sc/cm 2015-16
Classroom Signs
GIVE is a directional sign. This means I-GIVEYOU. If you change the movement toward yourself
it becomes YOU-GIVE-ME. You can also sign with
both hands to GIVE-EACH-OTHER or TRADE.
Help is a directional sign. When using
HELP as a general sign the movement is
straight up. For HELP-ME the
movement is toward your body. For the
sign HELP-YOU simply move the sign
toward the other person. You will learn
many more directional signs later.
When you change the movement to
one strong downward movement
the sign becomes MUST/HAVE-TO.
Move can be a directional sign.
The sign for SURE is also the same sign
as TRUE and REALLY. Your facial
expressions will change depending on
which meaning you want to convey.
This is also the sign for
DON’T.
You will also see the
sign (two thumbs up)
for YOUR WELCOME.
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STAND/STANDING
The sign for HOME began as EAT/SLEEP as
home is where you eat and sleep. Over
time the sign evolved to maintaining the
same handshape in both positions.
Here the flat hands
represent two feet
taking steps
forward.
Not only can the fingers
represent legs, but they
also represent the eyes.
Here, two eyes read the
page.
With this
sign the
fingers
represent
the two legs
as they walk
.
Often CANCEL is signed bigger.
The sign for student is LEARN +
the agent marker, which
represents a person. Can you see
how the sign brings the
information off the page and into
the head?
Here you see that the
information is coming out of the
head to be given away to others
(the sign for TEACH) and the
agent marker is added to make
it a person.
When to use the Question
Mark:
-best informally
-NOT with “wh” questions
The question mark does not replace the “Question Maker”
(eyebrows up). It is used to emphasize that a question has been
asked and that the signer expects a response.
Just as we saw that HELP is a directional sign, ASK is a directional sign
as well. See how the movement changes direction depending on who is
asking whom.
To-eat
Although FOOD and
EAT are
interchangeable
signs, often you will
see them as a
noun/verb pair. We
will learn about
these later. What
does this mean?
Food
Well… for a verb (EAT) you
sign one big movement and
for a noun (FOOD) you sign
it twice with a smaller
controlled movement.
To-eat
Although FOOD and
EAT are
interchangeable
signs, often you will
see them as a
noun/verb pair. We
will learn about
these later. What
does this mean?
Food
Well… for a verb (EAT) you
sign one big movement and
for a noun (FOOD) you sign
it twice with a smaller
controlled movement.
Cool Information:
The sign for WISH is the exact
same sign as HUNGRY!
CAFETERIA is signed the same way but
with a “C” handshape. NAPKIN is
singed with a “flat O” handshape.
Days of the week
can be signed
toward or away
from the body
depending on the
signs preceding or
following.
Mostly, the
palm
orientation is
in.
Alternate signs for Thursday.
Most commonly used.
This is the sign your
book teaches for
SUNDAY.
Another very popular
way to sign SUNDAY is
with the hands moving
up and down facing
forward.
This sign is also used to mean COMPETE
or COMPITION and you will also see it to
mean RUN-TRACK and RACE.
The sign for DAY shows the
sun moving across the
horizon.
The sign for week moves across the
hand from left to right, just as the
days of the week move across a
calendar.
Here you see the sign for week and then
it drops off to show the end of the week
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GRAB (an opportunity)
NONE
WARNING
BOOK
DESK/TABLE
GIVE-TO
HELP
NEED
MOVE
PENCIL
SURE/TRUE/REAL
CLEAR/BRIGHT
EXCUSE/EXCUSE-ME
EXPLAIN
MEAN/MEANING
NOT
VAQUE/UNCLEAR
YOU’RE-WELCOME
DON’T-DO-THAT/NO-NO
DOOR
OPEN-DOOR
CLOSE-DOOR
TURN-ON-LIGHT
TURN-OFF-LIGHT
LIGHT
STAND
GET-UP
JUMP
SIT/SIT-DOWN
HOME
WALK
PARTY
READ
SLEEP
WALK-TO
DEAF (old sign)
CANCEL/GRADE/CORRECT
ERASE (a board
ERASE (paper)
HAND-OUT/PASS-OUT
PAPER
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NOTICE/SEE/TO-SPOT
STUDY
STUDENT
TEACHER
TEXT/EXAM
WRITE
WRONG/ERROR
ASK
FOOD
EAT
HUNGRY
READY
RESTAURANT
WITH
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
CHAT
CHURCH
DO-DO/WHAT-DO
ENJOY
KICK-BACK/TAKE-IT-EASY
MOSQUE
COMPETE/PLAY-SPORTS
TEMPLE
YESTERDAY
DAY
DAILY/EVERY-DAY
WEEK
WEEKEND
WORK/JOB
GET-BETTER/IMPROVE
GET-WORSE
IMPORTANT
WATER/WATER-FOUNTAIN
 MASL Vocab – Pam Walker – no voice – by page
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 MASL page 61:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsH1_7NAvNg
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 MASL page 64
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzZJv6P8qk
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 MASL page 66
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crb0HqeE0Ks
 Underkd – with voice - alpha
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Unit 2a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuX7v3Qwt2c&feature=related
Unit 2b
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSm-ky9_2_g&feature=related
Unit 2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0SYbYplKdw&feature=related