High Level Agenda:
· Chanting OM and opening prayer
· Guru Stostram (Verse 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9)
· Geeta Chanting – Refresh verse 39, to 46 and Attendance
· Recap and refresh of what was taught from September to December – Kahoot Game
· Topics for today:
· Interactive session and team activity – Teams chosen and topics divided. Refresh on topics learnt done prior to activity
· Topics and messages where each team present on
o Summarize the story
o Moral for it
o How they can apply this to recent event or experience in their lives
· Wrap-up - Pledge and Closing prayers
Jan 9th Class in detail
Prayers:
· We started by chanting OM three times, and our opening prayers
· We continued with Guru Stostram, verse 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Then learnt verse 9. Children took turns to say verses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
· We revised the Geeta Chanting Verses 39 to 46 from Chapter 2
· We did a refresh of last year's stories and learning using a Kahoot game
Recap on Interactive Team Activity and Presentation Done:
The main goal for this session was to refresh the children on all the stories they have learnt until now, in order to ensure the morals and how they can apply it to their daily lives is completely instilled in them. In order to do this:
Students were divided into a groups of 2 or 3 members that formed a team. Each child spun the wheel to decide which team they will be part, and teher is a max of 2 o3 per team. Each team was given 10 minutes to be in their break out room and discuss the Topic they have given. Then, each team would present for a max of 2-4 minutes on the following agenda items"
- Introduce themselves and their team's topic
- Present to the class on:
o Summary of 1 or more stories learnt related to the topic
o Morals learnt as part of this story
o How they applied it in daily life, and their reflection on it
The kids enjoyed spinning the wheel and picking their team mates, and their topic. This was a unique special way for the kids to work together to come up with their interactive presentation. The students did a great job for their first time presenting to the entire class. The topics that were covered and refreshed to them before they were in the breakout rooms are below:
1. As you sow, so shall you reap (Hint: Diti's and what she reaped for it)
2. Have a firm resolve (Hint: Dhruva's story)
3. Do not be proud or arrogant (Hint: Daksha story)
4. Have a complete picture (Hint: Elephant story)
5. See work as workship (Hint: Story about Sage Narada, Farmer and pot)
6. Three types of Devotion (Hint: Tinu Kinu story - Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic)
Geeta Chanting: @Parents, please help your child practice the following Geeta chanting verses and come to class next time
- Verse 39-40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3pRQIaPdPE&list=PLwv-WSJSokEORu2iEsVanXQhQHOoiiQIy&index=18
- Verse 41-42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCA0uDFICAQ&list=PLwv-WSJSokEORu2iEsVanXQhQHOoiiQIy&index=19
- Verse 43-44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ09tsR8asI&list=PLwv-WSJSokEORu2iEsVanXQhQHOoiiQIy&index=20
- Verse 45-46: Link is here
- Complete playlist of verses is here
We completed the class with the pledge and closing prayers.
With sincere and warm regards,
Vasudha and Aruna
(Chinmaya Vrindavan Bala Vihar Grade 3 Teachers)