This page is designed to answer common questions and provide resources to help support your student throughout the school year.
Fingerspelling & Numbers
Beginner Storytelling
Basic Conversations
Family
Food
School Vocabulary
Introduction to role shifting
Introduction to Deaf Culture
Expanded vocabulary (this level of ASL is typically very heavy in vocabulary)
Introduction to classifiers
Storytelling
Role shifting
Conversational fluency
Advanced expressive signing
Deaf literature
Cultural Discussions
Real-world communication
Advocacy in the community
Deeper understanding of classifiers
Encourage your student to practice signs/signing for 10-15 minutes each day.
Ask your student to teach you a new sign or two every week.
Celebrate effort and progress! Learning a language takes practice!
Encourage attendance and participation.
Remind them to complete their assignments in Google Classroom.
Have your students rewatch their vocabulary videos in Google Classroom.
Speak to other ASL students! It is always nice to give and receive support from other students in the same position.
Always Always Always encourage them to come talk to me!! I am an amazing resource!!
Every student enters my classroom with different experiences and confidence levels, and that's okay! My goal is to create a supportive environment where students feel comfortable taking risks, making mistakes, and growing as communicators. Thank you for partnering with me in your student's learning journey!