Howdy! For this week’s blog, I decided to review some basic ASL terminology that I have already learnt. While my abilities are limited, basic sayings can help in the classroom. In the article linked below, it lists just some of the few reasons as to why ASL can be beneficial in your classroom. 

Article: Benefits Of Using ASL In Your Classroom

The following two videos can be used to teach the alphabet to your students. This would be appropriate in a kindergarten/grade one class as they are reviewing how to read, write, and spell. Applying actions to words will help your students remember words or phrases more easily. This approach to learning is non-traditional but students are more likely to be engaged and remember it as opposed to writing it down on a piece of paper. 

ABC Tutorial:

ASL/ABC Song:

Once students have mastered the ABCs, naturally numbers should come next! The following video is me demonstrating numbers 1-20.

ASL #1-20:

Thanks for tuning into my blog! See you next week!

– Ms. G 🙂