1. Complete Abhyaas 1 (both pages), which is writing of Hindi alphabets.
2. Bonus homework (You do this after you are done with first homework) – Write 4 ~ 5 sentences about what you did over summer. Preferably in Hindi, but English is OK. 

The class discussed doing a project starting next week.  Every student needs to pick something about India - either a topic (for example, the Taj Mahal) or a person (for example, Lata Mangeshkar) and present 3-4 minutes on it in culture section of the class.  One student per class.  Mihir has already volunteered to do a topic not this coming Sunday but the Sunday after which is September 27th.
 
The idea behind this weekly presentation is not only to engage the kids in something cultural about India that they prepare and present but also allow them to hone their presentation skills.  I am lucky to have this class full of very smart and talented kids, I think one of the ways I can challenge and engage them is to have them present to each other.  They all get into it and enjoy it while learning something.
 

Hindi Homework
We could not discuss this in class but please ask your kid to write his/her name on homework sheet and deposit it to me. I will bring the homework home and check it and then return the work next week. This will allow me to use all the class time towards teaching.
1. Complete Abhyaas 2 (both pages)
 
Culture Homework
Homework: next week everyone will need to pick one festival of their liking which happens in the month between September and October and prepare 5 sentences on it to present to class in Hindi.  I would appreciate your help with these parents.  Please help your child prepare 5 sentences in Hindi on the festival of their choice they want to talk about.  For reference on the festivals you can visit http://festivalsofindia.in/ and at the bottom of the page you will find a list of festivals in September and October.
 
Mihir Upadhyaya has also signed up to present a quick talk on a topic or person of his choice from India (except for Bollywood stars).  We discussed this in the last class, throughout the culture section this year I would like to have each student prepare a quick note on either a famous Indian person or an Indian topic and present to class in Hindi.  The idea is not only for them to learn more about India and its culture, but also practice speaking Hindi and speaking in front of a group.
 

Hindi Homework
IMPORTANT:  Parents should sign the Homework log in their child’s folder to indicate homework completion. We check this during the mid-year to assess the child’s progress. Please let us know if you don’t have a homework log in the folder.
1. Complete Abhyaas 3 (both pages)
2. Bonus home work is to write the meaning/summary of Chapter 1 (prayer)

Culture Homework
Since we had a demo, the culture homework from last week still is the homework for this week.  2-3 students did bring the map of India with information about the three states from last week.  I would like to see everyone do the same - here is the homework from last week for your reference:
 
This week we started a new ongoing project in the culture section.  Each student got a map of India with present day states shown but not the names.  This week we talked about three states, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Tamil Nadu.  They are represented by numbers 10, 21 and 24 in the map.  Each student needs to keep that map and bring it every class because we will talk about other states throughout the year.
The first part of the culture homework for this week is to find out the following information about the three states and come prepared to discuss in class:
 
Name of the state
Its capital city
It's main or primary language
 
The second part of the homework is for each student to pick one of these states and find out more information on it.  Find something unique that they can write down in Hindi and present in class.  We will do that for the three states next week.
Please help your child with this research, there is a lot of information on the web about these states.  I am sure everyone can find unique things about these states and discuss next week.  It will be fun learning experience

Hindi Homework: If the child misses one class, please have him/her do the homework. I have returned checked homework along with test for kids so please review it. I noticed that many kids home work log is not updated to please update the log.  As usual, please submit the homework to me and I will check and return it next week.
1.       Complete exercise at the end of chapter 3.
2.       Write 10 sentences on what you did on Diwali.
3.       Bonus à Write one word for each matra (a, aA, I, ie u, oo, A, AI, o, ou, an, ah, Ri ). Like anaar, aam , email etc.
Culture Homework
For homework, everyone should pick a topic or a famous person or a region/state of India and prepare 4-5 sentences about it.  Come prepared to the next class to present/discuss that topic/person/region of India.
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Hindi Homework: If the child misses one class, please have him/her do the homework. I have returned checked homework along with test for kids so please review it. I noticed that many kids home work log is not updated to please update the log. As usual, please submit the homework to me and I will check and return it next week.
1. Complete exercise at the end of chapter 4.
2. Bonus à Write 5 example if noun around you in Hindi.
Culture Homework
Thanx and no particularly new homework this week for culture, if your child has not come up with a short paragraph of talking points about something or some famous Indian person (homework from the past two weeks) then please help them do so this week and we will take the time to listen to their presentation to the class.

We have no class next Sunday so this homework is for two week. Reading homework may seem like homework for parent but it will help with fluency. The writing homework forces kids to think about their day-to-day life and is great way to incorporate language into. I have returned checked homework along with test for kids so please review it. As usual, please submit the homework to me and I will check and return it next week.
1. Read a Hindi book to your parent
2. Write summary of story in 10 sentences in Hindi.
3. Bonus à Write 10 sentences in Hindi about your typical day at school.

Hindi Homework: (Attached is homework sheet in case you need)
1. Complete exercise at the end of chapter 5. Write full sentences to question answer. For example, “Dadiji saathh saal kii hain”. You need to rewrite the sentence under section “read, write and understand”.
2. Bonus à Write 5 sentences in Hindi adding to story of Bandar and raja.

This homework is for two week.
1. Complete exercise at the end of chapter 5 and 6 (At the end of your folder, not at the end of chapter).
2. Bonus à Review hindi alphabets.

This homework is for three week.
1. Complete exercise at the end of chapter 7 and 8 (At the end of story such as Titaly and My friend ).
2. Bonus à Read Chapter 6 and 7 to your parents.

Hindi Homework: This homework is for two weeks as we have no class on 2/14.
1. Complete exercise at the end of chapter 10 (At the end of poem).
2. Do exercise 7 (after the pink sheet in kids folder).

1. Write 10 words which are Sanyukta Akshar and that are 4 letters long and include 4 different letters (OK, three different letter is fine too). We discussed some words like ‘Nukkad’, ‘Chakkar’ etc. The goal is not so much to get the list but to pay attention and may be look for such words. I do not expect to see prefect homework but I do want kids to attempt. Also, I have told kids that this work may take whole week as they need to keep their eyes and ears open. Please help your kids and discuss this home work.
2. Bonus  Read Hindi story and tell about the story in 5 to 10 sentences in class. We will review this during hindi conversation time.

1. Write 10 words using Sangya, Sarvnaam and Visheshan (Noun, Pronoun and Adjective)
1. Bonus à Read Hindi story and tell about the story in 5 to 10 sentences in class. We will review this during hindi conversation time. Please help your child with this part as I noticed that they want to tell story to class.

Hindi Homework
IMPORTANT: As we are getting ready for summer and evaluation before end of session, I have given slightly more home work to help kids catch up. This is not for assessment, but to help kids to do revision of what we have done so far.
1. Complete exercise 12 (After story)
2.Complete all the exercises till exercise 8 (After pink sheet). Most of kids have completed many exercises, some have gone as far as exercise 12. Again, this is for kids, not for assessment. Do what you can.