child scored lower than 18, we will request you to practice the lesson plans repeatedly at home to build the child's confidence. Our goal is to bring all children to a minimal level and encourage children who already have a hindi background to step up further. PARENT's CORNER webpage: Please visit http://gurukul-wa.org/Parents/default.aspx. It has useful info such as: Youtube links for Hindi panchatantra adn hindi tutorials Games and other resources for regular Hindi Chapter book on spoken HIndi and lesson plans you can use at home. Also, a copy of the exact set of questions asked during the evaluation. Please take a time to look at volunteering corner and volunteer in class if you have yet not done so. Dhanyawad, Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste,
We talked about dresses of India. We talked about sarees(showed how sarees are worn differently in different parts of India), gagra choli, salwar Kameez, kurta pajama, dhoti, etc.
Kids came forward and talked about their Indian clothes.
Conversation hour: revision of old topics (parts of the body, colors and some action verbs).
Dhanyawad,
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Our thanks and appreciation to all the parent volunteers (Rajashree, Sachin, Ketan and Alina) who took care of the class while Yogita and I conducted the conversation evaluations. Rajashree reviewed the previous chapters during Hindi session. We had an art demo for our cultural hour. The art works of Mrs. Indumati Krishnamurthy were displayed. There were displays of Tanjore, Mysore, and Kalamkari paintings. She had used a variety of media for her paintings – canvas, ceramic tile, wood, board, stones, and glass. Shelly Krishnamurthy, her daughter in-law gave a short talk and answered questions.
There is no class next week. Happy Thanks Giving to all of you.
Dhanyawad
-Meera and Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During Hindi session we reviewed previous lessons on family members, body parts, numbers and colors. Rajashree, Reva’s mom conducted the Hindi session.
During the cultural session, we talked about Guru Nanak Devji. We showed the kids a Powerpoint presentation about his beliefs, Gurudwara, Guru Granth Sahib, Sikhism, etc. The kids made Bhangara dancing puppets for art.
We also focused a lot on the conversational part as we are going to have the evaluation next week. We divided the kids into four stations to give more individual attention. We also rotated the kids between stations.
I would like to thank Rajashree, Sugandha, Ketan, and a couple of youth board members (Mihar and Shubam) for running the various stations.
Parents, following are the things that I would like you to review with your kids before next week so they feel comfortable. Do make it fun for them.
- They should answer your questions in complete sentences. - If we show a family picture, they should be able to identify the members and the relationship. For Ex. “Yeh kaun hai?” (Who is this?). “Yeh kinke papa hain?” (Whose father is this?). - Focus on these following verbs – baitna (to sit), likhna (to write), Bhaagna (to run), Khelna (to play), khaana (to eat), Peena (to drink). Ask questions such that they are able to use the same verb in both genders. For Eg, “Ladka kya karta hai?” and if he is playing, they should say: “Ladka kheltha hai. Same deal for a girl and they should say: ”Ladki khelthi hai”. We use only simple present tense. Do not ask questions like “Ladka kya kar raha hai?” - We will be evaluating the kids one on one with same set of questions to be consistent so that our evaluation bar is the same. - There are some resources for the test: a) There is a new "Parent's Corner web page". We have published the lesson plans as well as the chapter book for spoken Hindi as attachments on this web page: http://gurukul-wa.org/Parents/default.aspx. b) At the Gurukul website under Documents section, there is a link to Audio Books which have audio clips. Note: A couple of kids brought snack with nuts to the class. Given that a few kids have serious nut allergies, these should be STRICTLY AVOIDED.
Dhanyawad
- Meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
During cultural session we went over the Dandiya drill. Please remember, we don’t have a regular class next week. We are celebrating Gurukul Diwali Dandiya festivity at Inglemoor Junior High (Nov 08 from 2:30 pm). You must have received the evite from the Gurukul.
Conversation session: We have been practicing conversation by rotating the kids between three stations. We went over family scene and action verbs. In the family scene, we point at the pictures and ask the kids to tell us who they are and how are they related. We emphasize that they answer in complete sentence. For Eg Yeh Kaun hai? (Who is this?). Most of the time the kids would answer, “papa hai”. We expect them to answer, “Yeh papa hai”. In action verbs we showed pictures of a boy and a girl doing the same action. So when we point at the picture, the child should be able to say “Ladka katha hai” or “Ladki kathi hai” (The boy/girl eats). The verbs we reviewed today were khana (to eat), Pina(to drink), Bhaitna(to sit), Bhagna(to run), khelna(to play), likna(to write),and Padna(to read). Parents whenever you get a chance ask simple questions using the above verbs. We will be evaluating their conversation understanding.
Dhanyawad
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in hindi we revised our numbers, colors & made a picture of person where kids got a chance to draw a body parts. This week we focused more on spoken hindi with action verbs. We also reviewed parivaar with them using pictures. At home please focus more on hindi sentences while doing your daily work. Hindi speaking don't have to be separate task you can ask them to answer in hindi while doing cooking, eating ... & other activities. Soon we will be evaluating kids on spoken hindi, they need to tell full sentences like looking at picture they say "ladka bhagta hai" (Boy is running) and not just "bhagta".
Dhanyawad,
Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste,
Today during cultural session we had Dandiya practice taught by the Gurukul youth board members, Aakash and Suraj. Ask your child to show the five step sequence that they have learned today. The kids almost got the hang of it. We will be going through the same drill next week. The kids are welcome to bring their own Dandiya sticks although we provide it.
Conversation session: We reviewed over previous lesson plans. We added some more action verbs like padna(to read), likhna(to write), dekhna(to see), rona(to cry),and hasna(to laugh).We had conversation pertaining to food/dinner time using verbs like dhona(wash), saf karna(to clean), katna(to cut), pakhana(to cook), khana(to eat), and pina(to drink). We introduced parts of the day – rath(night), subah(morning), dopahar(afternoon), shyam(evening) into our conversation. For Eg Aap rath may kya karthe hai?(What do you do at night?). Ham rath me sothe hai(We sleep at night). Kids will get comfortable and familiar with the vocabulary as you continue to converse with them at home.
Thank You parent volunteers for all your help and support.
Dhanyawad
-meera
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week during Hindi hour we revised palatu janwar. Kids also enjoyed acting up on some animals & let others guess. We read a story from book Gyan sarover called "Samazdar Chidya". Please ask them to narrate back story to you possibly in hindi.
During snack time we enjoyed telling color of snacks.
Note : Some of kids are not doing complete homework so please make sure they have completed there homework.
Check your email for Spoken Hindi lesson plan.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste, During Cultural session, we talked about Diwali – Festival of lights. Kids eagerly shared how they celebrated it. It is celebrated to mark the victorious return of Rama after defeating Ravana. It is a celebration of good over evil. We also talked about Lakshmi Puja. People pray to goddess Lakshmi for health, wealth and prosperity. The kids were shown a powerpoint presentation on Diwali. How people decorate their houses with diyas(lamp), offer prayers, wear new clothes, eat sweets, and burst firecrackers. The kids enjoyed the animated version of different kinds of firecrackers like flowerpots, ground chakkars, rockets, etc. For art, the kids decorated the candle holder with colorful stones.
Conversation session: We reviewed last week’s lesson on Mera/Meri. We asked them to use “Unka/Unki” (Theirs – faraway) and “Inka/Inki” (Theirs- closeby) based on the ending sound of the objects. “Unka” and “Inka” are used when the objects end with “aa” sound. “Unki” and “Inki” are used when objects end with “ee” sound. We sit in a circle and kids converse by taking turns. For Eg: “Yeh Ajitesh hai. Yeh Inka thala hai”. This is Ajitesh. This is his lock. “ Yeh Inki /Unki Chathri hai”. This is their umbrella. We also added verbs into our conversation. The three verbs we used were “khana” (to eat), “Pina” (to drink), and “Bhagna” (to run). The kids take turns in acting the words and the rest guess by making sentences like “ Akash Bhagtha hai” Akash runs. “Sruttika pithi hai”. Sruttika drinks.
Dhanyawad | | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in Hindi we revised counting from 1-20.
We learned about Palatu Janwar (Domestic/Pet animals). We also did poem "Billi Bolee". Kids also enjoyed acting on it.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste, During cultural session, we had a demo of two Indian classical instruments, Sitar and Tabla. Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee played “Happy Birthday”, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, and couple of classical pieces. The kids asked interesting questions to both the artists.
Conversation session: The kids learned when to use “Mera” (masculine gender for my/mine)and “Meri” (feminine gender for my/mine) . Mera is used when objects end with “aa” sound. For Eg: Yeh mera thala hai. This is my lock. Thala (masculine gender) ends with “aa”.
Meri is used when objects end with “ee” sound. For Eg: Yeh meri tokri hai. This is my basket. Tokri (feminine gender) ends with “ee” sound.
We didn’t talk to the kids about genders. We only focused on the ending sound.
We used following words in our conversation-
1) With Mera - objects ending with “aa” sound- pyala(glass), thala(lock), thaila(bag).
2) With Meri - objects ending with “ee” sound- rassi(rope), chabi(key), tokri(basket).
Please practice with them by asking questions like – yeh kiska pyala hai? Whose glass is this?
Kya yeh pyala hai? Is this a glass? The kids have to use ha (yes) and nahi(no) to answer the questions. Encourage them to use complete sentences.
Dhanyawad
| | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in Hindi we learned our counting till 20. We also revised colors. Then we learned Indradhanush(Rainbow) poem. Please go through them on poem. Encourage them to count and tell rang (colors) in hindi for objects around the house.
In Spoken hindi session as Meera has written kids learn how to use Mera, Meri while speaking. We kept our vocabulary very simple & for ease of them to understand we used only the words that end with aa & ee sound. We used many props while teaching them. In addition to that we also revised using Yeh (this) & Veh(that), Ha (yes) & nahi (no) while speaking.
Ex:
Yeh Tokari hai (This is basket)
Yeh meri Tokari hai (This is my basket)
Veh pyala hai (That is glass)
Veh mera pyala hai (That is my glass)
Pointing to basket we said : Yeh pyala hai.
Kids immediately responded : Nahi Veh tokari hai and so on....
Please keep on asking them questions and encourage them to answer it in hindi. Learning always start from home.
Note : Homework for each week is always written in Homework log in your kids folder. In addition to that it's always posted on Gurukul website plus e-mail is send to parents every week so please please please make sure they are doing correct homework. If you have any doubts or suggestion please feel free to send an email, Your feedback is always welcomed.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
We talked about Mahatma Gandhi and how he was also affectionately known as Bapuji. He was born on October 2nd 1869 in Gujarat. He was a great freedom fighter who helped India get freedom from the British rule. We talked about his principles of non violence, honesty and simple living. We talked about Gandhiji's famous saying, "Bura n dekho, Bura n suno, Bura n bolo" (see no evil, hear no evil and talk no evil). He used charkha (weaving machine) to make thread from cotton.
The kids saw a power point presentation on Mahatma Gandhi.
Activity: The kids made Gandhiji's magnet.
Conversation: We reviewed the conversation topics of last three classes. We added more nouns(shoe=jutha, lock=thala, toy=kilouna, key=chabi, clock=ghadi, car=gaadi) to help them build sentences. We want the kids to get comfortable making simple sentences using yah/vah(this/that), ha/nahi(yes/no), ladka/ladki(boy/girl), etc. Please practice with them.
Dhanyawad
-meera | | | | | | | Namaste,
This week in hindi hour we played game "tippy tippy top - what color you want..." you must be remembering it from your childhood. We also learned counting from 1-10.
Please revise colors and counting with them in home.
Dhayawad
Yogita
| | | | | | | Namaste,
The kids reviewed Parivaar (family members).
We went over the body parts. They enjoy the Hindi version of the rhyme Head Shoulder Knees and toes.
We started on colors.
Conversation session: The kids were divided into three groups.
They introduced themselves. They used yah (this) and vah (that) in their statements. They used Ha(yes) and Nahi(No) in their sentences. This session we had two young volunteers, Udit and Mihir to help the kids. | | | | | | | We talked about the Navarathri (festival of nine nights). How it is celebrated differently in different parts of India. Dussera in north India where they burn the effigy of Ravana. We spoke briefly about the story of Rama. Durga Puja is celebrated in east India. We talked how goddess Durga kills the demon Mahishasur. Goddess Durga is immersed in the nearby river/sea on the tenth day (Vijayadashmi). In the western part people celebrate by dancing Garba and Dandiya(Dance with sticks).
In south India people arrange the dolls in steps. They celebrate god's creation by inviting people and offering them prasad.
The kids also learned about three goddesses, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. They made hand puppets of Ravana.
Thank You to all parent volunteers for your help.
| | | | | | | Hindi Session
We revised Parivaar lesson. We learned about Body parts. We also learned a new poem "Sar kandhe ghutne paanv" and we practiced it many times on the tune of "Head Shoulder Knees & Toes", they had lot of fun doing it. Please review body parts with them in home.
Spoken Hindi Session
During the spoken Hindi session, Kids performed chain drill starting with telling there name & asking other kids name.
Namaste, Mera naam ...... hai. Apaka naam kya ....hai.
Kids learned how to say Yeh/Veh in sentence eg "Yeh table hai / Veh door hai".
Then they learned to say Ha / Nahi. We pointed to chair and said "Yeh Table hai" kids immediately said "Nahi, yeh chair hai".
Dhanyawad,
Yogita | | | | | | | Namaste,
We talked again how India is also known as Bharat. The story of King Dushyant and Shakuntala (parents of Bharat) was told.
We talked about the festival of Raksha Bandhan. Raksha means protection and Babdhan means bond. This is the festival to express the love between brothers and sisters. How sisters tie Rakhis (simple bracelets) on their brother's wrists. Sisters pray for the brother's welfare and how brothers pamper their sister by giving gifts. Some kids shared their experiences.
We also celebrated Eid. It is a festival celebrated by Muslims after a month of fasting (Marks the end of Ramadan). During the month of Ramada they fast from dawn to dusk. On the day of Eid people greet each other by saying"Eid Mubarak" Everyone wears new clothes,visit family and have special dessert like Seviyan.
The kids decorated Fanoo lantern.
We ended the session by watching a video on Lord Ganesh.
During conversation session, we reviewed last week statements like Mera naam----- hai. The kids asked their neighbors, Aapka naam kya hai?(What is your name?)
We taught them yah(This) and Vah(That). The kids would make statements like,"Yah pen hai, Vah bottle hai".
Thank You all parent volunteers for helping us out. We also have a young volunteer Nikita (Former Gurukul student) to assisst us with the conversation part. Parents who have not yet signed the volunteer sheet, please do so.
Dhanyawad
-meera | | | | | | | Namaste! It's a pleasure to have your children in our class. We learned why India is also known as Bharat and studied India's location using a globe.
We celebrated Ganesh Chaturthy. The story of Ganesha was described. The kids offered flowers to Lord Ganesha. They got Prasad (grapes & Glucose biscuits). We went on a procession and immersed Lord Ganesha. We did a coloring activity.
During the conversation time, the kids introduced themselves in Hindi.
Reminder: Please make sure to send a notebook, pencils, crayons, gluestick and scissors. | | | | | | | Namaste!
Welcome to an exciting year in Gurukul. It was nice to meet all the parents in the class. It's my pleasure to have such a lovely and eager learner's this year.
We started off teaching the children how to do Namaste (standing, hands folded, head slightly bowed). Then we did our prayer "Tumhi ho maata".
Kids learned to say their name in Hindi - "Mera naam … hai".
This week we learnt about Parivaar (family) :
Parivaar - Family
Mummy/ Mataji - Mom
Paapa/ Pitaji - Dad
Bhaaee/ bhaiyaa - Brother
Bahan/ deedee - Sister
Daadaa / Naanaa - Grandfather (Dad/Mom)
Daadee/ Naanee - Grandmother (Dad/Mom)
Taauujee/ chaachaa - Uncle (dad's brother)
Buaa - Aunty (dad's sister)
Maamaa - Uncle mom's brother)
Mausee - Aunty (mom's sister)
We also talked about who lives in our family - paapa,mummy, baada bhai / baadee bahan, chotta bhai /chotee bahan, some kids also have there daadaaji,daadiji / naanaaji,naaniji visiting them.
New words we learned this week:
baadaa / baadee - big
chotta/ chotee - small
During the spoken Hindi session, we performed a chain drill where each child said 'Namaste, mera naam ... hai' to the other.
Please practice these sentence with your children at home. We will continue to do more in the spoken Hindi sessions in the subsequent classes.
We ended the class by introducing the children to the Indian National Anthem - "Jana Gana Mana"
Important reminders:
Due to severe allergies to nuts, meats & seafood to some children in class, we ask parents to send a nut and meat free snack with their child.
Please send their Gurukul binder, notebook, supply box (with pencils, colored pencils/crayons/markers, eraser, sharpener, glue stick and scissors) and a healthy snack with them in each Gurukul class.
If you have not already signed up for class volunteering please look at spots available on website once they are updated and send us an email.
If you have any questions or concern please do let us know.
Dhanyawad,
Yogita
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