The Pledge

When I taught second grade, I always taught my kids The Pledge of Allegiance in Sign Language.  I was afraid that first graders were too young for it, but maybe I'll try it out again in the new school year!

Signs

I was a Sign Language interpreter many years ago.  Although I'm extremely rusty, I still like to incorporate it into my lessons.  I select vocabulary from our current reading series story and teach signs for those words to my class.  They each have a book of these signs in their desks to practice during free time, and we practice signs as we wait quietly in line before specials.  They seem to enjoy learning new signs, and I hope that it helps them develop an interest in another language!