 | | Select a View | | | | |
| Actions |
|
| |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
|
Class Date | Title | Body | Modified |  | _Temp | Created |
|---|
| | Hindi: We discussed all the vyanjans and the requirement of writing them in sequence. Completed page 71 of the binder in the class. Then we did an exercise on unscrambling the words to make new words such as: नमक, मगर, बतख, खटमल,ऐनक, ऊपर, इधर,उधर,बर्तन, etc. Please refer to their notes for more words. This exercise will be in the final test paper. I'll be doing more of these words for practice. All the words without matras will be part of the test.
Spoken: We continued with our review. We practiced translation from English to Hindi using Semester 2 Spoken Hindi Review. We will be continuing with that in the next class as well.
Culture: Kids practised thier annual day song " Insaf ki dagar". Please help them prepare their speech on their assigned characters.
| | | | | | | Hindi:
We reviewed vyanjans Pa to Sha for the test next week. We also revised matras. Kids have started writing two /three letter words in hindi such as पापा, पपीता, फल, फूल, बकरी, भालू, मछली, यमुना, यज्ञ, राजा, रानी, लड़का, लड़की, वन, शोर, शरबत etc. Please refer to the notes for more words. Kindly remind them to go over the notes for the test next week 4/29.
Class Review:Spoken: We have covered 20 lessons in Spoken this school year. We are now starting a review of the lessons so that kids will be ready for the Final exam. Today we reviewed Lessons 1 to 4. We did this by participating in a mock phone conversation with “grandma”. Then we played a quiz game by forming 2 teams and having kids match verbs to pictures. The lesson plan and game is on skydrive.
Culture:
Kids practised the song "Insaf ki dagar Pe bacchon Dhikhao Chal Ke" for the annual day celebration. Also, please help them prepare and practice the speech on the character (Leader/king) they have been given in the last class. The speech needs to be only 5-6 sentences in hindi.
| | | | | | | Hindi: Kids learnt last three vyanjans क्ष -Ksh, त्र - Tra, and ज्ञ - Gya. With this they have officially finished learning all the vyanjans. After the vyanjans kids were introduced with Matras (the most important chapter of Hindi language). Now they are ready to read and write Hindi. I'll be revising wth them all the vyanjans and two/three letter words to read and write.
Spoken: This week students played snake & ladder ( सांप और सीढ़ी ) game and learned to make Hindi sentences to move up the chain or be stuck at the same place. They did well and had lot of fun. The game is available here. Please have your child practice translating the sentences shown on the game. April 8 Snakes and ladders review game
Culture: The Annual Day of Gurukul is approaching. Sudhaji our Lead Parent Volunteer and Manojji dicussed with kids about their interest for the Annual day celebrations. They came up with the idea of a brief speech in Hindi on our national leaders and Great kings of India. Each kid is assigned a name of either the leader or the king on which they have to prepare the speech and to dress up in the matching attire.
Here are the assignments for the annual day presentations:
Dhruv Talwar - Bhagat Singh
Rishit - Chandra Shekhar Azad
Sunidhi - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Samyak - Rabindranath Tagore
Rohan - Subramanyam Bharti
Pavnee - Jhansi ki Rani – Laxmibai
Sanjai - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
yash - Madan Mohan Malviya
Sanaa - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Neha - Lala Lajpat Rai
Chetna - Rani of Chittur
Aayush - Rajendra Prasad
Shahu - Tantya Tope
Dhruv Naik - Shivaji
Archit - Morarji Desai
Tanu - Prithvi Raj Chauhan
| | | | | | | Please see below the summary of the yesterday's class.
Hindi: Kids learnt new vyanjans Sha, Sha, Sa, and Ha. We are almost over with the vyanjans, only three more to go. Now we have started writing the words in Hindi like Hawa, Haath, Haathi, Shalgum, Shor, etc. I am planning to test them on April 29th (after spring break) on the vyanjans from Pa to Sha. Kindly practice with them during the break. I'll also be doing the revision with them in the class.
Spoken: We did a review of what we have learnt in the past few classes around Time (Samay/Vakt), Present Continuous form of verb, Aapko Kya Chihiye, Aapko Kya Karna Hai, Ke Saath (With), Ke Paas (Beside), Ke Pass (Possessive Form - Has). We formed 2 teams and asked each team to translate some complex sentences from English to Hindi. The sentences we used are in the attached document (TimeRelatedSentences). Kids had a lot of fun competing as teams. Also flash cards for Time related words were given out. Please have your child cut them and put in Ziploc and use for practice.
Culture: Kids reviewed some previous lessons like Geography of India, Foods of India, Spices etc. They identified various foods being made in different regions of India and discussed their favorite desserts. Kids made kite as a part of their craft activity.
Voluteer: Thank you to Neha’s mom Parul for volunteering and taking the Culture class yesterday. Next week’s volunteer is Sana’s parent.
Absent: Aayush, Dhruv
Spring Break: 4/15 is a holiday in Gurukul.
Please do not hesitate to contact the teachers incase of questions.
Shalini, Apurva and Manoj | | | | | | | Hindi: Kids learned new vyanjans Ra, La, Va and revised the test given last week. Except two kids rest other kids performed well in the test. Please see their test paper and kindly sign it. Also please remind them to keep those test paper in their binder for future references. Two kids who didn't perform well in the test ---Parents please lookout for an separate email from me. Those who were absent last week (Shahu, and Aayush) has been provided with the test sheets--please let them finish at home for extra practice. Spoken: We learnt about Time (Samay/Vakt) - Subah/Dopahar/Shaam/Raat. We also learnt how to tell time in Hindi by reading a clock. We also learnt use of “Sava, Sade, Paune” in telling time. Here is the lesson we used. Please have your child practice telling time in Hindi asking them “Kitne Baje Hai?” at different times during the day. https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894C85E7326&id=55607894C85E7326%211101&sc=documents#!/view.aspx?cid=55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211133 Culture: We learnt about the various indian games/sports (Kabaddi/Khokho/Pittu(Satolia)/Patangbazi).
Parent Volunteer: Thanks to Sunidhi's mom for volunteering. Next week volunteer is Sana's parents.
We do not have volunteer for next to next week (4/8/2012). Kindly sign up so that we can get some extra help in the spoken hindi stations.
Absentees: Dhruv Naik
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
Kindly see below for the review from our Sunday class 3/18. Several kids had worn dresses from their part of India which was great to see.
Reminders for Next Week:
• Next class is the last time to participate in the food drive. Our class is way behind on this. Please remember to send non-perishable non-expired food items with you child.
• Continuing the Spirit month, March 25th is Sports Day. Become your favorite Indian sportsman. Cricket, tennis, field hockey, soccer etc
Class Review:
Hindi: Kids took the test that included matching pictures to vyanjans. Also they were asked to write vyanjans Ta to Na. Today we also learnt new vyanjans: Bha, Ma, and Ya.
• Bha: Bhaluu, Bhai, Bha.ed, Bharat, and Bhagna
• Ma: Machhali, Mor, Mummy, Muuhn, Maendak, Makkhan
• Ya: Yamuna, Yagya, Yash, Yah
Absentees: Aayush, Shahu.
Volunteer: We did not have any parent volunteer today and could have really used help given we were short a teacher. Next week's volunteer is Sunidhi’s parent.
| | | | | | | Class Review: Hindi: Kids learnt new vyanjans Pa, Pha, and Ba and revised vyanjans Ta to Na for the test. Spoken: We played this Bingo game in small groups to practice park vocabulary, verbs and their continuous forms based on what we have learnt in last 3 lessons. https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894C85E7326&id=55607894C85E7326%211106# Culture: Kids discussed the festival Holi. They recited the story of Bhakta Prahlada and Harinyakashiyapu and the reasons why we celebrate Holi. They also incorporated the details of various sweets they eat or like to eat on Holi. Kids did a craft work on the "Apron" which they colored it and took autographs of other kids. Absentees: Aayush, Dhruv Naik
Volunteer: Thanks to Paavnee's mom for volunteering in the class. Next week's volunteer is Sana’s parent.
| | | | | | | Hindi: Kids learned new vyanjans: the (D), Dha and Na. With this we have completed total 20 vyanjans.
Spoken: We walked thru a “Visit to the Park” scenario and covered new vocabulary and prepositions in that context. We covered adverbs “ke pass = Beside”, “ke pass = has / possess”, “ke saath = With”. Here is the powerpoint (Visit to the Park) and Lesson Plan we used in the class. https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=55607894C85E7326&id=55607894C85E7326%211063&sc=documents Culture: Kids learnt about the Dances of India and they saw some videos on the same. They did the art work on the facemask of the Kathakkali dancer.
Absentees: Aayush, Tanu
Volunteers: None present. Next week’s volunteer is Paavnee’s parents.
Reminder: Several kids are coming to class without Water. Please send a water bottle with your child as the water fountains in the school are far away.
Please contact us in case of questions.
Thanks
Shalini, Apurva and Manoj
| | | | | | | Hindi: Kids revised vyanjan Da, Dha, and ra. They have been provided with three sheets with the pictures to identify these vyanjans. Please let them keep those sheets in their folder for future testing.
Spoken: We continued to learn daily routine related vocabulary and verbs including use of present continuous form. We used this presentation (A day in the life of Nikhil) for that.
Culture: Kids attended the demo on Jhansi Ki Rani.
Absentees: Chetana, Paavanee, and (one more but not remembering his/her name)
Volunteer: None | | | | | | | Namaste Parents!
It was a pleasure to meet the parents at the conference and discuss progress that your child has made. If you were unable to attend, please review the scorecard and the tests for spoken and hindi that were sent home with your child. We also kicked off the reading program and a reading log was handed out to each child. Please look for a separate email about the details of the program.
Please see below the details of topics which were covered on Sunday Feb 12th class.
Class Review
Spoken:
- We learnt present continuous form verbs using this lesson 13. E.g. “Neil khel raha hai..” “Radha kha rahi hai…”
- Kids presented their breakfast routine speech in Hindi which they had prepared as homework. Several of them had not completed their homework.
- We watched some fun videos about breakfast food. See links below for more that you can show at home.
Hindi:
- No class due to parent conference.
Culture:
- We learnt about the various Indian musical instruments and their sounds.
- We also did a craft project to match pictures of instruments with names.
Absentees: Sana and Aayush.
Parent Volunteer: A big thank you to Archit’s dad for volunteering and helping with the culture class. Volunteer for next week’s class is Aayush’s parent.
| | | | | | | Class Review:
Hindi:
-Kids learnt new vyanjan Dha, Rn, and Ta, Tha
Spoken:
- We learnt new vocabulary about breakfast food items, verbs and utensils using this powerpoint.
- We practices making sentences using this new vocabulary in small groups.
- Flash cards were given out. Please have your child cut them and put in a separate Ziploc bag.
Culture:
- We covered monument of India. See slides here. Here is some more info about the monuments. Also below there are several video links to information about the various monuments that we highly encourage you show your child at home.
- Kids made a paper Taj Mahal as their craft project.
Next Week: We have the PTA sessions. You should already know your slot (look for email from Chandra on 1/27). We will also be sending out the report cards shortly. Kids will have regular class on 12th and we will cover Culture and Spoken during that. Please be on time for the meetings.
Parent Volunteer: Thank you to Chetena’s mom Sudha for volunteering and taking the Culture class! Volunteer for next class is Archit’s parent.
Absentees: Tanu, Shahu, Rishit, Aayush. | | | | | | | Namaste Parents,
A quick review of a weekend class:
Kids took test on hindi, spoken hindi for two classes.
Culture: Kids did craft activity and made a lotus flower. They also reviewed previous prime ministers of India.
Kids need scissors, glue and colors for their culture class. Kids without their stuff becomes very disruptive for the class. Please send those in their next class.
Any questions please ask.
Thanks
Shalini, Apurva, & Manoj
| | | | | | | Hindi: Mid Term Evaluation is on coming Sunday Jan 15th. So we revised all swars and vyanjan from k to nya, colors etc. We also studied some two letter words comprised of these swars and vyanjan such as Aag, khaao, chakh, ang etc. Spoken: We revised some of the exercises which has been covered so far in the class. Following is the link where all the spoken hindi material can be found. https://skydrive.live.com/view.aspx/Public/Gurukul/Spoken%20Hindi/Spoken%20Hindi%20Semester%201%20Full%20Review.docx?cid=55607894c85e7326&app=Word Part of the mid-term evaluation will involve showing some videos to the kids and asking them questions about the videos. The videos that will be used in the evaluation are the second and third videos on the following page. PLEASE SEE THESE VIDEOS IN THE FOLLOWING LINK. The second video on the page is a short monologue, where a boy named Ishaan is telling about himself, his school, his hobbies (basketball and swimming), and his brother (who plays soccer and plays the piano). The third video on the page shows two boys, Ishaan and Aryan, having a short conversation in Hindi as one welcomes the other as a guest in his home and offers him juice and cookies. For the evaluation, kids will be asked to translate into English what is being said in the video, and they will also be asked specific questions (in Hindi) about what is being said in the video. Videos: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=377C7D095D0210EA&id=377C7D095D0210EA%21171 Culture: This week we reviewed 1) Geography of India - this included the following Political map of India and states/capitals Topography of India - Himilayan, great northern plains, thar desert, deccan plateau, western and eastern ghats Rivers of India - Pl see attached document 2) Cultural Activity - Students were given a blank map of India and were to draw all the major rivers of India (see attached map). 3) Home work If the students have not finished the rivers on map of India, they can draw the rivers by looking at the attached map. Look at the map of India and review the different states. Students should know the different states and where they are located on the map. Which rivers pass through which states? For the test please revise the following material: Two letter words comprising of swars and vyanjan studied so far Topics studied in Level 1 : parivar, body parts, dishaye(directions), seasons, fruits,vegetables, birds, numbers, hindi writing Please come on time and prepare well for the exam. Also send a nice writing pencil and a eraser.
Thank you.
Shalini, Apurva, and Manoj | | | | | | | Namaste Parents!
Please see below the Dec 18th class details:
Mid term evaluations are scheduled for January 12. The FINAL date for the evaluations will be announced soon. For the level two expectations please see the attached document. We expect the children to master these topics to be ready for the test. The test will be prepared by the Hindi Committee and the same test will be used across the board for the level. The student report cards will be given to parents the week after the test and PTA meeting will be arranged the week following that for feedback.
Class Review:Hindi: Kids learnt new vyanjan T , Tha , and D Spoken: In a small setting (group of 3-4 students) kids spoke hindi sentences on the masculine and feminine nouns like Bastaa, Kainchii etc. The sheet can be found on the following skydrive link. https://skydrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=55607894C85E7326&resid=55607894C85E7326%211072 Culture: Kids studied about the Invaders of India and did a craft work of making a ship. | | | | | | | Namaste Parents!
Please see below the last class details:
Archit Patankar was selected as a Vishesh Vidhyarthi in the class for outperforming in the test 2. He received 28 marks out of 30. A certificate , pencil and an eraser was gifted to him in front of the whole class for great accomplishment.
Class Review:Hindi: We reviewed the test and kids made the corrections in their test paper.
Spoken: In a small setting (group of 3-4 students) kids spoke hindi sentences on the possesive/relational pronouns like
Mera / MeriIska / IskiUska / UskiAapka/AapkiUnka /Unki
Kiska / KiskiRam ka Ram kiRadha kaRadha ki
Culture: Kids attended a demo on tabla given by Instructor Shreenath Acharya who teaches in the Vedic Cultural Center (VCC) in Sammamish.
| | | | | | | Namaste Parents!
Please see below the details of topics which were covered on Sunday Dec 4th.
Class Review:Hindi: Kids took the test on Vyanjan K to Nya. Except two or three kids others were not prepared for the test. And the excuse they gave me was they were very busy with other activities. Please I would like to suggest all the parents to help kids revise what is being covered in the class. Without your help its not possible to make them learn in 45 min in a week. Regular practice is the key for learning a new language. And I appreciate the efforts of those parents who worked hard with their kids for the test.
Spoken: We played a game of identifying a picture and giving some clues to other kids in Hindi about the picture. Many kids didn't finish their homework from last week.
Culture: we studied about the Mughal Emperors of India Parent Volunteer: Thank you to Sunidhi's mom Asha for volunteering on Sunday. Volunteer for next class is Sanjai’s parent. Absentees: Paavnee (gone to India). Aayush. Please Email teacher2f@gurukul-wa.org if you need any more information. Thanks for your help and co-operation Shalini, Manoj & Apurva. | | | | | | | Class Review:
Hindi: We reviewed vyanjan Jha and Nya. Please let the kids revise all the vyanjans from K to Nya. I'll be tesing them on vyanjans on Dec 4th.
Spoken: We played a board game that allowed us to practice speaking hindi sentences using words we have learnt so far.
Culture: We learned about Kings of India. Also made a crown craft project.
| | | | | | | Below is a summary of what was covered today. Note that the mid-term exam is fast approaching and it will be conducted in early January. The exam will be based on the curriculum that has been covered in the class. We will send out the curriculum summary so you know what to expect. Please plan to use some time during the December winter break to revise that with your child.
Hindi
- We reviewed vyanjan Cha, Chha, and ja.
Culture
- We reviewed what we learnt about Aryans from the last class. Kids did the Ganesha craft.
| | | | | | | Hindi
- We reviewed vyanjan Gha, raen, and cha.
Spoken
- Kids presented their Hindi speech in front of the class and answered follow up questions to their speech.
- We played a game coming up with funny sentences in English given 2 words, and then converting them to Hindi.
Culture
- Kids learnt about Aryans and saw two videos on sacrifice of yajna and on Shiva Parvati | | | | | | | Hindi
- We reviewed letter ka (क) and learnt letter Kha,Ga (ख,ग). We learnt to write these letters and also learnt common words starting with these letters.
Spoken
- We used the class for reviewing what we had learnt so far. We did this in small groups using flash cards.
- We also played a game of charades with kids guessing the actions in full Hindi sentences.
Culture
- We attended a live demo of yoga. | | | | | | | Hindi---We reviewed the test paper and the first Vyanjan--K Spoken----We learnt several verbs and how to use them with male and female nouns.
Each student presented their speech to the class. It was great to see each and every student speak 5 complete sentences about their family in Hindi!!
Culture----Since Manojji was not feeling good, and me and Apurvaji had a mandatory teachers training to attend our LPV Sudha (Chetana’s Mom) fecilitated the culture class. Our sincere thanks to her for helping us in the hour of need.
In culture class kids looked at the power point presentation on Diwali and enjoyed the craft activity.
| | | | | | | Class Review:
Hindi- Kids took test on Swars and I have reviewed the test papers and given it back to them. Please sign the test papers and send it back with them next week. I’ll consider that they performed well being their first test in 2F. The highest score in the class was 23 out of 30. Next week I'll be discussing with them the test paper and start Vyanjan (consonants)...K, Kha...etc.
Spoken- We revised the vocabulary learnt so far. - We also learnt prepositions for Up, Down, Front, Back, Inside, Outside. - We played a translation game forming 2 teams to convert sentences between Hindi and English. - We also played a "snakes and ladders" style game to practice our speaking skills, which the kids enjoyed.
Culture- We reviewed the facts about Gandhiji.
- We talked about Navratri and vijayadashmi and the stories behind these festivals. | | | | | | | Hindi
--I am the new Hindi teacher (Shalini Talwar) for 2F moved from 2B. I am really excited to be their teacher. All the kids really showed interest in the class and it was fun teaching them. I have a request that please get your kids one wide ruled composition notebook (I personally don't like loose sheets so please prefer a bind notebook) . This will not be provided from Gurukul. For the whole year we will be practicing swar and Vyanjan in this notebook and kids can also take notes in the class in the same notebook. Hopefully kids will be getting their workbooks next week. We reviewed Swars (A, Aa.......Ang, Ah). Some of the students learnt new swar--Re as they didn't read it last year. They also listened to the story of Dhruva Maharaj during their snack time.
Spoken
- Concepts of Yeh, Veh, Haa.n, Nahii.n and their use in full sentences.
- Flash cards were also given out to be used at home and school. Please cut these and put in a Ziploc bag.
Culture
- Today we took a journey into our past. We learnt of our ancient civilization the Indus Valley Civilization. The children were introduced to new words "history" "archaeologist" "A.D" "B.C" and "civilization".
- Kids made a rakhi as their craft project today.
| | | | | | | Kids had a great start on the first day.
• Morning OM chanting following by “Tumhi Ho Maata” prayer
• Icebreaker; Kids shared summer experiences and get to know their class friends and new teachers
• We did a quick review from their Summer workbook.
• Enjoyed story time – how India was named Bharat and discovered India on Map.
• Did craft project to make Ganesha.
• Finished with National Anthem
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
|