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American Sign Language
• Deaf culture is its own culture
• Very “dedicated” to their culture
• Do not feel they are
“handicapped”
• Most would rather not hear if given the choice

American Sign Language
Can you sign your name? Your age?

American Sign Language
• Color Vocab:
– Blue
– Green
– Black
– Pink
– Orange
– White
– Purple
– Tan
– Gold
– Yellow
– Red
– Silver
– Grey

American Sign Language
• Vocab Words:
– Me
– My
– You
– Yours
– He
– She
– They
– We
– Our
– And
• Vocab Words:
– Car
– Drive
– Fast
– Slow
– Careful
– Help
– Want
– Ask
– Name
– Age

American Sign Language
• Written form of
ASL is called GLOSS
• Example
– English: That car is blue.
– ASL: CAR THERE-R
BLUE
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American Sign Language
• Try to make a sentence
(in English) using the vocab
• GLOSS
– ASL written language
– Written in all CAPS
– THERE means to place the subject in an area that you point to
• Now write it in GLOSS • Structure
– SUBJECT ADJECTIVE
• Ex: That car is black.
• CAR-THERE BLACK.

American Sign Language
• Put these English sentences into GLOSS
– My car is fast.
– She wants help.
– The car is green and red.

American Sign Language
• Sign this:
Alphabet
– My name is _________.
• (fingerspell your name)
– I am 13 years old.
• (ME AGE 13)

American Sign Language
• TEKS for this lesson:
114.22
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(A) understand short utterances when listening and respond orally with learned material;
– (B) produce learned words, phrases, and sentences when speaking and writing;
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(C) detect main ideas in familiar material when listening and reading;
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(B) demonstrate understanding of simple, clearly spoken, and written language such as simple stories, high-frequency commands, and brief instructions when dealing with familiar topics; and
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(C) present information using familiar words, phrases, and sentences to listeners and readers.
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TEKS for this lesson
111.14
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(2.1) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student understands how place value is used to represent whole numbers.
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The student is expected to:
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(A) use concrete models of hundreds, tens, and ones to represent a given whole number (up to 999) in various ways;
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(A) recall and apply basic addition and subtraction facts ( to 18);
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(B) model addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers with objects, pictures, words, and numbers
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