November

November 9

First we started the class by reading the story (Jai Hind! Jai Hind Ki Sena!) on pages 11-12 of the yellow book, then we reviewed synonyms on certain tricky vocabulary words, and we finished with a game of Hangman. The homework is the questions (about the story read in class) on page 13.

November 2

We started the class by reviewing and constructively critiquing the homework from last week. Afterwards, we started collectively reading from page 11 on the yellow books, reviewing vocab and pronunciations as we read. On this page, the context of the text also lead us to learn about some basic Indian geography (example: the students should be able to approximately identify where Rajasthan and the Himalayas are on the Indian map).  We ended the day with playing Hangman, including a Hindi word as a way to have fun and engage with Hindi at the same time. For homework next week, the students are assigned to finish reading and fully comprehending chapter 4.

October

October 26

At the beginning of class we revised the story for last week’s homework, then we did some questions on the story, and ended with a game of charades. The homework for this week is to write 5 sentences on a topic of your choice.

October 12

Today in Hindi D (10/12), we worked on reading skills by reading through page 7 of the yellow book, reviewing and making sense of any complex vocabulary as we read. To emphasize paying attention and understanding Hindi, we had one student read while others paid attention and being held accountable to answer questions regarding what their fellow classmates read. Afterwards, we practiced speaking by talking about regular conversational topics (favorite movie, ice-cream, activities, daily schedule, etc…).  For homework, they have been assigned to fully finish reading and comprehending page 7, and to write 5-10 sentences about their favorite show/movie. 

October 5

What we covered in Class

Reading: We completed the first lesson (School Khula) of the Pathmala

Writing: Completed the 2nd question of the lesson.

Speaking: We had a conversation about directions to a particular location - for example airport.

Homework

Complete 2nd question of page 1 of Abhyas Pustika (White Book) - writing

Let your child describe a vacation plan to his/her favorite destination - speaking

Write the vacation plan in 5-10 sentences - writing

September

September 28

Today (09/28) in our Hindi D class, the students received their textbooks for the class, and started reading from page 1 as a collective group. As the students took turns reading, we stopped on important vocabulary words that were challenging and Rajeev sir wrote the word on the board and explained in further detail for greater clarification with Matras and conversational use. As a result, the students learned many examples of the use of correct tense, masculine/feminine, and singular vs plural in words and sentences. For homework, the students are assigned to fully understand the definition of the following words in Hindi: Letter, Excuse, Comforter/Blanket, Friend, Book, Turn, and Fun. Furthermore, they should read and have understood the first page of the textbook before coming to class next week. 

September 21

In today’s class, we had a placement test and had conversations in Hindi with the teacher. We should the test results some time throughout this week.

September 14

We had our introductions, as well as the information about the Hindi D Assessment, Next we reviewed the Colors, Numbers 1-10 along with 10-100.