Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- simple key words and basic phrases.
- strategies to identify people and basic objects in their daily environment.
- vocabulary for following simple instructions in ASL.
- strategies to use spatial referencing with practiced pronouns.
Skills
Students are able to:
- recognize simple words and phrases that have been taught.
- recognize their own name being fingerspelled.
- recognize when a classmate is fingerspelling their name.
- recognize when a greeting or leave-taking is happening.
- use pointing(indexing) to refer to a person or object.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
- the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
- other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
