ASL worksheet · Reading fingerspelled words
Fingerspelled Sight Words
Each row of handshapes spells a sight word. Write the word.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- 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:
- Read the handshapes. Write the sight word.
Teacher tip
After each word is written, sign it smoothly for the class. Kids learn that a fingerspelled word has a shape of its own, not just separate letters.
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
Reading letters but not the word. Ask kids to say the word out loud at the end.
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
Fingerspell this week’s spelling words to the class and have kids write them.
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