1.      Asked students to write vowels and consonants (A to Ri and K to Gya) on the board
2.      Asked to give words starting from each letter

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1) Namaste, Aaap kaise hain? Main theek hoon. For elders Namaste ji, Namaste dadaji
2) Mera naam-- hai? Aapka naam kya hai?.
3) Shubh Prabhat, Shubh ratri, Dhanyavaad.
4) Veh ladki/ladka hai. Haan, Naahi. Kripaya
5) Aap kaisi hain? Main achcha/achchi hoon.

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1. We started with a short Hindi song clip from "Taare zamin pe"
2. What do you think culture means? Discussion where students brought up topics like language, food, celebrations/festivals, religion, movies/music, social beliefs, clothes, sports, arts
3. On these topics, how does our Indian culture differ from that of your American friends – didn’t get enough time for this discussion - will be continued later.
4.      Made 3 teams and asked them to talk about each one of these things and how they different for Indian and western culture
5.      Kids did good job on coming up with differences
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Please send the following school supplies with your child in their bag with the Gurukul binder: This will greatly help to increase our productivity in class.

• 1 Notebook
• 2-3Sharpened Pencils, 1Sharpener& Eraser
• Crayons and Markers
• 1Glue stick
• 1Fisker's child Scissor (Blunt fore tip preferred)
Important Reminders
• Attendance: Drop off time 10:50am, Class promptly starts at 11:00 am, Child will be marked tardy if late. 70% attendance is required for next year enrollment
• Please pack light non-messy nut-free dry snack.  Few kids have nut/egg allergy in the class.  Please also pack a water bottle with your child’s snack to minimize class interruptions.
• Every week child will be sent a short homework assignment – it would be communicated through Class website by Wed of the each week.
• Class Review and Home assignments will be communicated via Class 3D site can be accessed from the gurukul main home page http://www.gurukul-wa.org/default.aspx
• Please supervise and help child complete homework assignment for the week. It should be less than 30 min/week. Class will, maintain a star chart.  After a child collects 5 stars, he/she would be rewarded a small prize.  Child will miss the opportunity to earn a star for incomplete homework. So, please make sure you child completes homework with minimum or no mistakes, you don’t want your child to feel bad or left behind in the class.  And PLEASE do NOT complete child’s assignment on his/her behalf – we can tell 
Volunteers:  Thanks to Arya’s Mom for staying back and volunteering in the class today!!   Thanks to those who signed up on volunteer sheet.  Those who have not, please get in touch with me or Vikas.  You can also find the next week volunteer information on the class 3D site (will be available soon!)
Absentees: (Please sync with one of parents and/or review the attached parents orientation material).
Action required
• Folders will be provided in coming weeks – stay tuned.
• Sarita ji will be room lead parent.  She will communicate with other parents to make sure that we have parent volunteer each week.  
On to a great year ahead!  We look forward to working with you all.  
Dhanyawad,

Rajashree Varma (Hindi Teacher)
Vikas Khandelwal (Culture Teacher)
Paresh Chobhe (Spoken Hindi Teacher)