LANGUAGE & LITERACY
ASL: The First One Hundred Signs
This page contains links to approximately one hundred basic ASL signs that are frequently used between parents and their young children.
Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Crosswalked with the ASL Standards – 2nd Grade
This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards.
Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Crosswalked with the ASL Standards – 1st Grade
This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards.
Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Crosswalked with the ASL Standards – Kindergarten
This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards.
ASL Content Standards
The Clerc Center is thrilled to announce that the K-12 ASL Content Standards are ready.
UEB Braille Chart
This chart conveys as much of the braille rules as possible, while still being relatively simple.
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Braille Literacy
This resource provides instructional strategies to teach braille literacy.
Auditory Learning Guide
The Auditory Learning Guide is intended to assist professionals in the beginning stages of learning an auditory-based approach.
Auditory Skills Checklist
The Auditory Skills Checklist is an evaluation tool designed to assess and track a child’s auditory capabilities over time.
Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language (TASL) Form
The Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language (TASL) is a tool to assess language of those who are deaf, hard of hearing, and/or with a language delay.
The Signed Reading Fluency of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Reading fluency in deaf children whose primary mode of communication is visual, whether signed English or American Sign Language, is difficult to measure since most measures of fluency require a child to read aloud.
Literacy Skills Developmental Age Chart
This chart provides milestones from birth to 2, 2 to 5, 5 to 7, and 7 to 9 years of age in the areas of literacy socialization, phonological awareness, print knowledge, reading, and writing.
Vocabulary Intervention for Deaf and HH Students
This video from the U of A College of Education provides an overview of the importance of vocabulary learning, connections between vocabulary and literacy, and components of good vocabulary teaching.
ASL in Academic Settings: Language Features
This document lists many videos which describe important ASL grammar terms.
ASL Aspect
Aspect is a change to a verb’s form that provides more information about the verb itself.
ASL Compounds
Click on the link to find an explanation of ASL compounds, along with examples.
ASL Lexicalized Fingerspelling
Lexicalized fingerspelling occurs when a fingerspelled word has gone through an evolution to become a sign.