Gujarati

Class Information -

This class covers: Gujarati reading, writing, cultural

Ages: All ages

Gujarati alphabet: CLICK HERE

Teachers -

Teachers:

• Kruti Joshi

• Bhakti Modi

EMAIL teachers: Click HERE

Teenage Volunteers:

• Jaitri Joshi

• Krisha Joshi

Class & Homework -

Sunday, February 19th-

Material Covered in Class:

• We did a letters pop-quiz

• Reviewed all maatras

• Practiced writing simple sentences

Homework:

• Practice and know maatras:

  • ક કા કિ કી કુ કૂ કે કૈ કો કૌ

  • a aa i ee u oo ey ai o ou

• Write 5 unique sentences - using at least 4 Gujarati words in each

• For younger students:

  • Write and say all letters from ક to ળ - try without cheat sheet, from memory

Sunday, February 26th-

Material Covered in Class:

• Practiced maatras and wrote Shivaratri related words in Gujarati

Homework:

• For students who were not in class today:

  • Complete previous week's homework

  • Write these Shivaratri related words IN GUJARATI:

• • 1. Om Namaha Shivaya

    2. Lingashtakam

    3. Shivaratri

    4. Shankar Mahadev

    5. Trayambakam

    6. Kailash Parvat

    7. Parvati

    8. Ganesha

    9. Nandi

    10. Trishul

    11. Damaru

    12. Nataraja

• Homework: Write minimum 3-5 simple sentences, as a short story.

• For younger students:

  • Write 5x and memorize: ટ ઠ ડ ઢ ણ

Sunday, March 5th-

Material Covered in Class:

• Received new textbooks and studied pronunciations of consonants and vowels

Homework:

• Read through pages 3-5 of your new textbook and make sure you are able to read all the words and sentences.

• Study the consonants and be ready to take a verbal quiz on all of the consonants next Sunday.

RESOURCES:

• YouTube video with the correct pronunciations of the Gujarati consonants

  • VIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/I4V71IqEfbs

Sunday, March 12th-

Materials Covered in Class:

• Read and practiced pages 3-7 in textbook

  • maatraas

  • 2-3 letter words

Homework:

• Trace words on page 7

• Read all sentences on page 7

Sunday, April 9th-

Materials Covered in Class:

• We had class outside today - practiced days of the week & numbers in Gujarati through games

Homework:

• Know days of week and numbers from 1-20

• Helpful YouTube videos:

  • Numbers- https://youtu.be/KhuROvDiWYE

  • Days- https://youtu.be/w9sN83jM8eI

Sunday, April 30th-

Materials Covered in Class:

• Read story about popat

• Finished these sentences:

  • પોપટ ની આંચ ______ હોય છે

  • પોપટ ને લીલાં ______ ખૂબ ભાવે છે

Homework:

• સેવાભાવી રીંછ વાર્તાનું પાનું વાંચવું - Click HERE to download

• પોપટ ઉપર પાંચ વાક્ય લખો

Sunday, May 7th-

Materials Covered in Class:

• Did writing practice with english-to-gujarati translation:

• મને ચોપડીયો વાંચવાનું ગમે છે

• હું બાર વરશ ની છું

• મારા કપડા કાળા રંગ ના છે

Homework:

• Write 5 unique sentences in Gujarati about yourself

  • Do not write 'my name is' or 'I am __ years old'