CMHGUJ2015/16-1 - 13SEP2015.
Hello! Welcome to the first post of 2015-16 year. It was great to see our class size double this year. We had total 20 Kids join on the very first day. It was also great to have many parents, some new, join us in the class.
As discussed we will divide class into three levels. Level-1 has 10 kids, Level-2 has 4 kids and Level-3 has 6.
Lalita aunty & Krishna Chauhan will teach Level-1. Tejal & Snehal Patel will teach Level-2. Amitaben and I will teach Level-3.
We will be using Nanveet's books for Level-1 and 2 and BAPS Book III for Level-3. Level-2 kids were all given books in the class today. We took a count of books for Level-1 and we found enough to cover just 10 kids so they will all get books next Sunday. Level-3 students will need to purchase a few of books from BAPS temple in Hatfield.
There will be three trimester exams this year. We will providing the detailed curriculum next week. We will be posting weekly updates on the FB Group page and on this website.
Please feel free to post your questions to group and we will be happy to address those at our earliest.
See you all next Sunday!
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 25Jan2015.
There were no classes on 18Jan2015 due to bad weather. We celebrated Pongal/Sankranti only.
Today they did not learn any new vowel. We went over exercises on pages 28 and 29. Darsh and Vedant could not make the class today so please complete these two pages to catch-up. I will post the practice test for Level-2 in a day or two.
!!!!! EXAM on 08FEB2015 !!!!! Heads up - that 2nd Trimester test is coming up in 3 weeks.
See you next week.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 11Jan2015.
Good job - those who have completed the homework of writing all the words done so far. I know that there were lot of words but practice was necessary. Today they learned new consonant ઐ. They need to complete pages 26 and 27 as a homework.
!!!!! EXAM on 08FEB2015 !!!!! Heads up - that 2nd Trimester test is coming up in 3 weeks.
See you next week.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 04Jan2015.
Attendance was very poor on 04Jan2015. Aarya, Rani and Soni were the only ones in Level-2. So, we did not really do anything new and did revision. They revised all the consonants and all the vowels up to એ. Remember to bring Homework that was assigned during holiday break.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 21Dec2014:
They learned vowel એ. We also reviewed numbers ૧ થી ૪૦ and then we went over few words that we have done since the beginning of this year. Level-2 has little bit more homework this time. They have to write ~200 words three times each with their meaning in English once on a blank sheet of paper (preferably ruled paper). I have provided them the sheet but printing was not that great so it is attached on our facebook post (link below) as well. Please print again if needed. I suggest they work on ~20 words each day so that they don't get overwhelmed. These are ALL the words that we have done since the beginning of this year. I think it is important that they frequently review them and memorize their meanings and learn to recognize and write them. Most of these are commonly used words so they are value adding. Meanings in English is provided for them, they just have to find it
Have A Very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2015!
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Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 14Dec2014:
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We reviewed numbers ૧through ૩૦. We quickly reviewed all the vowels done so far in the class and then worked on the review exercise for vowels ઉ and ઊon pages 20. They have to complete exercises on Page 21 as homework.
All the kids are doing great.. We will do our best to make Level-1 kids read, write and speak sentences with simple words and Level-2 kids to read full paragraphs and short stories by end of this year.
By the way, we need ideas about what you want your kids to perform during Annual day. Once all suggestions are in we will discuss and decide. We will also need volunteers to help out with practice session, which might begin at the end of January or so. Let us be creative!
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 07Dec2014:
We went over the vegetables in Gujrarati. See attached the chart on facebook post (link below).
We continued with vowel ઉ that we covered on 23rd November and introduced new vowel ઊ last Sunday. Few of the students had not done the homework for Pages 16 and 17 so please ask them to finish that. In addition, the have to work on pages 18 and 19.
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Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 30Nov2014: No classes due to Thanksgiving Holiday.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 23Nov2014:
We took a break from introducing any new topic on 23rd. Instead, we read Gujarati stories and went over new words through those new stories. Level-2 kids already knew those stories, so, during the later part on that day, we introduced vowel, ઉ to them.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 16Nov2014:
Thanks to Raj-Rahul Patel and Manojbhai for their help on 09Nov2014. Kids practices for the the test.
Both Level-1 and Level-2 classes took their first trimester test on 16Nov2014. Thanks to all the parents for your support and help.Everyone did a great job.
We were able to grade the papers right away after they took their test. Please review these tests, sign and send it back so that we can keep for records.
Also, please save the printed worksheet that we provide in the class and help them to keep those organized, especially the younger ones. These filled out sheets will be useful when we review and practice for next tests.
We also got some feedback on how some of the words in the book are not high frequency words and bit difficult for them to understand. We are aware of this and will adjust going forward. We appreciate this kind of feedback so that we can make course material better.
As always, feel free to provide any suggestions. See you all on Sunday.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 09Nov2014:
No new material was taught. Kids practiced for the test scheduled on 16Nov2014.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 26Oct2014:
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Not much to update today. It was very quiet today as most of the kids were not present. We had only three students in the class today, Tanush, Maanya and Aarya were the only ones.
We revised vowel અ with Aarya.
Again, remineder.. test on 16NOV2014.
Updates from CMH Gujarati Class on Sunday, 19Oct2014:
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Sorry about the delays in posting updates from last Sunday. We were busy with Diwali and New Year Celebrations. Talking about that, we wish every one a very happy New Year. We wish it brings Happiness, Good health and prosperity in your lives.
First Trimester Test: In-class test will be conducted on 16NOV2014 instead of 09NOV2014 for the first Trimester. We need one or two volunteers to conduct the practices test on 09NOV2014 with Jayant Patelas both Tejal and I are not going to make that class because my parent are going back to India on that same day. We will go over the details once we know who can help. Please let us know ASAP by either replying to this post or let us know when we meet during Balavihar today.
We revised vowel ઈ and homework from pages 12 and 13. In addition, we went over the matching exercise (see attached photo on below) We did not introduce any new vowel but went over few samples for exercise on pages 14 and 15. These two pages were given as the homework.
Hari Om!