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ASL Sports & Hobbies

Sixth graders learn signs for activities in ASL — BASKETBALL, SWIM, DRAW, READ, MUSIC — many of which act out the activity — and sort them into active sports and quieter arts.

Grade 6Sports & Hobbies50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / Visual LanguageExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Sign activities.
  • ✓Tell sports from arts.
  • ✓Sort the signs.
  • ✓Share your hobbies.
Essential Question

What do you like to do for fun? ASL activity signs often act out the activity! Can you sort sports from arts?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Sport or Art?

Project this and sort each sign into Sports (active) or Arts (quieter).

🏀 Sort each — a sport or an art?Try it
🏀 Sports (active)
🎨 Arts (quieter)
Tap a sign, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Visual-Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Sign · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — For Fun

5 min

ASL activity signs often act out the activity — can you sort them?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime shooting a ball.
  • Ask how to sign it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Mime.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Sports & Hobbies

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model each sign.
  • Note it acts out the activity.
  • Have students copy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Note it.
  • Copy.
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Practice — Sort Them

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Sport or Art?
  • Sort each one.
  • Sign along.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Sign.
  • Explain.
4

Sign — Sign

12 min

Students sign.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign a hobby you like.
  • Ask a partner’s hobby.
  • Sign to a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign it.
  • Ask it.
  • Sign.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign an activity.
  • Say sport or art.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand activity signs.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: discuss hobbies.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare iconic signs.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to interests.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Activity sign photo cards.
  • Model each sign.
  • Use a mirror.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with SWIM and READ.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Copy together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add SOCCER and DANCE.
  • Sign your favorite hobby.
  • Interview a partner.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏀Activity sign cards
  • 💻Sport or Art?
  • 🪩A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

hobbysomething you do for funBASKETBALLhands shoot a ballSWIMarms do a strokeRUN“L” hands move forwardDRAWpinky traces on palmREAD“V” hand scans palmMUSICarm waves like conductingsportan active game
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you sign SWIM?
Do a swimming stroke with your arms.
QUESTION 2
Is DRAW a sport or an art?
An art — trace a line on your palm with your pinky.
QUESTION 3
How do you sign BASKETBALL?
“Shoot” a ball with both hands.

Reflect: sports & hobbies.

Have students sign one hobby they like (like SWIM or READ). A printable ASL hobbies sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

📝 ASL Sports & HobbiesQuiz
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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ ASL Sports & HobbiesPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: BASKETBALL, DRAW, hobby, MUSIC, READ, RUN, sport, SWIM
  1. arm waves like conducting
  2. “V” hand scans palm
  3. something you do for fun
  4. arms do a stroke
  5. an active game
  6. “L” hands move forward
  7. pinky traces on palm
  8. hands shoot a ball

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you sign SWIM?
  2. Is DRAW a sport or an art?
  3. How do you sign BASKETBALL?
Answer key — Part A: 1) MUSIC · 2) READ · 3) hobby · 4) SWIM · 5) sport · 6) RUN · 7) DRAW · 8) BASKETBALL
Part B: 1) Do a swimming stroke with your arms. 2) An art — trace a line on your palm with your pinky. 3) “Shoot” a ball with both hands.