For students who struggle with hearing impairments, representation of someone going through the exact same thing as them can make a huge difference. In this post, I’m going to make a list of books that could be used in the classroom to help students feel heard, supported, and included. El Deafo by Cece Bell This […]

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I decided to switch it up from documenting my progress this week to doing some research. I found several different games and activities that can incorporate or that revolve around signing in the classroom. The ideas for these games come from the website Start ASL. Telephone Have students sitting in a row with their eyes […]

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This week, I decided to watch a video about sentence structures of questions and answers in ASL. I chose to learn about this because I was feeling like that was the next step before I could have a conversation with someone. Something that I found to be confusing was that the sentence structures switch around. […]

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At Thanksgiving this weekend, I was telling my grandparents about my experience learning ASL. They were very interested in why and how I was going about this, so I explained it to them, but I also decided to teach them some sign language. My family was very engaged in my presentation which I really appreciated. […]

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This week, I decided to do some research by going on YouTube and watching videos about sign language in the classroom and the importance. Watching these videos not only taught me more signs, but also reminded me of the importance of learning sign language in the first place. “How to Use ASL In The Classroom” […]

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This past week, I have been practicing all of the signs that I learned and have showed these new skills to nearly all of my friends and several family members as well. A couple of the people I shared with knew sign language already, and were able to offer me helpful suggestions. In particular, I […]

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After spending time in my Link2Practice class, I realized the importance of incorporating sign language while teaching. This is especially helpful when students are learning French or another language. For my Free Inquiry project I decided to learn simple signs that can easily be incorporated in the class. My initial learning goals are as follows. […]

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