May

May 7

Letters covered in class:

अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ

Words covered in class:

N/A

Summary:

- The class worked on writing hindi letters correctly, and wrote steps on how to write letters. Please refer to steps when doing homework.

- Students practiced identifying letters and sounds.

Homework:

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is essential to learning the language.

- Complete the workbook pages with उ,ऊ,ए,ऐ Skip  pages 14,15. Refer to steps that were written by students in their notebooks to write the letters correctly.

-If the work book pages with अ,आ,इ,ई are not complete, finish those as well.

Notes:

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

April

April 23

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ श ह त्र

Words covered in class:

रस - ras - juice

फल - phal - fruit

घर  - ghar - house

वन - van - forest

नल - nal- tap

Summary:

- We looked over homework

- The students acted out a story to work on expanding their vocabulary and developing connections with the language

Homework:

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is essential to learning the language.

- Some students completed the assignment given last week correctly and others did not. It's alright to use the same words that you used last week but we want the kids to be able to identify a word written in hindi and sound it out. If you worked with your children on this, thank you, you are doing your part 👍. It's alright if they don't remember what they learned by the time we have class. Reviewing the material a day before class can be helpful.

*if your student completed the assignment correctly I did tell them, but it can be helpful to review their work.

Below the homework assignment from last week is listed:

- Introduce some other 2 letter words to the kids. Have them write it down on paper and bring it to class. Make sure they know how to say it and what it means. When they come to class next week they will need to share.

Notes:

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

April 16

Letters covered in class:

अ आ

इ ई

उ ऊ

ए ऐ

ओ औ

क ख ग घ ङ

च छ ज झ ञ 

ट ठ ड ढ ण 

त थ द ध न 

प फ ब भ म

य र ल व स ह

Words covered in class: 

रस - ras - juice

फल - phal - fruit

घर - ghar - house

बस - bas - bus

वन - van - forest

नल - nal- tap

Summary: 

- The students revised colors, poems, prayers and fhe hindi alphabet 

- The students also played a matching game with the help of the teachers and volunteers

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is essential to learning the language. 

Re-assigned homework: 

- Introduce some other 2 letter words to the kids. Have them write it down on paper and bring it to class. Make sure they know how to say it and what it means. When they come to class next week they will need to share.

  > This was assigned last week as well, but it seems like students did not complete this assignment. We hope to see this completed next week.

Notes:

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

April 9

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ त न फ ब व

Words covered in class: 

रस - ras - juice

फल - phal - fruit

घर - ghar - house

बस - bas - bus

वन - van - forest

नल - Nal- tap

Summary: 

- The students practiced identifying and writing words with the help of mentors. 

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is be essential to learning the language. 

- Introduce some other 2 letter words to the kids. Have them write it down on paper and bring it to class. Make sure they know how to say it and what it means. When they come to class next week they will need to share.

March

March 26

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ ङ

च छ ज झ ञ 

ट ठ ड ढ ण 

त थ द ध न 

प फ ब भ म

य 

Words covered in class: 

N/A

Summary: 

- The class presentation was AMAZING! Great job to all the students who participated. 

- Students watched one Chhota Bheem episode

- The class reviewed hindi alphabet and was able to recall a good portion of it.

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is be essential to learning the language. 

Notes:

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

March 19

Summary:

Practiced Presentations

Homework:

Practice presentations

March 5

Letters covered in class:

N/A

Words covered in class:

N/A

Summary:

- Today the students presented what they have completed so far for the presentation.

- Many students still need practice, and the next 2-3 classes will be dedicated to helping them work on their presentations.

- The presentations are on March 26th

Homework:

- Work on your presentations, revise them if needed and practice so that you can confidently present.

Notes:

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this is be essential to learning the language.

- Many students didn't seem very confident in what they were saying, which made it hard to understand what they were saying.

- This is okay right now because this is the first time they've presented in front of the class. But we would like to see some improvements by next class.

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

- If you have any questions about your presentation role make sure to ask.

February

February 26

Letters covered in class:

N/A

Words covered in class: 

लाल - Laal - Red

सफेद - Safed - White 

बैंगानी - Baigani - Purple 

पीला - Peela - Yellow 

हरा - Hara - Green 

काला - Kala - Black 

सुबह - Subha - Morning

दोपहर - Dophar - Noon + Afternoon

शाम - Shaam - Evening 

रात - Raat - Night

Summary: 

- We started off class wirh a prayer which will be attached below.

- After the prayer we moved on to the poems which will also be attached.

- We revised Humara Din or "Our Day". A photo will be attached.

- The Humara Din activity also incorporated colors practice.

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this can be essential in learning the language.

- Start working on your presentation, the list of who has what role will be attached. Next week 3/5/23 the students will practice their presentations infront of the class. Teachers and volunteers will help by giving feedback and suggestions.

Notes: 

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

- If you have any questions about your presentation role make sure to ask

February 5

Letters covered in class: 

म,द,ट,स,ह,र 

Words covered in class: 

लाल - Laal - Red

सफेद - Safed - White 

बैंगानी - Baigani - Purple 

पीला - Peela - Yellow 

हरा - Hara - Green 

काला - Kala - Black 

Summary: 

-Everyone chose a role for the end of year presentation. Next week all students will need to come prepared with an idea of what they will present for the day. The presentation is in about 2 months. 

- We completed 2 worksheets in class. One was about letters and the other was about colors. 

- We also covered 3 different poems. The first one was about flying kites, and the second one was about how fish are the queen of water. The third one was about praying to the allmighty to give us shelter.

-At the end of class we watched a hindi animated story.

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this can be essential in learning the language.

- Come to class next week (2/12) with an idea of what to do for the presentation. The idea is to have a couple sentences of speaking not just a word or two. 

Notes:

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class.

January

January 29

Poem - Sar sar udtu patang poem 

Colors in Hindi -

Red-Laal

Blue- neela

Green- Hara

Yellow- peela

Pink-gulabi

Kahoot about colors 

Learnt new prayer

तेरी पनाह में हमें रखना

सीखें हम नेक राह पर चलना

Revised letters

January 22

Hindi A1 - 1/22/23 

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ ङ

च छ ज झ ञ 

ट ठ ड ढ ण 

त थ द ध न 

प फ ब भ म

य र ल व श 

ष 

Words covered in class:

गिर - Gir - Fall

काट - Kaat - Cut

कौन - Kaun - Who?

बहुत - Bahut - Very 

झंडा- Janda - Flag

Colors - 

लाल - Laal - Red

पीला - Piilaa - Yellow

मीला - Niila - Blue 

हरा - Haraa - Green 

गुलावी - Gulaabii - Pink 

बैंगानी - Bangaani - Purple 

सफेद - Safed - White 

- Today in class we learned a poem. All students acted out the poem in order to understand it better.

- After developing a level of understanding from the poem all students recited it while also acting it out.

- Students also reviewed the story learned last week. They were asked to identify objects from the story and tell the storyline in hindi 

- Students practiced identifying colors on the slides and on items such a clothing. 

- Students revised Hindi consonants.

- The students also played a game where they switched into teams and practiced identifying letters. Team A and B tied at 4 points.

Homework: 

- Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this can be essential in learning the language.

- Practice writing and identifying letters and words taught in class.

- Consider playing a children's hindi TV show at some point during the week such as Chhota Bheem, Motu Patlu, Doaremon etc. which can be found on YouTube.

- Next class there will be a test on colors (1/29/23)

Notes: 

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class. 

January 15

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ ङ

च छ ज झ ञ 

ट ठ ड ढ ण 

त थ द ध न 

प फ ब भ म

य र ल व श 

ष 

The students revised letters with photos beside them to help, we will send the slidshow used here at some point today. 

We also listened to a hindi story in class, the teacher explained the story in hindi through photos and clarified in English

Words covered in class: 

-N/A

Homework:

-Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily, this can be essential in learning the language.

- Practice writing and identifying letters taught in class.

- Next week, the children will need to tell us the story read in class today, we will send rhe pdf here sometime today. 

Notes:

- If you were at the parent teacher conferences, consider implementing some of the learning methods discussed in class. If you did not attend parent teacher conferences, let me know and I can give you a summary of what was discussed.

- Always feel free to ask questions through this chat and before/after class. 

January 8

Letters covered in class:

क ख ग घ ङ

च छ ज झ ञ 

ट ठ ड ढ ण 

त थ द ध न 

प फ ब भ म

य र ल व श 

ष 

The students were told to recite letters in class. There were words alongside the letters to help the students, but the students did not actually say the words.

The students also learned how to write their names in hindi but not everyones name was covered. This was done in their notebooks.

Words covered in class:

मन - Mun - Heart 

कब - Kab - When 

नल - Nal - Tap

घर - Ghar - House

आम - Aam - Mango

Homework:

Practice speaking Hindi for 5-10 minutes daily.

Practice neatly writing letters taught in class.

Practice writing simple words and identifying letters.

December

December 18

New Letters covered in class:  य, र,ल,व

We also reviewed all previous letters done in class. 

December 11

Letters covered in class-

ट ठ ड ढ ण

त थ द ध न

Homework-

Practice speaking hindi for 5-10 minutes a day, practice new letters learned in class 

November

November 13

Covered in class 11/13/22 -

practice using colors in sentences 

mere paas ek ___ (color) rang ki ___ (item) hain!

I have a ___ (color) ___ (item)!

example:

mere paas ek peela rang ki kela hain!

I have a yellow banana!

Parts of the body 

nose - नाक (naak)

eye - आँख (aankh)

stomach - पेट (pett)

head - सिर (sir)

feet - पैर (pair)

legs - टांगें (tangen)

hands - हाथ (haath)

mouth - मुँह (munh)

teeth -  दांत (dant)

colors in Hindi 

red - लाल (lala)

yellow - पीला (peela)

green -  हरा (hara)

blue - नीला (neela)

pink - गुलाबी (gulabi)

black -  काला (kaala)

white -  सफेद (safed)

Homework 11/13/22 -

practice revising the Hindi colors and use colors in sentences 

practice revising the Hindi parts of the body

for 5-10 minutes, speak only Hindi and ask students to speak Hindi every day and practice letters, words, and sounds learned in class

November 6

letters covered so far-

अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ओ औ आं अः

क ख ग घ ङ

Materials Covered in Class -

conjugating the letters क, ख with अ, आ, इ, ई

क + अ = क 

क + आ = का

क + इ = कि

क + ई = की

ख + अ = ख

ख + आ = खा

ख + इ = खि

ख + ई = खी

Homework -

practice conjugating: the letters क, ख with अ, आ, इ, ई

be able to identify 

क, का, कि, की, ख, खा, खि, खी

for 5-10 minutes, speak only Hindi and ask students to speak Hindi every day

practice writing letters learned in class 

October

October 2

We covered, Hindi varnamala’s swar - अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ. 

Children also learned a poem “hathi raja kaha chale”.

Homework was: practice tracing the swars they learned in class.