Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- vocabulary used to discuss subject-specific content such as math, science, geography, and history .
- vocabulary used to identify family members and family relationships.
- vocabulary used to identify community information.
Skills
Students are able to:
- discuss topics from other school subjects using appropriate ASL vocabulary and grammar.
- identify family members by fingerspelling the names or showing the personal name signs, and describing the relationships between family members.
- identify community locations, such as schools, and libraries using the appropriate vocabulary.
- identify community emergency services and personnel using the appropriate vocabulary.
- identify community transportation types used in the local area with the appropriate vocabulary and classifiers.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Proficiency in ASL is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
- ASL can be used to learn all school subjects.
- By engaging in one-to-one conversation about other school subject material using ASL, students reinforce their knowledge of those subjects.
