While sign language encompasses the language of American Sign Language, it sometimes includes the system of Signed English. The Pledge of Allegiance can involve both. The signs themselves are conceptual, but the syntax is altered to be somewhat in sync with what is being orally presented (rather than in ASL syntax).
This product presents the signs for the Pledge of Allegiance as they might be signed in conjunction and at the same time as others who verbalize the words. Added descriptions for e
Use this editable template to create your own worksheet for students to fingerspell and write their spelling/vocabulary words.
If the Gallaudet font does not show on your computer, download it here:
http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/gallaudettruetypefont.htm
In English and ASL.
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These are editable anchor charts for classroom management signs during whole class instruction. Students can sign if they have a comment, answer, or question. They also sign if they have to go to the bathroom, to throw something away, to get a tissue, and to get a drink. This way the class does not need to be disrupted.
Tic Tac Talk is a versatile activity for teaching/practicing ASL. It can be used as a morning warm-up, a fast-finisher activity, or an assessment. Paired practice with a more fluent partner (especially a native signer) is the best way to learn American Sign Language. Have your students practice with this fun game!
The parameters of any language are those features used in the production of it. For example, spoken English has long and short vowels, hard and soft consonants and diphthongs. Because ASL is manual, its parameters define the use of the hands and the body. This handout explains parameters and provides examples.
The following is an updated ASL 1 Curriculum Framework featuring essential questions, themes, lesson activities, curriculum suggestions, and alignment with ACTFL and Common Core standards. See www.aslconcepts.com for free videos and lesson samples.
This was meant for ASL class, but it could be used as a brain break. It is prompts set up for a game of Charades with a Twist- you are ONLY allowed to use facial expressions! The prompts are color-coded by category, but you can also mix it up for a challenge. It's very basic, and not as pretty as most on here, but it is editable and your students will love the game! There are also blank cards for you to add your own.
This Assessment form is to grade students' expressive signed presentations on the following criteria:
Fingerspelling,
Facial Expressions,
Spatial Awareness and
Sign Clarity
2 forms per page, can be cut in half to save paper.
This page should be used during the first or second week of ASL as a review/practice activity. Students are asked to get into partners and take turns pointing at letters, words, and numbers. All of the words in the grid should be finger spelled and they are also all lexicalized finger spelled words which makes this more authentic. Vocab words and phrases covered in the first week or two are included under the activity to give students something to look at and practice.
The following is an updated ASL 2 Curriculum Framework featuring essential questions, themes, lesson activities, curriculum suggestions, and alignment with ACTFL and Common Core standards. See www.aslconcepts.com for free videos and lesson samples.
Use this worksheet as a quick homework assignment or a fast finishers' activity to get some extra practice with ASL numbers. Numbers feature teens and twenties.
This document is available for free within my store and includes the links to articles that I used to teach the Deaf History Unit Plan also found in my store.