Grade 03: Hindi

In this unit, 'Reading short passages', you learn to read and answer questions. Lessons are short and playful, with objects, pictures and talk. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen first: your teacher or a recording says the new words or sentences from 'Reading short passages' twice. You repeat them aloud.
• Notice the pattern: find where the new sound, word form or sentence rule appears in a short text and mark it.
• Use it: read and answer questions, first with help, then alone.
• Check and fix: read your work aloud once more; fix one thing you hear is wrong.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, Read this short passage I wrote. सुबह का समय था। गीता अपनी दादी के साथ बगीचे में गई। वहाँ गुलाब के फूल खिले थे। गीता ने दादी के लिए एक फूल तोड़ा। [It was morning. Geeta went to the garden with her grandmother. Rose flowers were blooming there. Geeta picked a flower for her grandmother.]
2. Step 2, Understand the sentences. सुबह का समय था [It was morning] tells when. बगीचे में [in the garden] tells where. गुलाब के फूल [rose flowers] tells what. दादी के लिए [for grandmother] tells for whom. Find these words in the text.
3. Step 3, Answer questions in full sentences. गीता किसके साथ गई? [Who did Geeta go with?] गीता अपनी दादी के साथ गई। [Geeta went with her grandmother.] फूल कहाँ खिले थे? [Where were the flowers blooming?] फूल बगीचे में खिले थे। [The flowers were blooming in the garden.]
4. Step 4, Find the reason or result. गीता ने फूल किसके लिए तोड़ा? [For whom did Geeta pick the flower?] उसने दादी के लिए फूल तोड़ा। [She picked the flower for her grandmother.] Always take the answer from the passage, using its own words.
5. Step 5, Fix an error. A child answers फूल कहाँ खिले थे? with तालाब में [in the pond]. Correction: reread; the text says बगीचे में, so the answer is फूल बगीचे में खिले थे। Another error is leaving out the final vertical line; end every answer with।
6. Step 6, Your turn: answer what time it was and what Geeta did. Model answer: सुबह का समय था। गीता ने दादी के लिए एक फूल तोड़ा। [It was morning. Geeta picked a flower for her grandmother.] Both answers come directly from the passage.

Activity. About 20 to 30 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: one page in your learning book.

Standard to meet. Read and answer questions: at least 4 of 5 attempts correct, said or written, with one real example from home or school.

In this unit, 'Nouns and gender', you learn to tell nouns and their gender. Lessons are short and playful, with objects, pictures and talk. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen first: your teacher or a recording says the new words or sentences from 'Nouns and gender' twice. You repeat them aloud.
• Notice the pattern: find where the new sound, word form or sentence rule appears in a short text and mark it.
• Use it: tell nouns and their gender, first with help, then alone.
• Check and fix: read your work aloud once more; fix one thing you hear is wrong.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, A noun (संज्ञा) names a person, animal, thing or place. Each Hindi noun is masculine (पुल्लिंग) or feminine (स्त्रीलिंग). लड़का [boy] and घोड़ा [horse] are masculine. लड़की [girl] and चिड़िया [bird] are feminine.
2. Step 2, Use the ending as a clue. Many masculine nouns end in ा: लड़का, कमरा [room], बस्ता [bag]. Many feminine nouns end in ी: रोटी, कुर्सी, घड़ी [watch]. Make pairs: बेटा and बेटी, घोड़ा and घोड़ी. Say them aloud.
3. Step 3, Learn the exceptions. पानी [water], हाथी [elephant] and दही [curd] end in ी but are masculine: हाथी बड़ा है। [The elephant is big.] मेज़ [table] and किताब [book] are feminine: किताब अच्छी है। [The book is good.]
4. Step 4, Show gender through the verb. लड़का खेलता है। [The boy plays.] लड़की खेलती है। [The girl plays.] The verb ending changes from ता to ती. Sort these: फूल, मेज़, पेड़, कुर्सी. Masculine: फूल, पेड़. Feminine: मेज़, कुर्सी.
5. Step 5, Fix an error. A child says यह मेज़ अच्छा है। Correction: यह मेज़ अच्छी है। because मेज़ is feminine. Another says पानी ठंडी है। Correction: पानी ठंडा है। because पानी is masculine.
6. Step 6, Your turn: name the gender of घड़ी, बस्ता, चिड़िया and घोड़ा. Model answer: घड़ी is feminine, बस्ता is masculine, चिड़िया is feminine, घोड़ा is masculine. Then write: घड़ी छोटी है। [The watch is small.] with the matching ending.

Activity. About 20 to 30 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: one page in your learning book.

Standard to meet. Tell nouns and their gender: at least 4 of 5 attempts correct, said or written, with one real example from home or school.

In this unit, 'Poems and stories', you learn to recite a poem and retell a story. Lessons are short and playful, with objects, pictures and talk. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen first: your teacher or a recording says the new words or sentences from 'Poems and stories' twice. You repeat them aloud.
• Notice the pattern: find where the new sound, word form or sentence rule appears in a short text and mark it.
• Use it: recite a poem and retell a story, first with help, then alone.
• Check and fix: read your work aloud once more; fix one thing you hear is wrong.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, Read a four-line poem I made. काले बादल, गरजे ज़ोर, नाचे जंगल में हर मोर। छम-छम बूँदें, मीठी तान, खुश हुआ सारा जहान। [Black clouds thunder loudly, every peacock dances in the forest. Pitter-patter drops, a sweet tune, the whole world is happy.]
2. Step 2, Understand the rhyme. ज़ोर and मोर rhyme, and तान and जहान end with the same sound ान. Mark the rhyming ends with a pencil. Say the lines with a steady beat, and slow down at the rhyming words.
3. Step 3, Recite with expression. Say गरजे ज़ोर loudly and छम-छम बूँदें softly. Use your hands to show the clouds. Speak clearly, say each word in full, and pause at each comma. Recite twice, then try without the book.
4. Step 4, Now retell a tiny story. एक नन्हा बीज था। उसे मिट्टी में बो दिया गया। बारिश हुई और वह पौधा बन गया। [There was a tiny seed. It was sown in the soil. It rained and it became a plant.] Use pehle, phir, ant mein: पहले, फिर, अंत में.
5. Step 5, Fix an error. A child retells the story as बारिश हुई, बीज बन गया पौधा, मिट्टी में बोया. Correction: tell it in order: पहले बीज को मिट्टी में बोया गया, फिर बारिश हुई, अंत में वह पौधा बन गया।
6. Step 6, Your turn: say the story again using पहले, फिर and अंत में. Model answer: पहले एक नन्हा बीज मिट्टी में बोया गया। फिर बारिश हुई। अंत में बीज पौधा बन गया। [First a tiny seed was sown. Then it rained. Finally the seed became a plant.]

Activity. About 20 to 30 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: one page in your learning book.

Standard to meet. Recite a poem and retell a story: at least 4 of 5 attempts correct, said or written, with one real example from home or school.

In this unit, 'Writing sentences', you learn to write sentences about a picture. Lessons are short and playful, with objects, pictures and talk. You see it, say it, then do it alone.

• Listen first: your teacher or a recording says the new words or sentences from 'Writing sentences' twice. You repeat them aloud.
• Notice the pattern: find where the new sound, word form or sentence rule appears in a short text and mark it.
• Use it: write sentences about a picture, first with help, then alone.
• Check and fix: read your work aloud once more; fix one thing you hear is wrong.

Step by step.

1. Step 1, Look at a picture of a park with children, a swing, a dog and a girl with a ball. Name what you see: बच्चे [children], झूला [swing], कुत्ता [dog], गेंद [ball], लड़की [girl]. Make a word list before writing sentences.
2. Step 2, Write what is there. चित्र में एक पार्क है। [In the picture there is a park.] वहाँ एक झूला है। [There is a swing there.] पास में एक कुत्ता बैठा है। [Nearby a dog is sitting.] Use है for one thing and हैं for many.
3. Step 3, Write what is happening with रहा, रही, रहे. बच्चे झूला झूल रहे हैं। [The children are swinging.] लड़की गेंद से खेल रही है। [The girl is playing with a ball.] कुत्ता भाग रहा है। [The dog is running.]
4. Step 4, Add colour and feeling. लड़की की गेंद लाल है। [The girl's ball is red.] सब बहुत खुश हैं। [Everyone is very happy.] Put the sentences in order: place first, then what people do, then how they feel.
5. Step 5, Fix an error. A child writes लड़की खेल रहा है। Correction: लड़की खेल रही है। because लड़की is feminine. Another writes बच्चे झूल रहा हैं। Correction: बच्चे झूल रहे हैं। because बच्चे is plural.
6. Step 6, Your turn: write three sentences about a picture of a market with a woman buying mangoes. Model answer: चित्र में एक बाज़ार है। एक औरत आम खरीद रही है। दुकानदार आम तौल रहा है। [In the picture there is a market. A woman is buying mangoes. The shopkeeper is weighing mangoes.]

Activity. About 20 to 30 minutes of class work, then one short practice task for home. Keep evidence: one page in your learning book.

Standard to meet. Write sentences about a picture: at least 4 of 5 attempts correct, said or written, with one real example from home or school.

On the slide: L1 Basic · Greetings and first words

Notes: Greet people politely, say your name and name five family members in Hindi. Notes: teach नमस्ते (namaste, hello) and मेरा नाम ... है (mera naam ... hai, my name is ...) by ear; learners greet a partner and point to family photos while saying each word.

On the slide: L2 Awareness · The Devanagari script

Notes: Recognise the vowels and first consonants of Devanagari and copy them neatly under the top line. Notes: show how letters hang from a horizontal line, then write क (ka) with correct stroke order; learners find it in three printed words and read each one aloud.

This course: Grade 03 Hindi is at this level. Its units include Reading short passages; Nouns and gender; Poems and stories; Writing sentences.

On the slide: L3 Foundation · Simple sentences and postpositions

Notes: Read and write short sentences with verb at the end and use postpositions such as में (in) and पर (on). Notes: model किताब मेज़ पर है (kitaab mez par hai, the book is on the table); learners make five sentences about a classroom and draw each one.

On the slide: L4 Practitioner · Daily conversation and tenses

Notes: Hold a short conversation about daily life using present, past and future tenses with correct gender agreement. Notes: contrast वह जाता है (he goes) with वह जाती है (she goes); learners ask a partner what they did yesterday, then write six sentences marking each verb ending.

On the slide: L5 Specialist · Reading, writing and register

Notes: Read a news article and write a formal letter of about 200 words, choosing between polite and casual forms. Notes: compare आप, तुम and तू (you, three levels of respect) in one dialogue; learners rewrite it for a teacher, a friend and a child.

On the slide: L6 Advanced · Literature and linguistics

Notes: Analyse a Hindi poem or story for theme, form and vocabulary origins, and write a critical essay in Hindi. Notes: use a short poem; learners sort ten words into Sanskrit-derived, Persian-derived and English-derived, then argue in 500 words how word choice shapes tone.

On the slide: L7 Super expert · Research, translation and teaching

Notes: Design a research or translation project on Hindi language or literature, justify the method and present findings to peers. Notes: pick a topic such as code-switching in advertising; collect forty examples, classify them, discuss limits of the sample, and have a fluent reviewer check every claim.