Each year I teach my students a little bit of American Sign Language. I teach the majority of the signs during my phonics lessons. For example, as we learn the sound and keyword for the letter a we learn the signs as well. So by the end of my phonics lesson we have a chant and hand signs that help us remember the sound for a! The students would say: a - apple - (a) . As they say the chant, they sign the letter a and the sign for apple. I have found that putting hand signs with my phonics…
