Summer 1

  It has been a good month since we finished the school year, so I thought it might be a good time to do some review exercises.

 This exercise will focus on reading skills. Now that your child knows the Maatraas, they should theoretically be able to read most words.

  So in this exercise, ask you child to try to read the words written in Hindi below. And once they read the word, they can match it to the correct picture at the bottom.

I will post the answer key next time.

1) की 

2) डोर 

3) बोल 

4) कार 

5) सन 

6) जूपिटर 

7) मैन 

8) पेपर 

9) वाटर 

10) शीप 

Week 28

  Next week is our final class before the midterms. It is also time for the Hindi 2 BAZAAR! Over the last several months your children have been earning virtual money. They will now get to spend that money at the bazaar.
  Next week I will also be administering the final exam to those who will not be here on June 10th and have been unable to make any other alternate arrangements with me.
 Here is a preview of the final exam:

ORAL EXAM:
For the oral exam, we will ask the student to translate 5 sentences into Hindi. The sentence formats are shown below. The words that they will need to know are also listed below.

Translate the following sentences into Hindi:

1) This ___ is ____ 

Examples: This fire is hot
(Yeh aag garam hai)

This nose is big
(Yeh naak baRaa hai)

2) The ____ ____ is ____ing.

Example:

The big man is sleeping
(baRaa aadmii so rahaa hai)


3) The ____ ____ is ____ing

(Same as above)

4) The ____ ____ is _____ing

(same as above)


5) I am ____ing

Example: I am sleeping
(main so rahaa/rahii hoon)

 

NOUNS:
sher (lion)
beTaa/beTii (Son/daughter)
ghoRaa (horse)
chor (thief)
aurat (woman)
mor (peacock)

ADJECTIVES:
Good (Achchaa)
Sweet (MeeThaa)
Red (Laal)
Big (baRaa)
Small (ChoTaa)
Green (Haraa)
Black (Kaalaa)
Hot (Garam)
Cold (ThanDaa)
Alone (akelaa)

VERBS:
Eat (khaa)
Sleep (so)
Come (aa)
Go (jaa)
Jump (kood)
Play (khel)
Run (dauR)




READING EXAM:

The student will be shown a selection of 5 of the following words, and they will be asked to write down the English meaning of the word:

तौलिया  (towel) 
हथौड़ा (hammer)  
मोजा (sock) 
मौसम (weather) 
खिलौना (toy) 
छोटा (small)
घोड़ा  (horse)
पैर  (foot) 
पैसा (money) 
मेज़ (Table) 
अकेला (alone)
खेत (field) 

WRITING EXAM:
The student will be given 5 of the following words in English, and they will be asked to write the words in Hindi:

(run)              दौड़  
(sock)           मोजा 
(two)             दो 
(peacock)     मोर 
(hat)           टोपी 
(fat)        मोटा 
(foot)             पैर  
(money)        पैसा 
(country)       देश 
(tree)            पेड़ 

Week 27

This week we learned how to say present tense sentences in the following format:

The ____ is ____ing.

For example: The king is sleeping.

In hindi, the sentence would have the noun (RAAJAA) followed by the verb root (SO) followed by "RAHAA HAI"

So, "The king is sleeping" in Hindi would be "Raajaa so rahaa hai"
"The horse is sleeping" would be "ghoRaa so rahaa hai"

If the noun is feminine, then instead of RAHAA HAI, you would say RAHII HAI
So, "The queen is sleeping" would be "raanii so rahii hai"

We learned the following verbs:

Eat (khaa)
Sleep (so)
Run (dauR)
Play (khel)
Walk (chal)
Fly (uR)
Talk (bol)
Write (likh)
Read (paRh)
Jump (kood)

This will all be tested on the oral part of the final exam, so please have your child practice the words.

For homework, please have your child try to say the following sentences in Hindi:

1) The lion is eating


2) The woman is sleeping


3) The daughter is playing


4) The thief is running



5) The fat horse is jumping.



The video below demonstrates how to say the above sentences:

Week 25, 26

  Thanks to all the students for their enthusiastic participation in Language Day!

This week we learned a few new words, and that brings us to the end of maatraas. Here are the words:

दौड़  (run) (dauR)

हथौड़ा (hammer)  (hathAuRaa)

तौलिया  (towel) (tauliyaa)

The kids then played a game of Pictionary as a way of reviewing all the words they have learned since the midterm exam.

For homework, please quiz your child. Give them the word in English, and see if they can give you the Hindi translation.

Here are the words:

तेल (oil) (tel)

केला (banana) (kelaa)

अकेला (alone) (akelaa) (what did the lonely banana say?)

पेट (stomach) (pet)

खेत (field) (khet)

सेब (apple) (seb)

देश (country) (desh)

पेड़ (tree) (peR)

शेर (Lion) (sher)

बेटी/बेटा  (Daughter/Son) (beTaa/beTii)

मेज़ (Table) (Mez)

पैर  (foot) (pair)

पैसा (money) (paisaa)

गैस (gas) 

गोल (gol) (round)

घोड़ा (ghoRaa) (horse)

चोर (chor) (thief)

छोटा (ChhoTaa) (small)

टोपी (Topii) (hat)

मोटा (moTaa) (fat) 

खिलौना (toy) (khilaunaa)

मौसम (weather) (mausam)

औरत (lady) (aurat)

दो (two) (do)

मोजा (sock) (mojaa)

मोर (peacock) (mor)

रोटी (roTi) (roTii)

दौड़  (run) (dauR)

हथौड़ा (hammer)  (hathAuRaa)

तौलिया  (towel) (tauliyaa)

Next week, we will begin present tense sentences...

Week 24

This week we learned the following words:

दो (two)

मोजा (sock)

मोर (peacock)

रोटी (roTi)

and then we moved on to final maatra (ौ ):


खिलौना (toy)

मौसम (weather)

औरत (lady)

For homework, please say the above words in English, and ask your child to translate the word into Hindi.
Next, please have the practice writing the words.

Please remind your child of the different placements of the maatras.
The ो  maatra is placed AFTER the consonant, where as the े maatra is placed ABOVE the consonant.

So "Ko" would be written as को 
Whereas "Kay" would be written as के 

Finally please ask your child to continue practicing the 3 songs for Language Day. There are only a few lines per song, and the students are catching on quickly. Next week will be our last rehearsal, as there is no class on April 15th. Language Day is on April 22nd.

Here are the songs:

1) First verse of Meraa Joota Hai Japani

2) Aaj Mangalvaar Hai:

3) Tamatar song:

Week 23

This week we reviewed the words we have learned over the past couple of weeks. One more maatraa to go! And then we will move on to basic present tense sentences.
 Language Day has been moved to April 22nd. Please let me know if your child will not be able to attend. For language day we will sing and act out 3-4 songs. Some children have volunteered to dress up as various characters. Please discuss with your child if they want to dress up as a character (mouse, doctor, elephant, etc) and help them with their outfit!
 We continued practicing some of the songs for language day. For homework please have your child practice at home:

1) First verse of Meraa Joota Hai Japani

2) Aaj Mangalvaar Hai:

3) Tamatar song:

Week 22

 We started off the day by reviewing last weeks words. We did this in the format of game where the students buzzed in if they knew the words.
 The students continue to earn Monopoly money that will be spent at the year-end bazaar.

 We also reviewed the song Mera Joota Hai Japani. For language day (April 8th) the students will sing the main verse of the song. Your child can practice by watching the video here, upto the 1-min mark:

 We also reviewed Aaj Mangalvaar Hai:

Please let me know if your child will not be here on Language Day.

Next we learned the following new words with the next maatra:

गोल (gol) (round)

घोड़ा (ghoRaa) (horse)

चोर (chor) (thief)

छोटा (ChhoTaa) (small)

टोपी (Topii) (hat)

मोटा (moTaa) (fat)

By now you know the drill for homework! Please show your child the pictures below. Then please ask them to say the word in Hindi, and then to write it and make a sentence with it: