Hindi:  Finish the exercise on page # 42 and 43 of Hindi binder

Revise the opposite words on page # 59 and 60

 

Spoken Hindi:  Finish the exercise on the Spoken Hindi homework sheet distributed in the class .

 

Next star students will prepare their speech. It is to be delivered in the next class.

 

 

 

There is no excercise on the lesson 'Direction' in the binder.

 

A) For extra practice, answer these questions -

1) Sooraj kaha ugata hai? (In which direction does the sun rise?)

Options - Poorab , pacchim , uttar , dakshin

2) opposite direction of Poorab?

options - uttar , dakshin , pachhim

3) Aap kaunse haat se likhate hai? Daaya or Baaya

(With what hand do you write , right or left?)

 

B) Read or listen to a story of Jhansi Ki Rani, Laxmi Bai.

 

C) Spoken Hindi homework sheet was distribured in the class. It is due this Sunday.

 

Do the exercise on Page 41 of binder.

 

1) Make a list of the people in your family, and write down their favorite breakfast items.  Use Hindi words as much as possible. 

 

2) Prepare a Hindi speech describing breakfast time at your house.  Your speech should have about eight sentences (ages 7 and under: about five sentences).  Include at least one sentence about a breakfast item particular to your region in India (e.g., upmaa, paraa.nTHaa, dosaa, pohaa, etc.)  You will be giving your speech to the class, so make sure to practice at home!  Here’s an example, but

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.

 

 

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.

 

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

 

 

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 .