American Sign Language 1

Course Description:
This course introduces the basics of American Sign Language (ASL) and i s designed for students who have little or no previous knowledge of ASL. Readiness for learning will be approached via visual-gestural communication techniques, visual discrimination, and visual memory exercises. ASL questions, commands, and other simple sentence structures are introduced to develop rudimentary conversational skills i n ASL. Information about the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture will be introduced. Prerequisite: None Course Prerequisites:
NONE Required Materials:
Internet acces, Computer, paper, pencil, household items for experiments Course Accessibility:
DISTRICT DEVELOPED CANVAS IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM AND SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS. Course Participation:
Student participation in this course is documented by the following:

• Student active time in course logged by the learning management system.
• Coursework submissions recorded by the learning management system.
• Student may ask for one on one time for tutoring and this time would be documented.
No
• Academic-based communication between the student and virtual education teacher or learning coach and virtual education teacher.
• Attendance will be recorded weekly.
• When this course is taken by a student in a school with a district-assigned learning coach, seat time attendance may be used to document participation.
• The virtual education teacher verifies participation in the course 1-3 times a week.
• Estimated time to complete course is 100-180 hours. Teacher verification of participation weekly.