Grades 1–3
Fingerspell Your Name
Write your name, find each letter on the chart and practice spelling it with your hand.
ASL worksheet · Spell it yourself
My Fingerspelling Word List
Write ten words you want to fingerspell. Check off each one when you can spell it smoothly.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Spell it yourself
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Fingerspelling names and words, Reading a partner’s fingerspelling, Putting letters in ABC order, Practicing until spelling is smooth
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Pick words you use a lot: your name, your pet, your street, your favorite food. Practice each one until you can spell it without stopping.
- I can spell it smoothly
Teacher tip
Suggest words kids use every day: their name, street, pet, teacher and school. Words with meaning get practiced more.
How to use it
- Pair a stronger signer with a newer one for the partner pages.
- Model the rhythm: one steady letter after another, with no bounce between letters.
- Make every handshape with your own hand as kids work. Your hand is the best model in the room.
Watch for
Saying the letters out loud while signing. Encourage quiet, visual practice.
Talk about it
- What helped you read your partner’s spelling?
- Why do you think ASL is its own language and not English on the hands?
Take it further
Run a weekly fingerspelling relay with words from science or social studies.
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More spell it yourself worksheets
Grades 2–5
Partner Spelling Game
Take turns. One partner fingerspells a word from the list and the other writes what they read.
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