Tuesday, December 17, 2013




Hey guys, I learned a lot of new words this week. I found some lesson plans online and am going to try and do one a week. Here is the link if you guys want to try.
http://lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lesson01.htm




New words :

AGAIN / repeat / re- / over / 
DEAF
HEARING (culturally) / speak / say / public 
LEARN
LIKE (emotion)
MEANING 
MEET
NAME 
NICE / clean
NO
SIGN (as in "signing")
SLOW
STUDENT
TEACHER
THANK-you
UNDERSTAND
WHAT
WHERE
WHO
WHY
YES
GIRL-[woman, lady]
BOY-[male, man]
BROTHER
CHILD-[also see variation: CHILDREN]
DAD-[parents] [grandpa]
DIVORCE
HAVE
HEY
HOW
HOW-MANY-[also see variation: MANY]
LIVE-[life, address]
MARRIAGE-[husband, wife, marry, married, spouse]
MOM [grandma]
SINGLE-[alone, someone, JUSTONLYSOMETHING]
SISTER
SLOW
SPELL-[fingerspell]
WORK

Monday, December 9, 2013

Welcome!

Hello,

Michael Funkhouser here reporting from Mrs. Mckay's AP Psychology class. I'm going to learn sign language and my goal is to be able to have a conversation with someone by the end of the trimester. 

Words I've Learned:
The alphabet
Goodbye
Yellow
Hello, my name is..
Girl
Boy
Thirsty
Yellow 
Blue
Orange
Cookie 
Banana
Grandma 
Grandpa
Eat 
Drink 
Milk 
Water
Radio 
Candy 
Yes
No 
Snow 
Cold 
Hot 
Rain 
Nice to meet you
Hello

I'll keep you guys updated!