Planning+and+Preparation+I


 * Category I Divider Page: Planning/Preparation**
 * **a. Artifact #1/ Reflective Statement**


 * County School**: Fayette County
 * Students**: 1st and 3rd Grade Public School Students
 * Lesson**: Valentine's Day Sign Language
 * Goal**: Given the opportunity to learn sign language vocabulary, the hearing impaired student's peers are being offered supplemental sign language from interactive group activities throughout the school year.
 * Objective**:
 * Hearing students will learn basic sign language terminology for the holiday Valentine's Day.
 * Instruction will be taught in a group setting by the Hearing Impaired educator with assistance from the classroom Interpreters.
 * Students will be given the opportunity to practice sign language within the classroom setting and demonstrate their knowledge of the skill.


 * Standards**: 1.6.1A and 1.6.3
 * Introduction of lesson**: The students are arranged in the classroom in a manner in which they can all view the Hearing Impaired Educator and the Interpreters. The instructor will ask wh questions to the students for open discussion. Questions: What holiday is on Tuesday? Valentine's Day, Who do we celebrate with on Valentine's Day? Friends, best friends, true friends, and family. What do we give our loved ones on Valentine's Day? Candy, cards, flowers and valentine's. The instructor will teach the signs for the words valentine, heart, love, candy, chocolate, card, flowers, rose, friends, best friend, true friend, I love you, and I love you symbol. Each word will be introduced separately and the instructor will observe the student's signs for exactness before introducing another sign.
 * Lesson Activities**: The students will color in their coloring booklet of Valentine sign words.
 * Student's Assistive Technology**:
 * Personal Hearing Aids
 * Fm System


 * Materials**:
 * Valentine Word List
 * Valentine Booklet


 * Web Resources**:
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 * Assessment**:
 * Observation
 * Question/Answer


 * Assignment**:
 * To practice signs with classmates.
 * To teach family and friends the signs learned during class.


 * Closure/Review**: Utilize Sign Language coloring booklet to review the key terms taught during the lesson. As a group respond to the questions: How do you sign valentine? How do you sign love? How do you sign flower? How do you sign friends?
 * Follow-Up Lesson**:
 * Students will review signs from the Valentine's Day lesson.
 * Students will learn how to sign color words and Easter holiday signs.

I choose the artifact on the presentation of sign language to hearing students in a regular classroom environment to show the importance of others learning the language to communicate with their peers who have a hearing loss. The planning and preparation of this artifact was to develop a quality program to inspire others to learn sign language and in return for them to inspire others also. The planning and preparation section of the presentation of the sign language terminology presented to the students proved to be an effective learning experience for the student's, classroom teachers, Interpreters, and Hearing Impaired Educator; therefore, the planning and preparation of this lesson proved to be an effective tool. In the future, I plan to continue to develop quality sign language presentations.
 * Reflective Statement**: