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ASL Daily Routine

Seventh graders learn to describe a daily routine in ASL — WAKE-UP, EAT, GO-TO SCHOOL, STUDY, SLEEP — and put a day in order, sequencing signs from morning to night.

Grade 7Daily Routine50 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 a routine.
  • ✓Sequence daily signs.
  • ✓Order a day.
  • ✓Describe your day.
Essential Question

From morning to night, what do you do every day? Can you sign and order a daily routine in ASL?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Daily Routine

Project this and have students put the ASL daily routine in order, morning to night.

🌅 Put the daily routine in order!Try it
Tap WAKE-UP first!
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.

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Warm-Up — Morning to Night

5 min

What do you do every day? Can you order a daily routine in ASL?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask their morning.
  • Ask how to sign it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Daily Routine

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Model each sign.
  • Have students copy.
  • Note the order.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Watch.
  • Copy.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Order It

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Daily Routine.
  • Put it in order.
  • Sign along.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Sign.
  • Explain.
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Sign — Sign

12 min

Students sign.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign your morning.
  • Describe your day.
  • Sign to a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign it.
  • Describe.
  • Sign.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign the first step.
  • Sign a routine word.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

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

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a routine.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about a day.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare daily expressions.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

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

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with WAKE-UP and SLEEP.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Copy together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add times for each.
  • Sign a full day.
  • Compare with a partner.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌅A day timeline
  • 💻Order the Daily Routine
  • 🪩A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

routinethings you do each dayWAKE-UPeyes open near the eyeEATfingers tap the mouthGOindex fingers point forwardSTUDYfingers wiggle over the palmSLEEPhand pulls down the facemorningearly in the daynightlate in the day
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
What is a good FIRST sign in a daily routine?
WAKE-UP.
QUESTION 2
How do you sign STUDY?
Wiggle your fingers over your open palm.
QUESTION 3
How do you sign SLEEP?
Pull your hand down over your face.

Reflect: daily routine.

Have students sign two things they do each day in order (like WAKE-UP and SLEEP). A printable ASL routine 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.

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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 Daily RoutinePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: EAT, GO, morning, night, routine, SLEEP, STUDY, WAKE-UP
  1. eyes open near the eye
  2. fingers tap the mouth
  3. late in the day
  4. index fingers point forward
  5. early in the day
  6. hand pulls down the face
  7. fingers wiggle over the palm
  8. things you do each day

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is a good FIRST sign in a daily routine?
  2. How do you sign STUDY?
  3. How do you sign SLEEP?
Answer key — Part A: 1) WAKE-UP · 2) EAT · 3) night · 4) GO · 5) morning · 6) SLEEP · 7) STUDY · 8) routine
Part B: 1) WAKE-UP. 2) Wiggle your fingers over your open palm. 3) Pull your hand down over your face.