Namaste parents,

Hindi:

We revised all the vowels today in class. We made the class interactive and asked the kids to come up with words beginning with each of the vowels and the kids did an excellent job of coming up with the words. We did the क series of the consonants. Although we started with क last week, we finished the consonants from क... ङ this week. We will be moving faster now to ensure we at least give a once over for all the consonants. I have not been giving homework but please do spend time with your children to revise the vowels and the consonants from क... ङ.

Spoken:

In today's lesson we reviewed our last week's 4 words : HAA.N---Yes, NAHII.N---No, YAH---This , VAH--That and used them in multiple sentences .We also looked at flashcards to get more practice. The children were introduced to 3 new words this wk:

KAHAN--Where
YAHAN--Here
VAHAN--There.

I have sent home 2 sheets, one is for flashcards which has to be cut out and practiced at home and the other is match the commands that go with the objects.(this is to be brought back to school on sunday.) It would also help the children if you could incorporate these words in your daily sentences for better practice.

Culture:

We learnt about Gandhiji, how he fought for the freedom of the Indian people. We also talked about Gandhiji's way of fighting battles - peaceful and non-violent. We talked about his

Some reminders:

Please ensure the following:

Send a jacket with your kids. The weather is changing and the kids are complaining about feeling cold and end up disturbing the class
Make sure your kid's homework is in the folder
Take a few minutes to complete the log in your kid's folder
Ensure your kid's folder has their name to avoid mixup of folders
Ensure the snack is a dry snack and only water is sent as a drink. Do not send any juices, milk or other drinks.
Finally, please ensure your kids bring crayons, pencils, glue and a notebook to practice the hindi script.

Dhanyawad
Prashant, Shilpa A., Chandrika

नमस्ते Parents;
Welcome to the Gurukul Community!!!
Review of the First Session:
We had a good day in class. After the parents left, we began the class with the "Om" chanting followed by "Tumhi Ho Maata" prayer.
We had an icebreaker session where kids talked to their neighbor and then told everyone their name and how old they were in Hindi.
We talked to the children about their summer vacation and who had gone to India and which part of India they had traveled to.
On the culture front, we talked about Ganesh Chaturthi and we told stories about the festival. Keanu told us the story of how Lord Ganesha was born.
The detailed breakup of the spoken Hindi is listed below from Shilpa-ji
Finished with National Anthem
Coming Week: I have to apologize for missing the upcoming class but I will be traveling to Luxembourg on business. However, we have 2 very capable teachers covering for me. When I had volunteered to teach several months ago, I had not anticipated the level of travel I will be undertaking over the next couple of months. We will ensure that your children's journey is not impacted by my travels. Frankly, they may be thrilled that I am not around to bug them.
Thank you for your patience in reading my lengthy email and I promise to keep it shorter going forward. Last but not the least, in case you need to reach anyone of us, you can reach us in the following manner:
Chandrika Seth: chandrikaseth@hotmail.com
Shilpa Asrani: jhanvikhanna@hotmail.com
Prashant Kamalpuram: kamalapuram@hotmail.com and on my cell phone at 206-369-9618.

Spoken Hindi:
Today being our 1st lesson in spoken hindi for the school yr 2011-2012 we greeted and introduced ourselves in hindi and also asked each other how we were doing.I must add that it was a pleasure to see so many of your little ones replying in Hindi.We played a name game and a how are you game dividing the children into 2 groups.We also covered the following phrases----



Hello. (also “goodbye”)
namaste. नमस्ते ।
How are you? aap kaise hai.n? आप कैसे हैं?
I am fine. mai.n Thiik huu.n. मैं ठीक हूँ ।
I am good (m.) mai.n achchhaa huu.n. मैं अच्छा हूँ ।
I am good (f.) mai.n achchhii huu.n. मैं अच्छी हूँ ।
What is your name? aapkaa naam kyaa hai? आपका नाम क्या है ?
My name is Rajeev. meraa naam Raajiiv hai. मेरा नाम राजीव है ।

I have sent 2 homework sheets with the kids and they have to be sent back on sunday.This is just to reinforce what they did in class.One is match the following and the other is meant to be cut out and used as flash cards.Please help them out and send these flash cards back in a ziploc on sunday.The biggest homework of all is to encourage the kids to talk or reply in Hindi.If you have any q's please feel free to email me.

Thank you
Shilpa Asrani.

Cheers!!!

Namaste Parents:

Hindi:

Today we studied about household goods and time beginning on page 86 (it is page 87 and 82 in some books) of the workbooks.

We learnt about household goods like Bistar, Chaddar, Chammach, Khidki, Taala etc. We also learnt about time.

Homework: The only homework for this week is to revise the workbook. The final evaluations are next week so please focus on being able to identify consonants and words and be able to write all vowels and consonants.

We will need parent volunteers in class for final evaluations to ensure we focus and help all the kids. Please note that we will need 2 parent volunteers to be there.  

Spoken:

Today’s spoken Hindi was focused on the show and tell homework. The kids spoke about their mother’s to celebrate Mother’s Day. The kids did dumb charades where one kid enacted a scene and the other kids were required to say the action that was enacted in Hindi.

Culture:

We rehearsed the skit and everyone did their part. We ran the kids lines and practiced the song Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara. Please practice this song with the kids at home as they will need to be able to sign this for the Annual day celebration. If any of the kids will not be able to make it or has other commitments, please let us know immediately so we can transfer their lines so there is no break in continuity.

Dhanyawad

 

Prashant, Shilpa & Chandrika

Namaste Parents:

Hindi:

Today we studied about Feelings, Senses, Tastes which are on page 85 (it is page 86 and 81 in some books) of the workbooks.

We learnt about Khussh, dukhi, dar, sunanaa, chhuunaa, Namkiin etc. We also did the numbers 1-30 in Hindi.

Homework: For the next week, the homework is to write all vowels and consonants once. In addition to that please revise numbers 1-30 in Hindi. Folks that have completed it do not need to do it again unless you want the practice. If you can please do it as the final evaluations are coming up. The kids will need to be able to identify the vowels and consonants in the evaluations.

Spoken:

Today’s spoken Hindi was focused on the show and tell homework. The kids brought one of their favorite items and talked about it. Most of the kids did great and were able to answer questions.

Homework: Homework for the coming week will be another show and tell session. Students are required to bring an item and talk about the item in Hindi. Each student will need to prepare a 5 sentence speech.

Culture:

We rehearsed the skit and everyone did their part. We ran the kids lines and practiced the song Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara. Please practice this song with the kids at home as they will need to be able to sign this for the Annual day celebration. If any of the kids will not be able to make it or has other commitments, please let us know immediately so we can transfer their lines so there is no break in continuity.
 
Dhanyavaad

Namaste Parents:
 
Hindi:
 
We are in the coming up the final evaluation. In light of that, we will be going faster to cover the balance of the materials. Today we studies about Adjectives and Opposites which are on page 83 (it is page 84 and 80 in some books) of the workbooks.
 
We learnt about garam, thanda, chota bada, khoobsurat, badsoorat etc. We also went through some consonants.
 
Homework: Over the next 3 weeks, there will be an increase in homework to help kids get ready for the evaluation. For the next week, the homework is to write all vowels and consonants once and write one word in Hindi with each of the letters. If you can help them do it once every day, it will be very helpful but I appreciate that everyone is busy.
 
Spoken:
 
In todays lesson we reviewed verbs in present continuous tense and I am very pleased to say that all the children present today did very well. They were all able to answer questions. We then played a game with the same dividing the kids into two groups.They all had fun.
 
Homework--next wks homework is to bring show and tell.The children can bring any favorite toy/book etc and they have to talk about it in 3-4 line.As always please try and talk to the children in Hindi for atleast 5 mins.
 
Culture:
 
We rehearsed the skit and everyone did their part. We ran the kids lines and practiced the song Jhanda ooncha rahe hamara. Please practice this song with the kids at home as they will need to be able to sign this for the Annual day celebration. If any of the kids will not be able to make it or has other commitments, please let us know immediately so we can transfer their lines so there is no break in continuity.
 
The final evaluation will be based on the following:
 
For Level 1 :
 
1. Say, Recognize and write all Hindi vowels (a, aa,....)
 
2. Count 1 - 30 in Hindi.
 
3. Read numbers 1 - 10 in Hindi script.
 
4. Vocabulary :
 
a. Family members
 
b. Colors
 
c. Body parts
 
d. Animals (wild and domestic) and common birds
 
e. Weather and seasons
 
f. Fruits and vegetables
 
g. Directions
 
h. Days of the week
 
Level 2:
 
In addition to everything in Level 2 placement category
 
1. Say in order, recognize and write all consonants in Hindi (k. kh,....) – We have completed this.
 
2. Read and write simple words without matras (kalam, tharmas, batakh etc..) – We have completed this has been in the home work also.
 
3. Make small sentences using these words – We have completed this.
 
4. Write numerals 1 – 10 – We have completed this.
 
5. Count by 10s to 1000
 
6. Additional vocabulary
 
a. Household items – We have completed this but will be revising these gain.
 
b. Tastes – We have completed this but will be revising these gain.
 
c. verbs – We have completed this.
 
d. Adjectives – We have completed this.
 
e. Opposites – We have completed this.
 
f. Genders and tense – We have completed this but will be revising these again.
 
Dhanyavad
 

Namaste parents:
 
 
HINDI REVIEW:
 
We revised words starting from क, ख, ग, घ, and other consonants. and the whole alphabet series.  Some  students still do not recognize or able to write the letters. We have been reminding about additional practice needed at home.
 
Also if any parents have concerns about the syllabus load, please send me or gurukul a mail to let us know.
 
The final evaluation will be on May 20th.
Expectation for this level will be
 

1.Say, Recognize and write all Hindi vowels (a, aa,....) and consonants   Read and write simple words without matras (kalam, tharmas, batakh etc..) Make small sentences using these words

2.Count 1 - 30 in Hindi.,Write numerals 1 - 10

3.Read numbers 1 - 10 in Hindi script.

4.Vocabulary :

a.Family members

b.Colors

c.Body parts

d.Animals (wild and domestic) and common birds

e.Weather and seasons

f.Fruits and vegetables

g.Directions

h.Days of the week,  Household items

i.Tastes

j.verbs

k.Adjectives

l.Opposites

m.Genders and tense

 

HOMEWORK :Please do page 72, (Letter review),73  (Letter review ) and 76(write the word in  Hindi)

 from work book for home work.

 CULTURE REVIEW:
 
We started practising the skit for Annual day. The following students will need costumes arranged by parents for their roles. Please come talk to me about it.
 
Ayush - Gandhiji
Rhea - Kamal Phool
Ananya - Peacock
Sanjwaal - Tiger
 
I'm thinking of adding consonant characters to the rest of the kids. So I will send out the entire skit in a seperate mail. Please make sure  your kids attend the remaining sessions promptly as their absence will affect the performance of the skit. There is a song in the skit which all students have to sing: Please help the students memorize this stanza at home.
 

jhanda uncha rahe hamara
vijayi vishw tiranga pyara

sada shakti sarsane wala
prem sudha barsane wala
viro ko harshane wala
matrbhumi ka tan-man sara
jhanda uncha rahe
 
http://www.hindigeetmala.com/song/jhanda_uncha_rahe_hamara.htm
 

SPOKEN HINDI :
 
 

 
   In spoken Hindi,we did a quick review of Samay (Time) and then 2 teachers demonstrated a phone conversation between a grandmother (nanima )and a granddaughter.The children were divided into groups to 2 and they had to do the same,make conversation of 3-4 lines.The children had fun becoming grandparents and grand kids.

We then played a reviewgame where the children were divided into 2 groups and each team had to come up in pairs and match the cards with pictures with the matching vocabulary.They did well and had lots of fun .

Homework---
The Children have to prepare a 3-5line speech between themselves and their mom on any topic that they like basically telling their mom about something that they like.
This is being done to build the children's confidence in speaking.
The teachers are going to be moms and the children will have to converse with us.

thx
Shilpa.

 

Dhanyavaad

Teachers 2A
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Namaste parents:
 
 
HINDI REVIEW:
 
We revised words starting from क, ख, ग, घ, and other consonants. and the whole alphabet series.  Some  students still do not recognize or able to write the letters. We have been reminding about additional practice needed at home.
 
Also if any parents have concerns about the syllabus load, please send me or gurukul a mail to let us know.
 
The final evaluation will be on May 20th.
Expectation for this level will be
 

1. Say, Recognize and write all Hindi vowels (a, aa,....) and consonants   Read and write simple words without matras (kalam, tharmas, batakh etc..) Make small sentences using these words

2. Count 1 - 30 in Hindi.,Write numerals 1 - 10

3. Read numbers 1 - 10 in Hindi script.

4. Vocabulary :

a. Family members

b. Colors

c. Body parts

d. Animals (wild and domestic) and common birds

e. Weather and seasons

f. Fruits and vegetables

g. Directions

h. Days of the week,  Household items

i. Tastes

j. verbs

k. Adjectives

l. Opposites

m. Genders and tense

 

HOMEWORK :Please do page 72, (Letter review),73  (Letter review ) and 76(write the word in  Hindi)

 from work book for home work.

 CULTURE REVIEW:
 
We started practising the skit for Annual day. The following students will need costumes arranged by parents for their roles. Please come talk to me about it.
 
Ayush - Gandhiji
Rhea - Kamal Phool
Ananya - Peacock
Sanjwaal - Tiger
 
I'm thinking of adding consonant characters to the rest of the kids. So I will send out the entire skit in a seperate mail. Please make sure  your kids attend the remaining sessions promptly as their absence will affect the performance of the skit. There is a song in the skit which all students have to sing: Please help the students memorize this stanza at home.
 

jhanda uncha rahe hamara
vijayi vishw tiranga pyara

sada shakti sarsane wala
prem sudha barsane wala
viro ko harshane wala
matrbhumi ka tan-man sara
jhanda uncha rahe
 
http://www.hindigeetmala.com/song/jhanda_uncha_rahe_hamara.htm
 

SPOKEN HINDI :
 
 

   In spoken Hindi,we did a quick review of Samay (Time) and then 2 teachers demonstrated a phone conversation between a grandmother (nanima )and a granddaughter.The children were divided into groups to 2 and they had to do the same,make conversation of 3-4 lines.The children had fun becoming grandparents and grand kids.

We then played a reviewgame where the children were divided into 2 groups and each team had to come up in pairs and match the cards with pictures with the matching vocabulary.They did well and had lots of fun .

Homework---
The Children have to prepare a 3-5line speech between themselves and their mom on any topic that they like basically telling their mom about something that they like.
This is being done to build the children's confidence in speaking.
The teachers are going to be moms and the children will have to converse with us.

thx
Shilpa.

 
Dhanyavaad
Teachers 2A
           

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hindi:
We reviewed words starting with  क ,ख ,ग ,घ.
 
We read a story  उलटा पुलटा जंगल.
we learnt about different adjectives :  बड़ा, छोटा, लंबा ,पतला ,मोटा ,सुंदर,  बदसूरत , धीरे, जल्दी ,ठंड,गर्म
We learnt about wild animals :हाथी, गिलहरी ,शेर ,साँप, जिराफ़, खरगोश ,गैंडा ,हिरण, कौवा, मोर, मछली
बंदर, दरियाई घोड़ा, चीता, कछुआ, मगरमच्छ
 
HOMEWORK: Page no..  48 and 49 in workbook. some workbooks have different numbering. Please complete the प, फ , ब, भ reviewing exercises page and Reconizing lettters
 
प, फ , ब, भ  page.
write 3 words starting with प, फ , ब, भ
 

 

 
Spoken Hindi:

 

 

We reviewed Time (Samay) and then the children were divided into few groups.Most of them had prepared their speech and were excited to talk about their friends.Later we played a game of Snakes  and Ladders ( boys vs girls ) and the children had lots of fun.

 

HOMEWORK: Please have the children review Time at home as i will be doing an activity with them on Time.Also please converse with the chlldren at home EVERYDAY for at least 5-10 mins as this is the only way their communication and understanding will increase.

 

I MUST ADD THAT MOST OF THE CHILDREN HAVE IMPROVED A LOT AND HAVE STARTED PARTICIPATING AND REPLYING IN HINDI THAN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

 
 
 
 
 Culture review:
 
 
We started preparing for the annual play. Each kid got to say one line in Hindi. From now on, we'll be rehearsing the skit. The duration of the skit will be 20 minutes . It will be repeated twice.
Annual day is June 3rd.
 
Flow for the day:
Here is more information about the timing schedule for Annual Day. This is a rough draft, but it provides an outline to how the day will proceed.

 

 

 

10:30 to 11:00Setup & Prep

·Teachers in classroom
·Setup tables & chairs
·Setup space for food
·Food is delivered to all the classrooms
11:00 to 11:20First Session
·Teachers start the first session for their class.
11:20 to 11:35Snacks
·Teachers distribute snacks for the kids
11:35 to 11:55Second Session
·Teachers start the second session for their class
11:55 to 12:15Assemble in gym
·Volunteers start asking classrooms to clear out and move to the gym
·Inside the Gym there are 4 volunteers moving parents to their locations and students to the formation for opening song
·Teachers will keep their classes together.
12:15 to 12:30Prayer & president’s speech (while children are sitting)
·Students sing song (5 min)
·Teachers and volunteers move students to their seats
·President takes the mic to make his speech
12:30 to 1:50Presentations from higher grades,YB Performance graduation of of 6th grade President speech
·Classes do their performances
· National anthemMC announces the classes and closes the program
1:50 to 2:30 Hand out food

 

 
 
Our theme is Symbols of India -Tiger - the national animal of India, Lotus -the national flower, Peacock - the national bird, and the national Flag, father of the nation - Gandhiji
I'll need one kid dressed in a Tiger costume, one kid as the peacock, one dressed as Gandhiji.. and the others in white dhoti -kurta/ saree. I have the tiger costume, I need help for the peacock costume,Gandhiji's costume  and lotus flower costume from parents. Since some kids were missing, I'll designate lines and roles next week.

 

 

Dhanyavaad

Teachers 2A
 
 
           

Namaste parents,

Thank you for sending the kids dressed in tri-color. Youth Board members came to our class and distributed sweets to our class for celebrating spirit month.

 

HINDI REVIEW:

We picked random consonants to check letter recognition and made simple words with them. Children came up with the words. We wrote their English equivalents next to them. We also completed pages 19 and 20 in the workbook.

 

Namaste parents,

 

Thank you for sending the kids dressed in tri-color. Youth Board members came to our class and distributed sweets to our class for celebrating spirit month.

 

HINDI REVIEW:

We picked random consonants to check letter recognition and made simple words with them. Children came up with the words. We wrote their English equivalents next to them. We also completed pages 19 and 20 in the workbook.

 

 

 

Namaste Parents,

 

We had a combined class with students of both Class 2A and 2B so definitely there was a lot more interest in the kinds wanting to chat with their new friends and try their hand at strength in numbers.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS--PARENT VOLUNTEERS,PLEASE COME TO CLASS IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PARTICULAR WEEK,AND IF YOU HAVEN'T ,BOTH THE CLASSES HAVE A SIGN UP SHEET THAT WAS SENT OUT BY A PARENT VOLUNTEER VIA EMAIL,PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH AND SIGN AS WE ALWAYS NEED HELP IN CLASS WITH ACTIVITIES ETC.
PARENTS,PLEASE MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN ARE COMING TO CLASS WITH THE FOLLOWING AS ITS ALMOST THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BUT WE STILL HAVE CHILDREN IN CLASS WITHOUT THESE AND IT TAKES UP A LOT QUALITY TIME IN GETTING THE LESSON DONE--
PENCILS
NOTEBOOK
ERASERS
SCISSORS/GLUE/CRAYONS
WATER.

 

We revised our consonants य, र, ल and व. We also made small words and worked through their meanings with the children.
य - यहाँ, याग्न, याक, etc
र - रथ, रंग, etc
ल - लाल, लम्बा, etc
व - वन, वर्षा etc

We also read the story of प्रश्न पंडित from the Gurukul materials. Some kids who wanted us to read the story enjoyed it but some others did not. Obviously we cannot please everyone but we thought there was good participation even among children who did not want us to read the story in the first place.

Hindi homework for this week will be for kids to write 3 words with each of the consonants above.

CULTURE REVIEW:

 

We did not have a specific culture agenda this week. Students in 2A and 2B want to play some games so we will wok on combining the classes for a culture session of some sports. We will provide advance notice so the children can come dressed.

We started a new topic--Telling time/Samay.I introduced new vocabulary for eg-VAKT,SAMAY,BAJE,SUBAH,RAAT,DOPAHAR,SHAMM,DIN ,DEDH (1.30),DHAI,(2.30) PAUNE, SAVA. The Children picked up the lesson very fast though the last four are a little tricky therefore we will be working more on this in the coming week.

 

HOMEWORK-- 2 Homeworks are due this wk. The 1st one is a speech--the sheet for the same was sent out on 18th March.The 2nd one is on time. Also a set of flash cards was sent out for the children to practice at home. Please make sure the children go through it as its going to be beneficial for them.
Below is the link to both the homeworks and also the flash cards, refer to files

Flash Card Lesson 19 Time
Homework 18 Beginner, Telling time
Home 18, review
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894C85E7326&id=55607894C85E7326%211101&sc=documents%23%21%2Fview.aspx%3Fcid%3D55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211126

Dhanyawad
Teachers 2A and 2B.

Namaste Parents,
 

HINDI REVIEW:
We revised the short words with the vowels and did short words with the consonants
क - कलम, कबूतर, etc
ख - खर्घोश, खाना, etc,
ग - गमला, गरम, etc

घ - घोडा, घास, etc
च - चम्मच, चलना, etc
छ - छत्री, छोटा, etc
ज - जहाज़, जलना, etc
झ - झंडा, झरना, etc
 
Hindi homework for this week will be for kids to write 3 words with each of the consonants.
 
Pencils were handed out to students who have completed more than 30 minutes of Hindi reading/conversation at home.
 
CULTURE REVIEW:
We learnt about the wild animals of India. Children told us what their favourite wild animal was in Hindi. We looked at pictures of Wild animals - Sher, Mor, Baagh, Ghenda, Haathi...
For activity, we decorated an elephant.
We will soon start preparing for the annual day.
 
SPOKEN HINDI
In 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 2 new grammer constructs- want--"chahiye" and want to do--"kya karna hai".The children were also introduced to infinitive verbs such as--
kha + na=khaana = To eat
 khel +na= khelna = To play
 
daud +na=daudna = To run
 baith+na = baithna
 
bhaag +na= bhaagna = To run
 gaa +na= gaana
 
naach+na= - naachna
 ja+na = jaana
 

We build a lot of sentences for the children to understand and by the end of the lesson they all knew what the above constructs meant.At the end, we played a game,where each team asked the other a question( boys vs girls) and it ended in a draw.All the children participated very well.
HOMEWORK--
2 sheets were sent out dated March 18th and April 1st.The children ONLY have to do the one due on 18th March--its a crossword.the link to the hw is below.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894c85e7326&id=55607894C85E7326%21927#!/view.aspx?cid=55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211102.
Dhanyawad
Teachers 2A.

Namaste Parents,

 

Gurukul Youth Board is doing a food drive to coincide with the spirit month. Please consider sending a non perishable food item donation . March 18th is regional clothes day. Proudly display the clothes that come from your native region in India.

 

 

 

HINDI REVIEW:

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
We reviewed the alphabet and made some words starting with   इ and ई.

Stickers, erasers and pencils were handed out to students who had completed 30 or more mins of reading/conversation Hindi at home. Books, comics in Hindi are available to check-out in the Gurukul Library.

 

 

CULTURE REVIEW:

 

We learnt about Holi, the festival of colors. Children really had fun playing Holi with colored marker pens  running around the classroom.
 
 

 

 
 

SPOKEN HINDI

 

 

We continued to review prepositions -" ke saath"-with and " ke pass". We build lots of sentences using different objects from class and then moved on to playing a fun game of BINGO. This was done using all the vocabulary and words that the children have learnt so far ,therefore it was a good review and to make it more fun,we had the children construct sentences with every correct pic that they had on their sheet.For every attempt and correct sentence the children were awarded stickers.

Namaste Parents,

Gurukul is celebrating spirit month. Please have your send your child dressed in red. We need volunteers in our class, especially towards the end of the session for culture activity and clean up of class room. Parents, please help. 
 

HINDI REVIEW:
 

We started the session with the prayer.
We reviewed the vowels  अ, आ..........अं,अ:
and consonants. Some children are slow in writing the alphabet. More practice at home will help.
We covered page 34 and 35 in the workbook. Words like चम्मच, टमाटर, आग was introduced.
 
Stars were marked for kids who had completed 30 mins of conversation/reading in Hindi at home. They will be getting prizes soon.

 

CULTURE REVIEW:
 
The Topic was Dances of India.  We looked at pictures of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakalli, Kuchupudi and Odissi dancers.
Ananya performed a Kathak routine for us and Arshia performed a Bharatanatyam routine.
 
For Activity, we colored a Kathakalli mask. Some children were not able to complete it on time as they did not have glue sticks.
We have a lot to cover and less time. So parents please make sure to send your kids with glue stick, scissors, crayons and a ruled notebook!
 
 
SPOKEN HINDI
 
In Spoken hindi, the children said their lines from one of the two conversations that they had prepared along with their friends.Most of the children had not prepared their speech this time.We then moved on to leaning a new topic "In the Park" --"Baag mai.n where the children learnt adverbs (kriya vesheshan) for eg--

“Ke saath” – “WITH”
“Ke Paas” – “BESIDE” and POSSESSIVE form – “HAS”.
we constructed many sentences using these so that the children could understand We will continue to work on these.Some egs are--

a. Pencil kitaab ke paas hai.

b. Backpack mez ke paas hai

c. Neil Tanya ke saath hai.

We also learnt new vocabulary words such as.

 

Baag (garden)
 Ghaas (grass)
 Phool (flowers)
 Ped (Tree)
 
Dost (friend)
 Saheli (Girl friend)
 Jhoola (swing)
 Jhool (v) (to swing)
 

 

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

Hindi: Please help your child write the whole alphabet from अ to ज्ञ once and revise in a ruled notebook.
Write 3 words starting with अ and आ.
Spoken Hindi:

2 sheets were sent home .One sheet is with flashcards,which is a great way for the children to learn their vocabulary and practice it too and on the other sheet ,the children have to answer the questions using complete sentences.Do try and make simple sentences at home too if possible ,so that the children get more practice.Below is the link to the hw---

-https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894C85E7326&id=55607894C85E7326%211063&sc=documents#!/view.aspx?cid=55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211098 .
Dhanyawad Shilpa.
 
Chandrika , Prashant.

Namaste Parents!!!
 
Important Reminders--

1)There will be no School on Sunday 02/26 due to Mid-winter break. We will see you back on 4th March.

2)Please make sure the children are doing their homework as this is the only way we can make sure that they are learning.

3)The reading and conversation programme has begun,therefore please take some time off everyday if possible to read and converse with your children in Hindi. We would like to see them earn as many stickers and rewards as they can.

4) Please send scissors, glue, color pencils or crayons, pencil box with pencils and erasers as without any of these, it is difficult for your child to work and participate in class.

5)Do send some snack and water with your children to class and please make sure the snack is dry and nut free.

Hindi--
We did not get enough time to do spoken Hindi due to the cultural demo on Jhansi ki Rani.

SpokenHindi--
We reviewed some sentences from our topic on breakfast and then reviewed present continuous tense.The children were given sentences with present tense and they had to translate and figure out how to change it to present continuous tense.Most of them have figured it out.
 
Culture--
The children attended a demo on RANI LAXMI BAI (JHANSI KI RANI) which was performed by the youth board.
 
HOMEWORK
Hindi
Write all vowels and consonants one time.
 
Spoken Hindi
Due to the delay in the email last wk,many children were unable to do the homework which was to pick a character from one of the two conversations and memorize the character's lines.So this hw is due on 4th March along with 1 other hw that was handed out to the children this sunday.Those of you who did not get the hw sheet, the link is attached below.Please take a print out and complete it.Therefore 2 homeworks are due on March 4th.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=55607894c85e7326&resid=55607894C85E7326!1095&parid=55607894C85E7326!1062
 
Dhanyawad
Teachers 2A

Namaste Parents,
 
We are done with mid-year evaluations. Report Cards coming to you soon.

 

HINDI REVIEW:
 
We reviewed the vowels  अ, आ..........अं,अ:
and consonants क series to प series .
The consonant series'य' was introduced.
With this the whole alpahabet series has been introduced. From now on, we will start making simple words.

 

 

CULTURE REVIEW:
 
We learnt about the symbols of India, the national animal-Tiger,national bird-peacock and the flag and the national flower - lotus.
For activity we assembled a jigsaw puzzle of India.
SPOKEN HINDI
 
We started a new lesson yesterday on Breakfast.We spoke about what are the different kinds of breakfast that we eat at home and how we eat them.The children saw some slideshows and learnt the hindi words for certain types of food items like egg,bread,butter etc.
 
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

 
 
Hindi:  Please help your child write the whole aphabet from अ to ज्ञ once and revise on a sheet of paper.

 

 
 
Spoken Hindi  HOMEWORK  : --I have sent home 2 sheets of flashcards that i want the children to review,and also if possible please send some breakfast item for their snack which they like and what they eat at home like--poha,upma,idly,paratha,cereal ,fruits etc as i want to do show and tell with them.PLEASE DO NOT SEND any thing liquid as always except water.
There was a delay in getting the hw sheets and therefore iam putting up the link here.PLEASE TAKE A PRINTOUT AND HAVE THE CHILDREN PREPARE A SPEECH on what they eat for breakfast,what time and how they eat.the hw sheet has an example.4-5 lines is good for them.They can also make a list of all the breakfast items liked by their family members.
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Dhanyawad Shilpa.
 
Chandrika , Prashant.
 

 

Namaste Parents,
 

 

HINDI REVIEW:
 
We reviewed the vowels  अ, आ..........अं,अ:
and क consonant series.
च and ट and त series was introduced. We praticed writing one line of each letter and revised 5 times orally.
We will continue to write letters and practice saying them for repetition and reinforcement.
 
CULTURE REVIEW:
 
We learnt about foods of India. Children named their favourite food. We learnt about various regions and the food grown there. For Activity, we pasted different dishes - rice, dal, sweet etc on a banana leaf.

 
SPOKEN HINDI:
Below is the update from the spoken hindi lesson.All the children said their speech about their morning routine and they all did well!We then played a mystery game where the children were divided into groups and were given flash cards .They had to give clues to their team and the team had to guess what that animal,thing,vegetable or fruit was.They had lots of fun.
 
Here is the link to Sunday's hw--

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=55607894c85e7326&resid=55607894C85E7326!1053&parid=55607894C85E7326!936.

 

Dhanyawad

Shilpa.

 
 
 
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
 
 Spoken Hindi HW--
 1 sheet has been sent home which has a few jumbled up sentences.The children have to fix it and write the correct sentence.It is quite easy.
 
Please complete page 27 and 28 for Hindi Homework.
 
Volunteer for next week is Nikita Thakalath, Keanu's mom.
 

 

 
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
- Please have your kids have a bound work notebook where they can practice and also do their writing homework. It makes it much easier for them and us to learn and correct
- All kids should have pencils, erasers and coloring pencils/markers/crayons for their art activity.
-Please don't send any juices or messy snacks with the kids. Water is allowed but for snacks it should be something dry which they can easily eat and not create a huge mess.

-Dhanyavad,
Chandrika.
 

 

नमस्ते Parents,

Hope you have had a great Thanksgiving holiday. In the last class, we continued revising our vowels and consonants. The kids need a lot of practice with their vowels and consonants. My only homework is to revise the vowels and the consonants.

The evaluation criteria for Level 2 have been set by the Hindi committee. The mid-term evaluation will be in mid January. The confirmed date for the evaluations will be communicated as soon as it becomes available.

The test will be prepared by the Hindi Committee and will be the same for all students. Student report cards will be given to the parents after the test with a meeting between the teachers and parents to discuss the evaluation report for their feedback.

The mid-term evaluation will cover the following:

1. Recap of Level 1 syllabus.
2. Recognize and be able to write all vowels.
3. Ability to write letters.
4. Ability to form and identify 2 letter words without matras.
5. Simple grammar.

Details are in the attached expectations document.

Spoken Hindi: In spoken hindi we made the children enact a few scenarios  where they interacted and greeted each other in hindi and made conversation.This was done in order to give them a practice of all the vocabulary we have been using so far.The children had a great time and did well.We also reviewed flashcards from all our previous lessons.
 
Homework--the children have  to prepare a 3-4 line speech as to what they do for their morning routine.The homework sheet was sent home.

Hope you all have a great rest of the week. We will definitely need parent volunteers in class for the upcoming weeks as I will be traveling for the next 2 weeks to China and Brazil.

Thanks

Teachers of 2A.

 

I am very sorry for the delayed email. I have been sick for the last week and am just getting back on my feet. We had a great class the last time around and the kids liked their teacher and what she taught. We had the benefit of Ms. Ragini who has taught at Gurukul for several years and she came to our class to observe and help us teach. She told the kids about the उल्टा पुल्टा जंगल. The kids thoroughly enjoyed her all Hindi delivery of the story and were great at picking up and learning things. 

In the Hindi class, we continued to practice our vowels and the consonants. We have not yet moved too far in the consonants as the Kids are still working through their vowels. The kids are able to say and understand different words with each of the consonants from क.....घ. We will start moving to the च series this week.

In Spoken Hindi class, we started learning the present tense forms of verbs. Kids need to be able to take the root form of a verb and convert it to a present tense sentence beginning with I, He, or She. Please practice this with your kids at home. It is a very important skill which will be used throughout the rest of the year. For example,
Root form I _____. He ______. She ______.
baiTHnaa
to sit Mai.n baiTHtaa/ii huu.n.
I sit. Vah baiTHtaa hai.
He sits. Vah baiTHtii hai.
She sits.
tairnaa
to swim Mai.n tairtaa/ii huu.n.
I swim. Vah tairtaa hai.
He swims. Vah tairtii hai.
She swims.
likhnaa
to write Mai.n likhtaa/ii huu.n.
I write. Vah likhtaa hai.
He writes. Vah likhtii hai.
She writes.
bhaagnaa
to run Mai.n bhaagtaa/ii huu.n.
I run. Vah bhaagtaa hai.
He runs. Vah bhaagtii hai.
She runs.

 
Homework --
  
The homework for this week is due on Nov-6th.  Kids are supposed to memorize one of the speeches to deliver in class. If the speech is too long for them, feel free to cut it short so that it is only 5 sentences long.I have sent the sheet home,incase your child was absent here's the link--
https://skydrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211021
The idea behind this homework is to review all of the different kinds of phrases the kids should have learned so far, and put them together into a conversation.

On the culture front, we spoke about the Dusshera and Diwali festivals and the party and we made the dandiya sticks, which i hope the kids put to good use at the party.

Hope you guys have a good week and I hope to see you all this weekend. Cheers!!!
Prashant

 

Namaste Parents!!!

Today in class, we started with consonants but realized that the kids have forgotten their vowels. So we started off with the vowels and did a revision of the vowels. We also revised the consonants of the क series.

The kids have said that they do not remember the vowels. So I will be formally providing homework from this week.

We learnt words for each of the vowels and for the क series of consonants.

We learnt the words आ = Aam, ऊ = Oonth, क = Kalam & Kamal, ख = Kharghosh, ग = Gamla, घ = Ghoda & Ghar.

This week’s homework will be to print and write all the vowels 5 times.

After having your kids do this work, please provide me feedback on how long this takes so I can figure out how much homework to give the kids.

It is very important that the parents spend some time practicing the vowels with their kids.

Lesson for spoken Hindi

Lesson 4 in spoken Hindi on Sunday was a revision of the last 3 lessons and we played two games based on the lesson,to see how much the kids remembered and how much of the phrases they could use.They did well and showed good team spirit.Each team that answered was awarded10 points and finally all the children got stickers.
 

Homework for spoken Hindi--
1 sheet has been sent home where the children have to match the correct pictures to the words.On the other side of the same sheet is an example of a speech that the children have to prepare to present in class.They have to prepare a speech telling us a little bit about themselves in Hindi. they can talk about themselves, their family members,pets,fav things to do etc. Their speech should be 3-5 complete sentences.

Culture

We learnt about Dusshera and how the festival is celebrated in different parts of India in different ways. We spoke about how people in North India celebrate Dusshera by enacting Ram Leela and how people in South India celebrate Dusshera by displaying dolls in a celebration called Golu and not to forget how people in West India celebrate Dusshera by playing dandia.

See you in class on Sunday.

Namaste Parents,
 
We are settling down to our class routine.

 

HINDI REVIEW:
 
We reviewed the vowels  अ, आ..........अं,अ:
The first consonant 'क' was introduced.
We counted the number of boys and girls in our classroom in Hindi. We reviewed some simple words oopar, neeche, andhar, bahar etc..

 

With summer break a lot of kids have forgotten their vowels. Please do try to do a refresher course with your kids as we move onto our current curriculum. This would help them in the class.

CULTURE REVIEW:
 
We learnt about the festival Rakshabandhan. For activity we made a Rakhi and learnt the significance of the festival -bonding between brothers and sisters.
We also located India on the world map.

 

 
SPOKEN HINDI:
For the 2nd lesson in spoken hindi we first reviewed our 1st lesson--Aapka naam kya hai? Aap kaise ho?  This is just to get the children more comfortable with our everyday greetings. We moved on to learning 4 new words
 
YAH -- THIS
VAH--THAT
HAA.N--YES
NAA.N--NO.
 
we did a small exercise with flash cards to get the children to understand  how and where to use these words
 
IMPORTANT:incourage the children to do their hw and BRING IT BACK as thats the only way we can see how much they are absorbing from the lesson and learning.
 
 
Dhanyawad
shilpa.
 
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

 
A map of India was sent home. Please help your child  locate the city they visited during their last vacation and mark the spot using crayons.
 
For spoken Hindi, a sheet has been sent  which has questions and the answers are given below.
The kids have to cut it out and glue the correct answers and the ones who are comfortable or who want to write the ans are most welcome.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
- Please have your kids have a bound work notebook where they can practice and also do their writing homework. It makes it much easier for them and us to learn and correct
- All kids should have pencils, erasers and coloring pencils/markers/crayons for their art activity.
-Please don't send any juices or messy snacks with the kids. Water is allowed but for snacks it should be something dry which they can easily eat and not create a huge mess.
-A lot of people signed up the volunteer sheet (thank you so much for that). Those of you who didn't please do so on the next class.
 
-Dhanyavad,
Chandrika.