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| | Namaste Parents,
Happy Mother's day to all the wonderful moms in our class.
After prarthana we had class picture retaken for the year book. After that we had a dance practice for our annual day show. Later Ms. Shilpa explained how to present the information about the given state on the display board. The display boards were distributed to the children. They have already selected their state few weeks back. The board is due on Annual day ..June 3rd.
Hindi: We played a quiz in two teams covering the entire syllabus of Hindi. That was fun.
Spoken Hindi: Kids were supposed to watch two videos. But because of the technical difficulty we were unable to show them the videos. But we narrated the script to the children and asked the questions based on that. I will send the videos in the email. Please ask the kids to watch the videos. The spoken Hindi test will be based on these two videos.
In culture session we again practised for annual day. This time we practised the song Nanha munna rahi hu and the vowel poem. The weather was very good so we went outside on the lawn and played a game there.
Parent Volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Jagan for his help in the class.
Important Dates :
May 20th - Final test , June 3rd - Annual Day
June 23rd - Gurukul Picnic and Holi at Lake Sammamish park (Please get the free tickets from Gurukul office)
Enjoy the sunshine. Dhanyavaad
- Teachers Class 1C | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
We practised for the annual day program. Please reinforce the songs at home ....Nana, munna rahi hu. Also practised the vowel song..each of you are given specific vowels and the poem lines on that vowel.
Hindi: We practised writing the vowels.
Spoken Hindi: We played a macthing game of pictures and the texts in Hindi
Culture: In culture we had a powerpoint presentation made by a 5th grader covering entire culture...Please ask your kids the fun facts they learned from that powerpoint slide show.
Parent Volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Jagan and Mr. mohan for their help in the class.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
It was good to see all the kids wearing Indian attire. We had our class's picture taken right after Prarthana. You will get to see the picture in Gurukul's yearbook. Tanush was vishesh vidhyarthi this Sunday. In his speech he told about his India and Dubai trip. Kudos to him !
Hindi: We finished 1st level's Hindi syllabus with the last lessons - Makan aur Imarat - House and Building and Dharti aur tatva - Earth and the elements. We learned many words related to these topics. We then revised all 13 vowels.
Annual Day preparation: After snack break we recited the song Nanha Munna Rahi Hu. Kids loved the song. They can easily sing the first 4 repeating lines and some of them can sing the first para as well. It will be good if they keep practcing at home too. Later we practiced the alphabet poem.
Our culture teacher Ms. Shilpa Goel has asked the class to do a research project on the topic 'States of India'. Kids picked their state and they were handed over a printed note about the instructions on the research project. Please have a look at it. Kids will be given poster boards next week to display their project work. Kids will work on the project at home . We will be having exhibition of their project work on Annual Day.
Final Evaluation: The final evaluation date is May 20th, 2012. There will be tests on both Hindi and spoken Hindi. For spoken Hindi, kids will be shown few videos and asked to translate as well as answer questions in Hindi about the video. They will be also asked few random question in Hindi.
Here you can review the whole year's syllabus for spoken Hindi -
Parent Volunteers - Thanks to Mr. Jagan, Aparna's dad and Mr. Mohan, Sriya's dad for their help in the class.
Next Star Student (Vishesh Vidhyarthi )- Our program is over on April 29th. Tanush was our last star student in the class. If you think your child did not get a chance because of his/her absence do let us know. We will be glad to arrange his/her speech in the class.
See you all on next Sunday.
Dhanyavaad
- Teachers 1C
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
It was good to see the students after spring break .
After prarthana Tanvee and Shruthi delivered their Vishesh Vidhyarthi speech in Hindi. They did it very well.
Here is what we learned in the last class.
Hindi: We revised the vowels learned so far and learned next letters ओ औ अं and अ: . Kids practiced these vowels by writing them 5 times in a notebook. We listed few words starting with these vowels.
ओ (O as in only) - Okhali - mortar Odyssi - A kind of Indian classical dance
औ (au or ou) - Aurat - Woman Aoushadhi - Medicine,
अं (am or ang) - Angoor - Grapes Ambar - sky, andar - inside
अ: (aha) - No words starting with this vowel. But it's sound is used in few words like dukh दु:ख
Spoken Hindi: We played a picture and command verbs matching game in 3 teams. Kids enjoyed this game. Later we had a pretend conversation over phone between grandma and her grandkids.
Culture: Annual day is few weeks ahead. Our class has started working for the couple of performances. We will send few lines of a song and a poem home and kids will work on them at home as we won't get enough time in the class to practice.
Next Vishesh Vidhyarthi - Star students -
Tanush Contractor
Parent Volunteers - Many thanks to Mr. Jagan (Aparna's dad) and Mr. Kush Jain (Eva's dad) for their help in the class.
See you all on next Sunday
- Teachers 1C | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
I hope you all had nice spring break and enjoyed the sunshine last week.
Here is what we learned in the last class.
Hindi: We revised the letters उ, ऊ and ऋ (Ri) and learned next letters ए and ऐ. Kids practiced these vowels by writing them 5 times in a notebook. We listed few words starting with these vowels.
ए (e as in elephant) - Ek - one Ekta - Unity April - English month Edi - Heel
Culture: We asked kids to think a line about their favorite animal in Hindi. Later with all their lines together they made a funny jungle story. We then watched a video about Holi and kids were given animal masks to color and decorate at home.
Next Vishesh Vidhyarthi - Star students -
Tanvee Deshpande , Shruthi Komethagan
See you all on Sunday 22nd
- Teachers 1C | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Reminder: Gurukul will be OPEN NEXT SUNDAY (04/08) and the spring break is on the following Sunday (04/15).
The spirit month is over now. Students participated actively in the spirit month by wearing clothes by the theme of all four weeks. Last Sunday our students Pranav and Prisha wore a paper sash of Indian flag colors . Kudos to their creativity ! Thanks to the parents who sent non perishable food items for the food drive.
Pranav and Prisha were our Vishesh Vidhyarthi (star students) . They delivered their Hindi speech very well.
Here is what we have learned in the class.
Hindi: We revised the letters अ आ इ ई and learned next letters उ, ऊ and ऋ (Ri) . Kids practiced these vowels by writing them 5 times in a notebook. We listed few words starting with these vowels.
उ (u) - Ulloo - Owl udhar- there, unakaa / unakii - his/ hers, uttar - North direction
ऊ (oo) - Oont - camel oon - wool , oonchaa - tall, high
ऋ - (Ri) - Rishi -Sage , Ritu - season
The difference between उ and ऊ is the difference in their pronunciation.. first one is pronounced short and the second one is pronounced long.
Kids will love to watch these videos for revising the above vowels -
उ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8yFOHUPyVs
ऊ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqj7pZ7gQDc , ऋ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptWG8IHW3c Spoken Hindi: Students were asked to deliver their speech on the topic 'my friend' (meri saheli or mera dost) . Almost the whole class prepared their speech very well. Couple of kids did not deliver their speech , they will do it in the next class. Next , the lesson revised was "SAMAY" - Telling Time. Flash cards were given to the kids. Please practice the time concept in Hindi with your kid at home with the flash cards. Culture: We learned about Games of India like traditional games and modern games . Few examples of traditional games are Gilli dandaa, Kabaddi, kho kho, lagorii. Modern games are football, cricket, hockey etc.
Parent volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Rathi (Ishan's dad) and Mr. Mohan (Sriya's dad) for helping in checking students' homework and helping in the class.
Next Star Student - Tanvee Deshpande
Don't forget to bring reading log sheet to show to the teachers if your child reads or listens stories from Hindi books. They will get stars for 30 minute reading and if they can collect 5 stars they will get some reward too.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
For coming Sunday the spirit month theme is INDIAN FLAG COLOR DAY. kids can wear Orange, green, white or blue colored outfit.
Don't forget to bring reading log sheet to show to the teachers if your child reads or listens stories from Hindi books. They will get stars for 30 minute reading and if they can collect 5 stars they will get some reward too.
This is last Sunday's review -
Hindi:
We revised the letter आ, listed few words starting with आ. Then we learned next vowels इ and ई. Kids were asked to write them 5 times and then we listed few words like
इ - Imli - tamarind Imarat- Building idhar - here
ई - eestari - iron eekh - sugarcane ishwar - God
The difference between इ and ई is the difference in their pronunciation.. first one is pronounced short (like in INK ) and the second one is pronounced long (like in EEL).
We also found that students in our class Eva , Ishan and Iha have इ and ई as a first letter in their Hindi name.
Kids will love to watch these videos for revising the above vowels -
Spoken Hindi:
The lesson taught was "SAMAY" - Time.
In this lesson students learned how to:
1. Tell Time in Hindi. Hour and minutes. e.g. chaar baje, paanch baje, teen bajkar bees minute .
2. Sade - (Half hour ) - 3:30 sade teen
Paune - (quarter to) - 1:45 - quarter to 2 - paune do
and Savaa (quarter past) - 1:15 - savaa ek,
special times 1:30 - Dedh , 2:30 - Dhaaii
3. Tell what time of the day it is. (Morning, afternoon, evening, night)
4. Incorporate with the activities we do during the day with the time.
New Vocabulary:
Vakt, Samay - Time ,Baje - e.g. 4 baje - 4 o'clcok, Din - day, Subah - morning ,Raat - night , Dopahar - afternoon, Shaam - evening, Din - day ,Dedh (1:30), Dhai (2:30), Paune, Savaa.
Culture:
We learned about different types of Indian Musical instruments like Pungi, Shehnai, Basuri, Tabla, Dholak, Mridanga, Jaltarang, Ghatam, Harmonium, Veena, Sitar, Santoor. Kids were given an activity to cut out pictures of the instruments and their names and glue them on a colored paper.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Namaste parents,
For coming Sunday the spirit month theme is SPORTS DAY. kids can wear any kind of sports outfit.
Gurukul Food Drive continues until the end of March. Please bring non-perishable food items to class. The class that collects the most food items will win a PIZZA PARTY!!
Don't forget to bring reading log sheet to show to the teachers if your child reads or listens stories from Hindi books. They will get stars for 30 minute reading and if they can collect 5 stars they will get some reward too.
This is last Sunday's update from class 1C. -
After prarthana two vishesh vidhyarthi Ishaan and Aparna delivered their speech in Hindi. They really prepared well and talked in loud, clear voice. Kuddos to them !
Spirit of the month is on, Most of the kids wore regional dresses and they all got chocklates for their participation.
Hindi: We revised the letter अ, listed few words starting with अ. Then we learned next vowel आ. Kids were asked to write it 5 times and then we listed few words like
aath - eight aana - to come aam - mango
aakash - sky aasmani - sky blue (color)
aaj - today aap - you aankhe - eyes
Spoken Hindi: We reviewed adverbs "ke saath" -with and "ke pass" -near. and we bulid a lot of sentences using these.
We moved on to learning two new grammer constructs-
want--"chahiye" (need) and
want to do--"karna hai".(desire)
e.g. Aapko kyaa chaahiye ? - What do you want ?
Aapko kya karna hai? - What do you want to do ?
I want apple - Mujhe seb chaahiye.
I want to eat apple - Mujhe seb khaanaa hai. (verb + hai)
To understand the difference between chhahiye and karna hai, ask your child the above questions and ask him / her to answer using different verbs and nouns like -
verbs - nachana, baithana, pinaa, bolanaa, jaana, padhanaa, likhanaa, khelanaa, sonaa etc
and nouns - kitaab , kelaa, ghar, paani, kalam etc.
Also use these pronouns instead of aap - Mujhe, Usko, Aapko, Inko, Unko etc
Culture: We learnt about the wild animals of India. Kids decorated a door hanger with their name and stickers of different animals of india.
Parent volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Jagan for his help in the class.
Next Star Student: Prisha Kakliya
Please send notebook and pencils with your child to practise Hindi alphabets.
See you all on Sunday
Dhanyavaad
- Teachers class 1C | | | | | | | Namaste parents,
It was another exciting Sunday in Gurukul. Oviya , our vishesh vidhyarthi delivered her speech in Hindi. She prepared her speech well. Kids got chocklates and candies from Gurukul for their participation in the spirit month.
Here is last Sunday's review.
Hindi: We learned a new lesson Feelings - Bhavnaaye (page # 61 from Hindi binder). To introduce the new words we played dumb charades. The kids who volunteered made gestures without uttering a word about how they were feeling and other kids tried to guess their feelings. It was fun.
The next part of Hindi class was introduction to Hindi Alpabets. This year we will learn all the vowels - Swar. We started with the first vowel अ. It was good to see that many kids already knew अ and other vowels. Kids were asked to write अ for five times and later we listed few words starting with अ like
Ab (now), anaar (pomegranate), Ananas (pinapple)
akela (alone), agarbatti (incense stivk) Adarak (ginger)
Spoken Hindi: We played Hindi Bingo. KIds chose two cards from picture pile and word pile. They made sentences using the word and the picture they got. They checked if the word and the picture has a match on their bingo card.
Spoken HindiHomework sheet was distributed in the class.
Culture: We learned about “Holi” a festival of colors and heard a story of Pralhad and Narsimha and how Holi was named after Holika. Kids watched a slide show of how Holi is played with Gulaal, colored water and water guns (pichkaari) and got a chance to play Holi by wearing paper-made aprons around them and coloring each other's apron with crayons and markers. They really enjoyed this activity.
Videos to enjoy and learn:
Parent Volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Jagan for his help in the class.
Next Star student - Vishesh vidhyarthi : Aparna Srinidhi
Announcements and messages:
1) Please make sure you are sending ruled notebook, sharpened pencils and erasers with your child as we will practice Hindi alphabets by writing in the notebook and without these items ,it is very difficult to conduct the class smoothly. Last Sunday few kids did not bring notebook, few kids did not have pencils and one kid forgot her Hindi binder at home.
2) Returning students registration for the year 2012-2013 has been started and will end on March 18th.
3) March is spirit month in Gurukul. March 18th will be regional dress day. Wear a dress from the region in India you belong to or you can wear any Indian dress. Also, this month food drive is going on in Gurukul. Please bring non perishable food items to donate.
4) Please do not forget to attend annual parent meeting on Sunday, March 18th at 11:15 am in commons area. Light refresgments will be served.
See you all on Sunday
Dhanyavaad
- teachers 1C
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents
Here is last Sunday's review -
After prarthana our class began with Hindi speeches delivered by vishesh vidhyarthi Gautham and Sriya.
Hindi: Kids learned new lesson 'Time- Samay' - (page no. 62 in Hindi binder). They were introduced Hindi words related to time like today - aaj, tomorrow/ yesterday - Kal, hour - ghantaa, morning - subah, afternoon - dopahar etc. You will find more words in the binder. We played dumb charades game for learning the lesson Verbs - Kriyapade (page no. 63). Later we revised the previous lessons Mausam -seasons and Virudharthi Shabda - opposites. Please ask your child to go through these lessons to memorize the words.
Spoken Hindi: The lesson for spoken Hindi was 'Going to the park' . Kids learned the words that they generally use when they play and when they go to the park like Baag (garden/park), jhoola (swing), gend (ball), khelanaa (to play), dost (friend) etc. Two different spoken Hindi sheets were distributed in the class. One is a set of flash cards and the other is homework sheet.
Culture: In culture, kids learned about Indian dances such as Classical, Folk and Bollywood. We had a discussion about few dance styles like Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Garba, dandiya and bollywood. Aparna's dad Mr. Jagan and Sriya's dad Mr. Mohanraj added piece of information to the discussion. Please have conversation with your kid about Indian dances and if possible show them some youtube videos about them. For art and craft activity kids got Kathakali mask to color, cut and string. They had lot of fun with the activity. Some of them enjoyed wearing the mask too.
Parent Volunteers: Thanks to Mr. Jagan and Mr. Mohanraj for their help in the class.
Next Star Students: Ishaan and Oviya will be next star students - Vishesh vidhyarthi.
Announcements and Messages:
Please send ruled notebook, sharpened pencil and eraser with your child. We will start learning and writing HIndi vowels.
Returning Student Registration: Online registration and Online payment for the 2012-2013 school has been opened from March 4th 2012 until March 18th 2012. According to Gurukul's policy If you do not register your child during this timeframe you would lose your child’s spot for the next year.
Spirit Month: March is the spirit month in Gurukul. For coming Sunday the theme is Red color. Wear RED from top to bottom or as much as you can. Teachers and Parent volunteers will wear WHITE.
Day light saving is this Sunday (March 11th) so keep in mind to set your clocks one hour ahead to avoid tardy.
Dhanyavaad
- Teachers 1C
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents
Here is last Sunday's review -
Hindi : The lessons 'Seasons - Mausam' and 'Opposite words - Virudharthi shabda' were taught in the class. Please go through these lessons from the binder at home to memorize the new words.
Spoken Hindi: Kids were introduced to simple present tense and present continous tense in Hindi.
For example : Verb - Pinaa (to drink) ,
Present tense - Pita / piti - Vah dudh piti hai (She drinks milk)
Present continous tense - pi rahi hai
Vah dudh pi rahi hai (she is drinking milk)
Kids took home spoken Hindi homework sheet to be finished at home.
Culture: We had a demo in the commons area. The topic was Jhansi ki Rani , Laxmi bai. Kids were shown a slide show on the life of Rani Laxmi bai . Later the students of Youth board presented a famous Hindi poem of Jhansi ki Rani written by well-known poetess Subhadra Kumari Chouhan.
Parent Volunteers: Thanks to Aparna's dad Mr. Jagan and Tanush'a Dad Mr. Contractor for their help in the class.
Next Star Student: Next Star students are Sriya and Gautham.
There will be no Gurukul class on Feb 26th due to winter break.
Dhanyavaad
-Class 1C teachers | | | | | | | Namaste parents,
It was nice meeting and talking to you at the conference. Many of you appreciated the volunteers' work in Gurukul. Thanks for your kind words.
When teachers were busy in the meeting with the parents, our two parent volunteers looked after the class. However spoken Hindi session was conducted as usual by our spoken Hindi teacher Mrs. Sharma.
Here is a review of what kids learned in the last class.
Hindi: Directions - Dishaye :
Kids learned the direction words in Hindi -
Poorab (east) , Pacchim (west), Uttar (North) , Dakshin (south ) along with the words upar - up , neeche - down , aage - front , peechhe - behind/back , daaye - right , baaye - left. They played a game based on the cardinal directions and enjoyed it a lot. After the game they finished an activity of identifying the direction of a vehicle facing daaye or baaye.
Spoken Hindi: They talked about their breakfast routine at home in Hindi. They also revised the breakfast vocabulary like naashtaa, chamach, thaali, chhuri, dabal roti, khaanaa, dudh, peena etc
Star Student: Arnav was our star student last Sunday. He delivered his speech in Hindi and received a certificate for his achievement.
Parent Volunteers : Many thanks to Ms.Nimisha - Tanush's mom and Mr. Jagan - Aparna's dad for their help in the class.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Hindi:
In Hindi class, we covered the seven tastes – svaad, these being: meetha, namakeen, kadva, teekha, khatta, garam & thanda. Students came up with all kinds of examples of food of these various tastes.
Spoken Hindi: The spoken Hindi for this week was breakfast scene. They were introduced new vocabulary related to breakfast like Nashtaa, chamach, dabal Roti, makhan , lena , dena, kaanta, churee , thaali etc Students went home with another set of flashcards.
Culture: During the Culture class, we covered and colored in the national symbols of India.
· National Game: Hockey
· National Animal: Tiger
· National Tree: Banyan
· National Song: Vande Matram
· National Anthem: Jana Gana Mana
· National Flag: Tee-ranga / Tri-color
· National Flower: Lotus
· National Bird: Peacock
· National Fruit: Mango
They were surprised to learn that hockey is the national sport and not cricket! Please make sure to go over the national symbols .
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
The mid-year testing in our class went well. The kids took written Hindi (+ culture ) test and spoken Hindi test. They were helped in understanding the questions. The written Hindi test had 30 questions - matching , true or false (yes/No), circle the correct option kind of questions. There were 5 questions on Culture . The spoken Hindi test was oral test. Kids were shown 2 conversational videos in Hindi and the questions were based on that. Parents will get their child's answer sheet on Parent teacher conference day. Before that we will email you the result.
Culture: Kids learned about India's Republic day and India's national flag Tiranga. They made Tiranga with paper and a stick during their craft session.They also learned that the flag has orange color which represents courage and sacrifice, white represents peace and green represents fertility and prosperity.
In the center there is wheel with 24 spokes which represents 24 hours of the day.
Parent Volunteers : Many thanks to our room parent Mr. Jagan (Aparna's dad) and other parent volunteer Ms. Nimisha (Tanush's mom) for their help during the test.
Next Star student: Iha shah will be our next star student.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Namaste parents,
Welcome back and happy new year to all of you.
Here is last class's review -
Hindi : Kids learnt how to say days of week in Hindi.
Then we had revision of the lessons from PARIVAAR to DAYS OF WEEK.
Spoken Hindi : Revision of simple phrases taught in the class. We divided the class in two groups and played a guessing game. Later Kids watched a video and answered the questions based on the conversation they heard in the video.
Culture: Makar Sankranti/Pongal is on the corner. In India during this time 'festival of kite' is also celebrated...mainly in Rajasthan. Kids were given a kite picture. They colored it. At home they can cut it and attach a long colorful strip of paper to it to make a kite.
Next Sunday there will be mid term evaluation. Please spend at least 10 minutes everyday on Hindi .
Dhanyavaad
Class 1C Teachers | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Hindi - This week was our revision week, so we revised Family members, Numbers, Colours, Parts of body. We revised each topic and than made 4 groups and played quiz on that topic. Kids really had fun and showed their great competitive spirits.
Spoken Hindi: - We saw words ending with "aa" are masculine and words ending with "ee" are faminine and also saw few exceptions to these. Each of them got a chance to tell in Hindi what their plans were for winter break.
Culture - We learned the following facts about Christmas:-
1.Its celebrated on 25th of December.
2.Its the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ.
3.Christmas is called "Bada Din" in Hindi.
4.People decorate their houses with lights and star shaped paper lanterns.
5.People sing Christmas carols.
We also heard the story of birth of Jesus Christ and sang Jingle bells.
Our star student for Jan. 8th class is Iha Shah.
Dhanyawad and Happy Christmas!
~ Priyanka Sawale
| | | | | | | This was an exciting Hindi class this Sunday. After prarthna, we headed to the gym to hear the tabla recital. Our students may not have understood everything, but were respectful of the artist and enjoyed the music.
Our Hindi class covered the vegetables. You will find them listed on page 35 of the Hindi binder. Another helpful idea that will help reinforce the vegetables is the song “aloo bola”. It is the second song on the Gurukul CD and the words are listed on page 73 of the binder. I would suggest you to use dinner prep or grocery shopping as opportunities to ask your child to tell you the vegetables in Hindi.
Spoken Hindi: Mrs. Anubhuti talked to the kids about possessive nouns. There is a Power Point presentation that you are welcome to access.
I wish you all a safe and wonderful holiday season and I will see you in 2012! | | | | | | | Hindi – We learned names of common fruits eg: Kela, seb, aam, Nashpati, aadu, Kharbuj, Tarbuj etc.
Culture – We saw different foods of India. We learned that one Indian meal has all things mentioned in food pyramid- carbohyrates (wheat, rice), proteins(Dals), Dairy (Yogurt, buttermilk), Vegetables(Curries), Fat (ghee).
We talked about following food items:-
1.Chapati, Roti, Puri, Naan, Paratha
2.Rice…different types: Lemon rice, Curd rice, Pulav, Biryani.
3.Dairy- Yogurt, buttermilk, ghee
4.Vegetables- Curries , salad
5.Pickle
6.Desserts- Gulab Jamun, Kheer
Spoken Hindi- Everybody got a chance to tell their morning routine in few Hindi sentences.
Our star student for next week is Trisha Srivastava.
Our parent volunteer for next week is Himesh Shah.
Homework-
1.Complete Page 33 in your binder.
2.Do the Spoken Hindi worksheet given out in the class.
| | | | | | | • This week our Vishesh Vidyarthi was Yana Pathak and next week is Aryan Karani.
• For next week, Himesh Shah is our parent volunteer.
Hindi
We covered names of Birds in Hindi (pg 27 in our binder).
We also revised counting 1-20 in Hindi, What family members are called in Hindi eg:chacha,nana,dada etc
Spoken Hindi
In Spoken Hindi class, we read a simple to understand hindi story and learned commonly used phrases like "I want this", "I like this" in Hindi.Spoken Hindi class was taken by Rajeev Goel.
Homework: 1.Solve page 29 in Hindi binder.
2.Solve spoken Hindi worksheets distributed in class.
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• This week our Vishesh Vidyarthi was Eva Jain and next week is Yana Pathak.
• For next week, Mamta Karani is our parent volunteer.
Hindi
We covered names of Jangli Janvar in Hindi (pg 25 in our binder). With the help of our parent helpers, Mr. Jagan and Mr. Rajesh, we divided the class in two groups – one group worked with me to go over the animals and other practiced identifying the plastic animal models.
Spoken Hindi
In Spoken Hindi class, we covered morning routine – getting up and getting ready for school.
Culture
The topic of this week was Guru Nanak Jayanti, we discussed the Sikh religion and Tanvee’s Dad, Mr. Rajesh told us some wonderful information on how it is celebrated in India.
| | | | | | | Namaste parents,
I hope you all had wonderful time in the festive season and also enjoyed Gurukul's Diwali function.
Here is a review for last class -
We started our star student program from Nov 6th. Keshav was the 1st star student. He delivered his nice speech in Hindi. He got a certificate from Gurukul for his efforts.
Hindi: We started a new lesson 'Paltu Janvar' - domestic animals.
Many kids already knew the common words like gaay, kutta, billi , ghoda etc. Some difficult words are - Gilhari - squirrel, chhipkali - Lizard, Kachhua - turtle, khargosh- rabbit, bhed - sheep . Please aks your kids to practise these words. We solved 'who am I ?' animal riddles in the class.
Spoken Hindi: It was nice dry and sunny weather on Sunday. So kids were taken outside on the lawn to play and learn. They tried to talk in Hindi while playing 'Tipi Tipi tip top' color game.
Culture: This week the lesson was 'Dresses of India'. For Dresses of India, kids were shown a set of paper made Indian dresses. They also learned that men and women in India dress up differently depending on what region they belong to.
They learned that -
Indian women wear these traditional outfits:
1.Sari
2.Salwar Kameez
3.Ghagara/ Lehenga-choli
and Indian men wear these outfits:
1.Kurta Pajama
2.Dhoti
3.Lungi
4.Turban
They got a chance to wear different types of Indian paper dresses to the cardboard man and woman puppet. Kids also saw actual indian traditional dresses wearing by their teachers and peers.
Thanks for sending your kids in traditional Indian outfit.
Culture activity: We didnot get a chance to do Diwali activity in the class on last Gurukul class in Oct. because of Yoga Demo. So we completed it yesterday. Kids decorated Diwali Diyas with shining stones. They were looking fwd to it since last 2 weeks.
Parent Volunteer : Thanks to Mr. Jagan - Aparna's dad and also Nirali's grandpa.
Next star student: You will find the complete list on the webpage in couple of days.
Dhanyavaad
- Teachers Class 1C | | | | | | | Namaste parents,
On last Sunday kids got a chance to meet Yoga instructor Rathnaji and learn some simple Asanas from her. The yoga demo started at 11:10 am. Kids might have talked to you about Om chanting, bumble bee sound (bhramari), drinking sufficient water instead of sugary apple juice, how to sit after meal for proper digestion etc. Rathnaji gave some useful tips to improve our health in a simple way .
Hindi: In Hindi hour we finished the lesson- Sharir ke ang - body parts with learning some more body part words.
Kids enjoyed singing and acting out the Hindi version of nursery rhyme - head shoulders knees and toes - as Sar kandhe ghutane paav.
Spoken Hindi: We revised some common verbs and simple sentences. Kids played Dumb Charades in Hindi.
Culture: Because of the demo there was no regular culture class.
Parent volunteers: Thanks to Shweta ji (Trisha's mom) and Mr. Jagan (Aparna's dad) for helping us in the class.
Star Student program: We will be starting star student - vishesh vidhyarthi program from Nov 6. Parents will be notified one week prior to the day of kid's turn as a star student. we will also upload the names of the star students on the webpage.
Reminders: No class on Oct 30th. Diwali celebration is on Oct 29th in Lake Washington High school , Kirkland.
Hope this Diwali will bring peace , prosperity and happiness in your life.
Happy Diwali
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers
| | | | | | | Namaste parents,
Here is a review for Oct 16th.
Hindi : Kids learnt how to say numbers from 16 to 20 in Hindi. Later we revised the whole lesson 'Ginti'. We started a new lesson Body parts - Sharir ke Ang. Kids learnt new voabulary regarding body parts =
Sar - head , Kandhe - Shoulders , Ghutane - Knees, Paav/ Taange - Legs , aankhe - eyes, Kaan - ears. Moonh - Mouth and Naak - Nose. Haath- Hand. We recited Hindi version of nursery rhyme Head, shoulders knees and toes as Sar kandhe ghutane paav.
Spoken Hindi : Today's lesson for spoken Hindi was 'Doing' verbs. Kids watched a powerpoint slide show related to the lesson on computer . They learnt some common verbs like Nachana - To dance, Gaanaa- To sing,
Likhanaa - to write, Padhanaa - To read,
Kudanaa - To jump, Khelana - To play,
Bajanaa - Play an instrument, Tairanaa - To swim,
Bhaganaa - To run, Jaanaa - to go, Aanaa - to come
Last Sunday kids were asked to prepare a small speech . Almost all of them had prepared their speech and few who didn't, delivered their speech instantly. They came forward and talked about themselves in Hindi. Kudos to all the kids !
Culture: Kids had a practice session for Dandiya dance in the Commons area. They had fun while practising dandiya.
Parent Volunteer - Again a big 'thank you' to Mr. Jagan - Aparna's dad for his help in our class.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C teachers | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
We would like to share with you that Mr. Jagan, Aparna's father has signed up to work as LPV / Room parent in our class. He helps us a lot in every class. As room parent he will call you to make sure that you should be present in the class as per your volunteer schedule.
Here is a review of last class -
In Hindi, we continued our lesson 'Ginti' (Counting)with numbers from 11 to 16. Kids also learnt the word 'shoonya' for zero. Few kids also loved to write numbers in Devnagari script. - by Ashwini Kshirsagar
In Spoken Hindi we had a revision of last few topics and later we played a game of Hindi questions and English to Hindi translation using a game board with instructions and a dice. Kids were divided into 3 groups having a teacher in each group. Kids had lot of fun playing the game.
- By Anubhuti Sharma
Culture :
We learnt about Navratri that it is the festival in which we worship Goddesses:
Lakshmi- for wealth and prosperity, Saraswati-for knowledge and speech, Durga-for strength.
We learnt Dussehra is worshiped for 2 reasons:
1. Rama killed Ravana
2. Ma Durga defeating the demon mahisasura after 9 days of battle.
We talked about Garba and Dandiya dance and decorated colorful Dandiyas. Students can bring their dandiya sticks on Gurukul Diwali function .
- By Priyanka Sawale
Parent volunteer : Thanks to Mr. Jagan for his help in the classroom for checking all students homework and helping kids for decorating Dandiya sticks.
Star Student Program : We will be starting Star student of the week / Saptah ka Vishesh Vidhyarthi program from Oct 23rd - Every week a student will be selected as a star student/ vishesh vidhyarthi. A star student will lead Prathana and National Anthem . He/she will also deliver a small speech (4-5 sentences) in Hindi in front of the class. Parents will be notified about this in the previous week via email and if possible in person as well.
Tardy policy: We will have an attendance board set up in class. As your child comes in, please ask him/her to find his/her name and check mark against their name. If you are arriving after 11 am, the child will use a red marker to indicate that they are tardy. We are trying to keep our class disruption to a minimum and make sure everyone joins us for prarthna.
Have a wonderful week and see you on next Sunday.
Dhanyavaad!
Teachers- 1C
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Here is a review for Oct 2nd -
The class started with Om chanting and 'Tumhi Ho Mataa' prayer. This is a 3rd week and today kids could sing atleast 2 lines of Prathana. I am sure by the end of 1st term Kids will memorize the complete Prathana.
Hindi: We finished the lesson Parivaar with these new words-
Daadaa- Daadii - Grandpa - Grandma - from Dad's side
Naanaa - Naanii - Grandparents from Mom's side
Buaa - Auntie - Dad's sister
Mausi - Auntie - mom's sister
Taaujii - dad's big brother
Bacche - kids
Son - Ladkaa/ Betaa , Daughter - Ladkii / Betii.
Pl ask the kids to revise these words at home too.
We started the next lesson - Ginti. We counted from 1 to 10 in Hindi. I was amazed to see all the kids in our class can count from 1 to 10 in Hindi. In next class they will learn to count from 11 to 20.
Spoken Hindi: Today's lesson was 'classroom commands'. Kids learnt few new command verbs - e.g. - Baithiye - Sit down, Khade ho jaiye - Stand up, Kitaab Kholiye - Open the book, Haath Uthaiye - Raise your hands etc. Kids played 'Simon says' game using the command verbs. Pl revise the command verbs at home too. The vocabulary reference sheet is with your child. They also received a new set of flash cards. Cut the flash cards and store them in a ziploc bag. These cards are helpful for practising the commonly used Hindi Words.
Culture:
We celebrated Gandhi Jayanti by talking about Gandhi Ji. It was so gratifying to see your child listen to his life story with absolute fascination! Ask your child to tell you a couple of things about Gandhi Ji. It would be great to hear what your child took away from my explanation! Aparna’s Dad was our class volunteer today and told us how his school celebrated Gandhi Jayanti back in India.
Our class activity required us to cut and paste and I will take this opportunity to remind parents to PLEASE make sure that you child brings their stationary items.
In my previous class, I had asked the kids to find out what their name meant. Many of the kids came back with the meaning behind their name and they shared with us with such pride in their voices.
Parent Volunteer: Many thanks to Mr. Jagan (Aparna's dad) for his help in the classroom.
Attendance: We had 100% attendance today.
Reminder: A child should bring a pencil box with pencils, sharpner, eraser, safty scissors, glu stick, crayons etc.
Dhanyavaad
- Class 1C Teachers. | | | | | | | Namaste parents,
Our 2nd class at Gurukul went well. We had few new faces in the class . Some of them were new ,some were transferred from the other class to balance the age level and class size.
Kids received their Hindi Binders which has lesson sheets and homework sheets. Please go through it. Kids need to bring this binder every Sunday for the class.
Here is a review for the 2nd class. -
We started the class with Om Chanting and prayer. Kids are slowly getting familiar with prarthana.
Hindi : We had revision of color words. Kids told us their favorite color in Hindi. They were introduced few new colors-
Baingani - Purple, Chaandii - silver , Firoji - Turquoise, Aasmaani - Sky blue
They also learnt two new words related to color -
Indradhanush - Rainbow , Rangbirangi - colorful.
We played a color related game - Here how the game goes -
Teacher : Tipi Tipi Tip Top
Students - Aapko kaunsa rang chahiye?
Teacher: Muze chahiye 'Neela'
Kids would touch the objects in the room that have Neela color. Teacher would catch those kids who don't find Neela colored objects.
Repeat the game with different colors in Hindi.
Kids loved this game. They were moving , giggling and enjoying the game. Parents , you can also play this game at home to practise the color words.
Later we started a new lesson - Parivaar - Family.
Kids were introduced these words related to Parivaar -
Maataji / Maa - Mother /Mommy
Pitajii / Papa - Father/ Daddy
Bhaiyya - Bhaii - Brother
Bahan - Sister , Big sister - Didi
Chaachaa - Father's brother - uncle , Chaachii - Chaachaa's wife
Maamaa - Mother's brother , Maamii - Maamaa's wife
Kids were asked to tell us Aapke pariwar me kaun hai?
Spoken Hindi : This Sunday's lesson was - This - That - Yes - No
This - Yeh , That - Voh, Yes - Haa , No - Na
Few new vocabulary words were introduced that you will find on the back side of the spoken Hindi homework sheet. Kids were divided into 3 groups having a teacher in each group. We did this activity -
Teacher would point to a object and ask a kid in a circle - Ye kya hai ? Or Voh kya hai?
A kid would say - Yeh door hai , Voh table hai etc.
Teacher pointing to a table: Kya ye chair hai?
Kid would say - Nahi , ye chair nahi hai, Yeh table hai.
Then the kid would ask the same question pointing to a different object to the next kid in the circle . This went on until all the kids got their turn in the group.
Please ask similar questions to your child at home to practise Yeh- Voh - Haa - Na. Please refer to the vocabulary reference sheet.
Culture: We studied the following facts about India:-
1. India is in Asia continent.
2. India is also called Bharat and got this name after King Bharat.
3. It is 7th largest country.
4. 2nd largest in population.
5. Has 28 states.
6. Capital is New Delhi.
7. National language is Hindi.
Kid listened to a story of Dushyant shakuntala and their son Bharat after who India got its name as Bharat.
We also made Rakhis and learnt about the festival Raksha Bandhan that it is the bond of protection between brother and sister.
Kids got two activities to do -
1.Trace map of India with numbers.
2. Color world map the following way.
Asia and North America continents in lighter colors and India and USA in darker colors.
If they didn't finish them in the class please ask them to finish at home.
We finished the class with the national anthem.
Parent Volunteers : Thanks to Mr. Jagan - Aparna's dad and Nirali's grandpa for volunteering in the class.
Dhanyavaad
- Teachers of 1C | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Welcome to Gurukul Community!!!
It was a pleasure meeting you and your kids on the first day! We are really excited to work with your kid and you all parents. We have 17 beautiful smart kids in our class and we look forward to teach them and interact with them.
Here is 1st day's review -
Kids had a great start on the first day. They introduced themselves by saying Namaste. We started our day with OM chanting followed by 'Tumhi Ho Maataa' Prayer
Hindi :
Kids were introduced few color words - Rang - Color,
Nila - Blue, Pila - Yellow, Hara - Green , Laal - Red , Narangi - Orange, Kaalaa - Black, Safed - White , Saleti - Grey , Bhuraa - Brown , Sunehara - Golden etc. They were asked to tell what colors they were wearing in Hindi . Please encourage them to tell Rang of different objects around the house.
Spoken Hindi - In Spoken Hindi class, following phrases and words were covered:
Hello. (also “goodbye”) - Namaste.
How are you? - aap kaise hai.n? आप कैसे हैं?
I am fine. - Mai.n Thiik huu.n.
I am good (m.) - Mai.n achchhaa huu.n.
I am good (f.) - Mai.n achchhii huu.n.
What is your name? - Aapkaa naam kyaa hai?
My name is --. - Meraa naam -- hai.
Mai - I , Meraa/ Meri - My , Aapaka/ Aapaki - Your, Hu - Am, Hai - is / are , Kya - What , Kaise/Kaisii - How, Naam - name, Achha/ AchhiI- good, Thik - Okay , Buraa - bad.
Please incorporate these phrases and words into daily conversation at home.
Flash cards: Kids were given a sheet of flash cards.The idea behind the flash cards is that they are a tool to help kids practice the phrases that they are expected to know. Kids should cut them out and keep them in a safe place, like a ziploc bag, so they don’t get scattered and lost. Parents can use the flash cards at home to quiz their kids and get them to practice saying those phrases. Show the child one side, either the English/picture or the Hindi, and ask them to tell you the opposite side.
Culture : We covered the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in class. The children heard from our class volunteer, Mr. Rathi (Eshan’s Dad) how they celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi. We then explained how the festival is celebrated in India and did a small celebration in the class. Kids also colored a picture of Ganesha.
We finished the class with the national anthem.
Parent volunteer: Thanks to Mr. Rathi for his help in the class.
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