Hindi A1

Class Information -

View PDF copy of books: CLICK HERE

Classroom: Mediation Room

Teachers -

Teachers:

• Debbie Mukherjee

• Mitali Mathur

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Teenage Volunteers:

• Aadi Agrawal

• Rani Mukherjee

Class & Homework-

May 12

As all good things in life have to come to an end, so did another great school year for Hindi Level A1. Thanks to all the parents for bringing your child to HATS Hindi Level A1 class. Its been a pleasure to spend time with your child and we hope you enjoyed the class presentation as much as we did teaching your child. Learning the alphabets to matras to names of face and body parts, fruits, flowers, animals and colors to poems; we had much to learn and share. Special thanks to Aadi and Rani - the two teen volunteers who spend time with the kids, bring them up to speed, correcting tests and handing out candy rewards, including root beer floats and last but not the least, consistently doing the weekly class updates,

Again, thank you so much for sharing your kids for the hour. We had a great year and hope your child takes all the learnings into the next year.

We look forward to seeing you again at HATS.

With warmest regards and best wishes for a great summer,

April 21

Today in class we took the much anticipated test to assess the kids skill level of knowing Hindi - the letters and their pronunciations, some basic vocabulary words like face-n-body parts, colors, fruits, vegetables and flowers. We also did an oral round of knowing the numbers from 1-10. Kids that are a bit older and have been regular to class did well. Younger kids will need to spend some more time with the letters and matras and understanding how they conjugate to form simple everyday used words. Summer is a great time to brush up on everyday words as they get a break from School work.

The next few Sundays we will be focusing on conversation in Hindi. We lost the opportunity to perform on stage, because of the snow days. The kids however would like to showcase to their parents what they have been learning in class. So on Sunday - May 12th the Hindi Level A1 class would like to do a short presentation in class followed by ice-cream and root beer floats to end a great year. Parents are encouraged to attend.

April 14

Once again, we reviewed all the words we’ve been learning for the exam next Sunday, April 21st. This will determine competency level to advance. They are listed below.

Parts of the head:

Head- सिर

Hair- बाल

Forehead- माथा

Ear- कान

Eyes- ऑंख

Lips- होंठ

Teeth- दाँत

Tongue- जीब

Cheek- गाल

Nose- नाक

Body Parts:

Neck- गरदन

Chest- छाती

Arm- बाँह

Stomach- पेट

Hand- हाथ

Leg- टाँग

Foot- पैर

Numbers:

1: १, एक(ek)

2: २, दो(dho)

3: ३, तीन(theen)

4: ४, चार(chaar)

5: ५, पांच(paanch)

6: ६, छह(chah)

7: ७, सात(saath)

8: ८, आठ(aath)

9: ९, नौ(nou)

10: १०, दस(das)

Colors:

Red- लाल

Orange- नारंगी

Yellow- पीला

Green- हरा

Blue- नीला

Purple- बैंगनी

Pink- गुलाबी

Brown- भूरा

Black- काला

White- सफेद

Fruits/Vegetables/Flowers:

Banana- केला

Mango- आम

Grape- आंगूर

Pomegranate- अनार

Apple- सेब

Eggplant- बैंगन

Potato- आलू

Carrot- गाजर

Lotus- कमल

Rose- गुलाब

Please make sure your child can write and read these words. We also used hangman to review some Hindi words.

April 7

Today in class we reviewed all of the test topics. As a reminder the test is on April 21st. Listed below are all of the things we went over:

Body Parts:

Neck- गरदन

Chest- छाती

Arm- बाँह

Stomach- पेट

Hand- हाथ

Leg- टाँग

Foot- पैर

The parts of the head:

Head- सिर

Hair- बाल

Forehead- माथा

Ear- कान

Eyes- ऑंख

Lips- होंठ

Teeth- दाँत

Tongue- जीभ

Cheek- गाल

Nose- नाक

Numbers:

1: १, एक(ek)

2: २, दो(dho)

3: ३, तीन(theen)

4: ४, चार(chaar)

5: ५, पांच(paanch)

6: ६, छह(chah)

7: ७, सात(saath)

8: ८, आठ(aath)

9: ९, नौ(nou)

10: १०, दस(das)

Fruits/Vegetables/Flowers:

Red- लाल

Orange- नारंगी

Yellow- पीला

Green- हरा

Blue- नीला

Purple- बैंगनी

Pink- गुलाबी

Brown- बूरा

Black- काला

White- सफेद

Eggplant- बैंगन

Banana- केला

Lotus- कमल

Rose- जूलब

For Homework please review all of these topics as you must know them for the test. Please remember to bring a notebook, a sharpened pencil, and an eraser to class every week so that you can write down notes to study later at home.

If you have any question feel free to email any of the volunteers or the teachers.

March 24

Today we learned the parts of the body, and reviewed the parts of a face.

The parts of the body we learned are:

Neck- गरदन

Chest- छाती

Arm- बाँह

Stomach- पेट

Hand- हाथ

Leg- टाँग

Foot- पैर

Please make sure your child has these written down in a notebook.

Afterwards we previewed some colors, but we will go over them more in-depth next class.

We have a test on April 21st, where we will go over the alphabets, matras and simple words that we are learning.

As we are getting into smaller easy every day words, it’s imperative that kids have one place to write this down. We have been managing by writing the words on the back of the work book. But space fills up fast. Please make sure your child brings a pencil and notebook for class every week so that they are able to learn the new words and retain them. This is crucial for their learning.

En

joy the spring break and warm weather, and use the time to catch-up if you are behind on your homework.

Homework: Complete the workbook with alphabets and matras. Write out the 10 parts of the face, numbers 1 to 10 and the body parts we learned today.

March 17

Today in Hindi Class we reviewed all of the letters and matras and we learnt the numbers from 1-10.

1: १, एक(ek)

2: २, दो(dho)

3: ३, तीन(theen)

4: ४, चार(chaar)

5: ५, पांच(paanch)

6: ६, छह(chah)

7: ७, सात(saath)

8: ८, आठ(aath)

9: ९, नौ(nou)

10: १०, दस(das)

We also reviewed the parts of the head.

Head- सिर

Hair- बाल

Forehead- माथा

Ear- कान

Eyes- ऑंख

Lips- होंठ

Teeth- दाँत

Tongue- जीभ

Cheek- गाल

Nose- नाक

It is very important that at this point your child has completed all of the letters in the workbook and is well on their way to knowing the body parts and numbers. The test will be on April 21st.

February 17

Today in class we reviewed parts of the face in Hindi. They are written in Hindi below, although all students should have written them in their books. Please make sure they are reviewing these 10 items, as they will come up on our exam.

We also shared two important dates coming up

Final test April 21st

Annual day May 19th

Please mark them in your calendar, and let us know if you are unable to make it.

Head- सिर

Hair- बाल

Forehead- माथा

Ear- कान

Eyes- ऑंख

Lips- होंठ

Teeth- दाँत

Tongue- जीभ

Cheek- गाल

Nose- नाक

February 3

Last class we reviewed all of the letters from “क” to “ह”. These letters must be done by the end of this week so we can move on to combining the letters and the matras. We also introduced all the matras: अ (अनार), आ (आम), इ (इमली), ई (ईक), उ (उल्ल), ऊ (ऊन) , ए (अड़ी), ऐ (ऐनक), ओ (ओकली), औ (औरत), अं (अंगूर)। Please finish these in the workbook.

We then started forming words. We went over some face parts: माथा (head), बल (hair), अंक (eyes), नाक (nose), कान (ears), होंठ (lips), and दात (teeth)।

Please go over these words. We will now be beginning to learn simple new everyday words so it's very important that kids know the letters and are able to form and understand the new words we learn. We will be learning body parts, colors, fruits, and numbers.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to the teachers or the TAs with any questions and let us know how we can help with your kids learning Hindi.

January 13

Today in class we started off by checking the homework. Please make sure your child has finished all क-ह. It is imperative for moving on from this class.

Afterwards, we worked on starting our matras. We learned अ, आ, इ, and ई, along with the following words with matras.

अ- अनार (pomegranate)

आ- आम (mango)

इ- किताब (book)

ई- इमली (tamarind)

Their homework for this week is to finish these four matras in their workbooks, and learn revise the second poem they learned (the full poem is in a previous update).

बिल्ली मौसी बड़ी सयानी

सारे घर की प्यारी रानी

बड़े मजे से दूध पी जाती

चूहों को है नाच नचाती

January 6

Last class we reviewed all of the letters from “क” to “ह”. Please ask your child to make sure that they are done with these letters in their workbook as they need to know it to go to the next level. We also talked to them about our presentation for annual day. Towards the end we introduced the matras: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ए, ऐ, ओ and औ. As this is what we will be learning next.

We also learned a new poem today -

बिल्ली मौसी बड़ी सयानी

सारे घर की प्यारी रानी

बड़े मजे से दूध पी जाती

चूहों को है नाच नचाती

December 16

Today in class we revised and worked on how to pronounce all the letters we learned to help learn how to speak Hindi. We did a game of two rounds and had three teams guessing the letters from the pronunciations and the pronunciations from the letters.

Here they are for the kids to revise:

क-ka ख-kha ग-ga घ- gha

च- ca छ- cha ज- ja झ- jha

ट-ta ठ- tha ड- da ढ- dha

त- tha थ- thaa द- dha ध- dhaa न- na

प- pa फ- pha ब- ba भ- bha म- ma

य- ya र- ra ल- la व- va

श- sha ष- sa स- saa ह- ha

Enjoy the Holidays and Happy New Year!

December 9

We had a test in class last week. If your child has not already shown you their test please ask them to. We learnt the last set of letters - य: यात्री (trip), यमराज (God of death), र: रानी (Queen), रवाना (Ravana), रथ (Chariot), ल: लाल (red), लंका (Lanka), व: वन (forest) the three shas - स श and ह: हाथी (elephant), हाँ (yes). Please complete these words in your workbook.

We will revise all the letters next week and after the winter break we will start our Matras.

Also practice the rhyme:

मछली जल की रानी है

जीवन उसका पानी है

हाथ लगाओ तो डर जाती है

बाहर् निकालो तो मर जाती है.

Make sure to bring a pencil, eraser and all of your books for each class!

December 2

We have been making good progress, with our alphabets and completed till न. Kids must have completed till झ in their Sulekha and Kilkari books. We checked the Sulekha books in class. They should now be working towards न.

Today in class we did the 5th line: प फ ब भ म. Kids came up with many of the words listed below.

प: पीला (yellow - color), पनीर (paneer - food), पालक (spinach), पानी (water), पापा (papa), पपीता (papaya - fruit)

फ: फूल (flower), फल (fruit), फूगा (balloon)

ब: बाबा (saint) , बादल (cloud), बहार (outside), बतक (duck - bird), बन्दर (monkey - animal)

भ: भालू (bear - animal), भैया (brother), भूत (ghost)

म: माँ (mom), मसाला (spice), मछली (fish), मकड़ी (spider), मेंढक (frog

) Homework: Kids must practice till म in their Sulekha and Kilkari books. Parents, please urge your kids to complete their homework in time. Kids that are current with their homework will receive a reward next week. Please don't hesitate to reach out to the teacher or any of the TAs with any questions.

IMPORTANT: There will be a test till न in the next class. Please come prepared for it

. November 1

8 We started off class with a homework check, as the students were required to finish letters क-झ by this class. We still had many kids behind on the homework. Please take this Thanksgiving break to catch up.

We will be having a test on क-न on December 8th. Extra credit will be given to those who finished all their homework by that time.

We learned a few new letters (त-न) and words that go along with them after reviewing the old letters.

त- तरबूज़ (watermelon), तोता (parrot), तबला (drum), तितली (butterfly), तामिल (Tamil), तुम, (you

) थ- थाली (plate), थैली (bag

) द- दादी (grandma), दादा (grandpa), दाँत (teeth), दूध (milk), दूल्हा (groom), दीदी (sister

) ध- धान (grain), धन (money

) न- नाक (nose), नानी (grandma), नाना (grandpa), नाम (name), नान (naan), नीला (blue

) Please review all these letters, and the poem that we learned in class (lyrics below) with your children. Please also make sure that all homework is up to date.

Have a great Thanksgiving break with family and friends

! मछली जल की रानी ह

ै जीवन उसका पानी ह

ै हाथ लगाओ तो डर जाती ह

ै बाहर् निकालो तो मर जाती है

. November 1

1 Namaste Parents

, This week we welcomed a new student. In class the students learnt some words with ट: टमाटर (tomato). ठ: ठंड (cold). ड: डरा (scared) ढ: ढक्कन (lid). Please help the kids learn these letters and find more words that go with them

. Homework

: By now all the letter from क through झ should be done. This week complete ट,ठ,ड and द. Make sure the entire page is filled out. Also please make sure to practice the poem we have been learning. Here are the lyrics

: मछली जल की रानी ह

ै जीवन उसका पानी ह

ै हाथ लगाओ तो डर जाती ह

ै बाहर् निकालो तो मर जाती है

. Don’t forget to bring a pencil and all three books every week

. November

4 This week in class we learnt the letters छ, ज, and झ, and reviewed च

, which we learned last week, along with these words

. चील (eagle), चिड़िया (birds) , चूहा (mouse)

. We also learned a few words from each letter introduced this week

. For छ, we learned छतरी (umbrella) , छत (roof) , and छड़ी walking stick)

. For ज, we learned जिराफ़ (giraffe), जंगल (jungle), and जानवर (animal)

. And for झ, we learned झंडा (flag), झोंपड़ी (hut), झरना (waterfall) an

d झील (stream)

. We also reviewed the poem we will perform on annual day that w

e learned a couple weeks ago

. October

7 Namaste

, We are making good progress. This week in class we learnt the letters “ग” and “घ”

. We learnt some words with ग like गमला (pot), गाई (cow), गुलाब (rose), गुलाब जामुन (gulab jamun), गुलाबी (pink). The kids came up with many of the hindi words.

We also learnt some words with घ like घर (house), घोड़ा (horse), घड़ी (watch)

. We also recited the poem मछली जल की रानी है. Please have your child practice at home. Here are the lyrics

: मछली जल की रानी ह

ै जीवन उसका पानी ह

ै हाथ लगाओ तो डर जाती ह

ै बाहर् निकालो तो मर जाती है

. Homework

: The homework for this week will to be complete “ग” and “घ”. Also finish “क” and “ख” if you have not already. Make sure the whole page is filled out. Also, please remember to bring a pencil and eraser to class, along with the 3 books every week

! Thank You

. September 3

0 Today in class we revised what we had learnt last week - the letter क and the words that started with it. Then we went to the 2nd letter ख.

We revised words starting with ख, like खरगोश - rabbit, खिलौना - toys, खेत - farm, खाना - food. Kids learnt the differences in pronouncing क and ख.

We will also learn a poem or two every month or so. For September we learnt the poem मछली जल की रानी है. Kids learnt the meaning of the poem and to say it with actions. Parents, please ask them about it and ask them to enact it as well. Here is the poem

- मछली जल की रानी ह

ै जीवन उसक पानी ह

ै हाथ लगाओ तो डर जाती ह

ै बाहर निकालो तो मर जाती है

. Homework for this week is to complete the page in the workbook on the letter ख. It will be checked next class.

Parents, please encourage your kids to complete their homework and ask them about the new words that they have learnt. Please make sure everyone brings a pencil, eraser and all of their books to class every week and don't hesitate to reach out to me or any of the teenage volunteers - Aadi and Rani, with any questions.

September 2

3 Welcome to Hindi Level A1. Congratulations on taking the first step towards learning the wonderful National language of India. The Objective of this class is to be able to read, write and speak all of the Hindi alphabets and vowels

. Today in class we worked on the first letter “क”. We also learnt common words for flower, bird, color, animal, fruit that start with the letter - क, Like: कमल-lotus, कबूतर-pigeon,काला-black, कछुआ-tortoise and केला-banana. Kids even collaborated in coming up with words.

Practice makes one perfect. So homework for this week is to complete the page in the workbook on the letter क. It will be checked next class. Parents, here is where you can help. Encourage the kids to please complete their homework and ask them about the new words that they have learnt. Please make sure everyone brings a pencil, eraser and all of their books to class every week

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