Classroom-Related Vocabulary:

• Teacher: Place both hands at the sides of your forehead (like holding a hat) and bring them downwards into two flat palms in front of you.

• Student: Make a flat hand, and place your dominant hand on it (as if picking something up), then bring the dominant hand towards your head and finish with both hands flat and down.

• Class: Form the letter "C" with both hands, then bring the hands together, forming a circle as you do.

• School: Clap your hands together with palms flat, one on top of the other.

• Book: Place your palms together and open them like opening a book.

• Write: Hold an imaginary pencil in your dominant hand and move it across your non-dominant palm.

• Paper: Similar to "School," but clap the hands together and slide one hand across the other.

• Read: Hold your non-dominant hand flat (like a book), and use two fingers from your dominant hand to "scan" the page up and down.

2. Essential Actions:

• Sit: Make a "U" shape with both hands, then rest your dominant hand "U" on top of your non-dominant hand.

• Stand: Hold your non-dominant hand flat (like the ground), and place your dominant hand with two fingers (like legs) standing on the flat hand.

• Help: Make a thumbs-up with your dominant hand and place it on the flat palm of your other hand, lifting both slightly upwards.

• Stop: Bring the side of your dominant hand down onto the palm of your non-dominant hand.

3. Polite Expressions:

• Please: Rub the flat palm of your hand in a circular motion over your chest.

• Thank you: Place the fingertips of one hand on your chin and move your hand outward.

• Sorry: Make an "A" shape (closed fist) and move it in a circle on your chest.

4. Common Objects:

• Chair: The same as "sit" but repeated twice.

• Pencil: Same motion as "write" but can be signed more distinctly by mimicking holding a pencil.

• Desk/Table: Tap the top of your forearms together.

5. Numbers and Letters:

• Teaching numbers 1-10 and basic alphabet letters in ASL can be very useful for counting, spelling, and more in a classroom setting.