PLEASE reach out to the teacher if another time/days would work, or if you have any questions.

Many learners take this class for high school credit. Consult with your charter school, or whoever oversees your child's curriculum. Assessments can be assigned, for an extra fee, for creating and grading.  A Certification of Completion can be sent. Grades can also be provided based on participation and attendance. Please reach out with questions.

You will be learning beginning American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary and sentence structure, including proper ASL. We will play games and do fun activities, while learning!  You will also learn details about Deaf culture, Deaf history and the Deaf community from videos, books and from the teacher. Some pages will be screenshot to show materials connected to the lessons. Learners will learn where to find vocabulary to study online for homework. 

Each of the 32, (twice a week for 16 weeks) 55 minute classes will involve vocabulary, and knowledge about ASL and the Deaf community, including Deaf history and about Deaf culture. There will be plenty of review each week. We will watch some short videos and listen to some short stories and discuss them in class, related to the information being taught. Learners will go into breakout rooms to practice their ASL vocabulary and sentences with one another, as the teacher pops into each "room" to assist, as needed, if there are enough learners.  

This is a very interactive class between teacher and all learners. It is important to have your camera on and your face and upper body visible, so the teacher and fellow learners can see everyone signing. ASL is a visual language!  Zero previous knowledge is required. Zoom chat will also be utilized for communication. Much of this class will be a real-life high school curriculum, approved by the University of California. If your child has knowledge of some ASL, that is acceptable to join. 

I will work at the speed of the learners, so the syllabus might fluctuate a bit.

We will use Kahoot to review and learn! Kahoot staff says: "You can use Kahoot! as much as you want without any commercial rights when using it in your meetings/groups"
A Place for Grace will be read in class by Author: Jean Davies Okimoto
Permission granted by author: "Please consider this a blanket permission for however and whenever you’d like to use A Place for Grace."
Permission granted to show videos of Lark Detweiler.
Permission granted  to show YouTubes from Dogs for Better Lives (DBL), formally Dogs for the Deaf.
Permission granted to read "Can you Hear a Rainbow?  from Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc.”
ASL Nook: "You have our permission to show our YouTube videos via Zoom to your classes. "