Grades 1–3
Find the Missing Letter
One handshape is missing from each word. Circle the handshape that fills the gap.
ASL worksheet · Reading fingerspelled words
Fingerspelled Colors
Read each color word spelled in handshapes. Write the word, then color the crayon.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Reading words letter by letter, Blending letters into a word, Reading sight words and simple words, Using spelling patterns to fill a gap
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- In ASL, colors also have their own signs. Here they are fingerspelled so you can practice reading letters.
- Read each color word. Write it, then color the crayon that color.
Teacher tip
Explain that colors also have their own signs in ASL. Fingerspelling them here is letter practice, so look up the real color signs from a Deaf signer’s video next.
How to use it
- Let early readers say each letter sound as they find it.
- Name each handshape out loud, then blend the letters into the whole word.
- Make every handshape with your own hand as kids work. Your hand is the best model in the room.
Watch for
Writing the letters out of order. Read handshapes left to right, like print.
Talk about it
- Which letter in the word was hardest to read?
- Why do you think ASL is its own language and not English on the hands?
Take it further
Have kids write a word of their own in handshapes using the chart, for a partner to read.
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