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ASL Money & Shopping

Eighth graders learn money and shopping signs in ASL — MONEY, BUY, STORE, COST, CHEAP, EXPENSIVE — so they can shop, ask a price, and talk about spending.

Grade 8Money & Shopping50 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 money words.
  • ✓Sign buy & store.
  • ✓Ask a price.
  • ✓Shop in ASL.
Essential Question

At the store, you buy things and check prices. How do you sign MONEY and BUY in ASL?

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Interactive Task
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Money & Shopping Check

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The Lesson · Visual-Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Sign · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — At the Store

5 min

How do you sign MONEY and BUY in ASL?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mime paying.
  • Ask how to sign it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Mime.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Money & Shopping

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Money & Shopping Check.
  • Model MONEY and BUY.
  • Have students copy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Copy.
  • Try.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign BUY and STORE.
  • Ask a price.
  • Sign along.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign it.
  • Ask it.
  • Try.
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Sign — Sign

12 min

Students sign.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Role-play a store.
  • Sign “HOW-MUCH?”
  • Sign to a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Role-play.
  • Ask it.
  • Sign.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sign a money word.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sign one.
  • Explain 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-High).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: shop and ask prices.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand money signs.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to money and math.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore shopping.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Money sign photo cards.
  • Model each sign.
  • Use play money.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with MONEY and BUY.
  • Model one at a time.
  • Copy together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add CHEAP and EXPENSIVE.
  • Role-play a market.
  • Ask three prices.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💵Money sign cards
  • 💻Money & Shopping Check
  • 🪩A mirror (optional)
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

moneytap back of hand on the palmBUYmoney hand moves forwardSELL / STORE“O” hands flick forwardCOST / PRICEindex strikes down on the palmCHEAPflat hand brushes downEXPENSIVEmoney hand tossed up/openPAYindex flicks from the palm forwardSHOP“shopping” money hand out twice
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you sign MONEY?
Tap the back of one hand into your open palm.
QUESTION 2
How does the sign BUY move?
Forward, away from you — like handing over money.
QUESTION 3
How do you sign STORE/SELL?
Flick flat “O” hands forward and back at the wrists.

Reflect: money & shopping.

Have students sign MONEY and BUY, and role-play buying one thing. A printable ASL shopping sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Quiz

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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.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: BUY, CHEAP, COST / PRICE, EXPENSIVE, money, PAY, SELL / STORE, SHOP
  1. flat hand brushes down
  2. money hand moves forward
  3. “O” hands flick forward
  4. index strikes down on the palm
  5. money hand tossed up/open
  6. index flicks from the palm forward
  7. tap back of hand on the palm
  8. “shopping” money hand out twice

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you sign MONEY?
  2. How does the sign BUY move?
  3. How do you sign STORE/SELL?
Answer key — Part A: 1) CHEAP · 2) BUY · 3) SELL / STORE · 4) COST / PRICE · 5) EXPENSIVE · 6) PAY · 7) money · 8) SHOP
Part B: 1) Tap the back of one hand into your open palm. 2) Forward, away from you — like handing over money. 3) Flick flat “O” hands forward and back at the wrists.