In child’s folder, Pg 9-11
• Review “Tumhi Ho Maataa” prayer (try to put CD at home / car – remember repetition is the key)
• Review Pg-10, Create a family tree (Pg 11) with pictures of family member and pasting correct words to its pictures

In child’s folder,
• Continue review “Tumhi Ho Maataa” prayer (Repetition is the key)
• Review Pg 10 and Pg-13 (Family Members and Body parts review)
• Pg 15:  Cut and glue correct body parts to its pictures
• Review Ganesh story

This week’s assignment is in child’s folder (due next week)
• Encourage kid to identify colors (in Hindi) of various objects around the house throughout the week
• Review Body parts Pg 13 and complete Pg-18 (Color the butterfly)

This week’s assignment (due next week)
• Pg – 21 Exercise Counting in your child’s folder
• Review the significance of Gandhiji in Indian History – tell small stories about Gandhiji/history
• Conversation: Have your child prepare 1 sentence in Hindi and share with class during spoken Hindi session. 
• Review “Tumhi Ho Maata”/ “Jana Gana Mana” (posted under resources section) and/or play CD in car.
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (review details below). (Next Week: Srivanth and Yashvi)

Topic for Vishesh Vidhyarthi: Prepare a small speech (3-4) lines in Hindi about your family member (extended is preferable!). Parents of Vishesh Viddhyarti are welcome to stay to observe their kids deliver speech!

This week’s assignment (due next week) - Review, Review, Review. 
• Most kids know colors and body parts pretty well.  Most kids know till 10, a few kids stumble on counting, especially after 10.
• Please review family Members, Body Parts,  Colors, Counting upto 1-20 (Pg11, 13,  17, 19).  Please continue talking in Hindi
• Conversation: Have your child prepare 1 sentence in Hindi and share with class during spoken Hindi session. (We did not get a chance to do this in today’s class, but plan to do in the next)  
• Review “Tumhi Ho Maata”/ “Jana Gana Mana” (posted under resources section) and/or play CD in car.
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (review details below). (Next Week: Shreyash and Kavya)

This week’s assignment (due next week) -
• Pg – 24 Exercise Domestic Animals in your child’s folder
• Tell stories about Diwali why we celebrate Diwali!
• Encourage them to count objects around the house, especially a handful of kids need more review post 10.  If you kid does, let spend a bit more time catching him/her up.
• Ask them to recite “Tumhi Ho Maata”/ “Jana Gana Mana” (posted under resources section) and/or play CD in car – prompt if they forgot.  Repeat!  At this point they should be able to say most of the it by themselves.
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (review details below – there are few updates). (Next Week: Shreya and Duvya)

This week’s assignment (due next week) -
• Pg – 26 Exercise Wild Animals in your child’s folder
• Please, please spend some time help kids remember morning prayer “Tumhi Ho Maata”/ and “Jana Gana Mana”.  It has been 7 weeks and most kids have trouble going beyond first few lines.  Play regularly CD in car.  We really would like to see children be able to lead praryer without much help
• Review domestic/wild animals – encourage them to tell in Hindi
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (review details below – there are few updates). (Next Week: Dharshini and Nandini)

This week’s assignment (due next week) -
• Fun exercise: Ask your kids to retell the story, Haathi Ki Mithratha to you – ask them to tell as much as they can in Hindi with at least using animals names in Hindi e.g. Haati wanted to make friends.  Parents it would be fun for you. I asked my little daughter and it was fun listening from her . I have included the link for curious minds.
• Review animals – Domestic/Wild animals from child’s folder
• Have you child prepare/ write 1 sentence in Hind which has an animal, number, color, and body part.   They would be asked to repeat that sentence in the class
 
For writing – It is Ok to write in Hinglish - (Hindi words in English script)

e.g. Gaay ke chaar paav hote hai aur gaay ka rang safet aur kala hota hai.
 
Giraffe ki gardan bhure rang ki aur lambi hoti hai
 
Zebra ki lakeere (stripes) safet aur kali hoti hai.
 
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (Next Week: Arjun and Maya)

This week’s assignment (due next week) -
• Page 29: 1 pg assignment on birds
• Review animals – Domestic/Wild animals/Birds from child’s folder
• Review story behind Diwali.  Tell your children why we celebrate Diwali – there are plenty of video on internet – pick the one you like - one such video is here
• If your child is nominated for the Vishesh Vidhyarthi of the week, help child prepare his/her topic (Please note, next week is no class so Nov 21 Week’s Star Students: Rhea and Zubin)

This week’s assignment (due Dec 5 week) -
• Page 33 and 39: 2 pg assignment on vegetables and fruits
• Focus on conversation – make sure kids learn, remember, and can use the following 5 verbs in Hindi – Run ( xx baghta hai), Cry (rota hai), Eat (khaata hai), Drink (Peeta hai), Sleep (Sota Hai) e.g. Mai Bhagta hoon, Who Baghta hai.  Have them write small sentences in Hindi (Hindi in English is OK)
o Bonus verb words: Play (Khelta Hai), Write (Likhta Hai), Sing (Gaata hai)
• Please keep using birds/animals/fruits/vegetables words in your day to day conversation- it should come easy and there in no extra work required to get kids comfortable with this new vocabulary.  All I ask, when you talk to your child, even if you talk to him/her in English, try to use the words of the topic we already covered in Hindi.  E.g. Did you finish your Kela (Banana) in school? It is easy, but easy to way help kids memorize words.
• No Vishesh Vidhyarthi for the week of Dec 5-Dec12. (Dec 19 Week’s Star Students: Armaan and Risha)

Review past topics for next week evaluation – Hindi and cultural for Jan 19th evaluation  Please note Hindi topics covered would be until fruits and vegetable section.  Days and tastes would not be included.  Please refer to communication sent earlier.  Dhriti is planning to share presentations/information.
This week’s assignment (all the written homework is due Jan 23 week) -
•         Page 42, 43, 46, 47: (Due Jan 23 the week after)
Tip for writing: The way we introduced is by telling how they can first write 3 and then a small sleeping line and followed by 1 adjoining sleeping line.  Tell, all Hindi letters have a cap or they are hung on a string.  Similarly introduce aa – i.e. a” vowel followed by 1.  So while revising use the same technique – really helps kids pick up and remember letters fast.
• Use simple example from Hindi (or even English words like around) and ask whether it starts with ‘a’ or ‘aa’ vowel – that will help them revise and understand the phonics. For example: aaloo (Potato) or their names if they start with a or aa.
•         Vishesh Vidhyarthi for the week of Jan 23. (Saamya and Siddharth)

No new homework for today. If you child has not, please complete homework from the last week. Assignment listed from the last week’s review mail:
•         Page 42, 43, 46, 47
Tip for writing: The way we introduced is by telling how they can first write 3 and then a small sleeping line and followed by 1 adjoining sleeping line.  Tell, all Hindi letters have a cap or they are hung on a string.  Similarly introduce aa – i.e. a” vowel followed by 1.  So while revising use the same technique – really helps kids pick up and remember letters fast.
• Use simple example from Hindi (or even English words like around) and ask whether it starts with ‘a’ or ‘aa’ vowel – that will help them revise and understand the phonics. For example: aaloo (Potato) or their names if they start with a or aa.
•         Vishesh Vidhyarthi for the week of Jan 23. (Saamya and Siddharth)

eview Dinner Scenario Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul class 1C site – in day to day.  We would like parents to focus on verbs/spoken Hindi – small sentence.  We will be using in the next session for pop quiz and spoken language
• Review of directions in Hindi pg-43,
• All kids are comfortable writing ‘a’ and ‘aa’,if you think your kid is not, please have him/her practice.

No new homework, please continue review of spoken from the last week. Please send some loose sheet for kids to practice writing.  We will introduce new vowels in the next class
• Continue review of Dinner Scenario Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul class 1C site – in day to day.  We would like parents to focus on verbs/spoken Hindi – small sentence.  We will be using in the next session for pop quiz and spoken language
• Review of directions in Hindi pg-43,
• All kids are comfortable writing ‘a’ and ‘aa’, if you think your kid is not, please have him/her practice.

• Vowel writing practice – “e” and “ee” pg 48-49
• Review of national symbols
• Continue review of Waking up Scenario Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul 1C site

• Vowel writing practice –    included in your kids folder (4 pages – feel free to use extra loose sheet and include in child’s folder).  Revise sound of each vowel covered.
• Introduce of School Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul 1C site
• Revise dinner/waking up scenario Flash Card Gallery

Homework Assignment
• Vowel writing practice –included in your kids folder (4 pages ऋ ओ औ).  Revise sound of each vowel covered.
• Please include extra sheets or an empty notebook in child’s folder for them to practice writing in the class.
• Continue School Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul 1C site.  We will use this scenario in the next class.
• Revise dinner/waking up scenario Flash Card Gallery

Homework Assignment
• Vowel writing practice –included in your kids folder (2 pages अं अः).  Revise sound of each vowel covered.
• Have them practice once all vowels sounds – ask them about a word that begins or has a vowel sound.
• Revise School Flash cards – Use verbs from the flash card shared at our Gurukul 1C site. 
• Continue to practice speaking Hindi at home especially scenarios/vocabulary already covered

• Practice attached question/answering with your child.  If you child is advanced, ask questions that involve more action verbs.
• Please have your child bring a flash card with their name written in Hindi on one side and in English other side.  Since we covered all material, I am thinking we can teach all kids  how to write their names in Hindi without formally introducing the alphabet.  Along the process, they will pick Hindi consonants. Some kids already know how to write their name. But they would still pick more letters as they will see other kids names. For non-Hindi speaking parents, just send a flash card with name in English written on one side and we can fill in Hindi side.
• Review of vowels (sound) अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ऋ ओ औ अं अः.  Ask your kids to guess words starting with each vowel.