Sign Language and Hand Talk
Lengua de señas y lenguaje de manos
Sign Language and Hand Talk
Sign Language and Hand Talk
Sign Language and Hand Talk
Sign Language and Hand Talk
Sign Language and Hand Talk
Informational (nonfiction), 637 words, Level L (Grade 2), Lexile 490L
Sign Language and Hand Talk introduces readers to the ways people-and even a gorilla-communicate with their hands. Students learn about the history of sign language and about famous people who have used sign language. Photographs and illustrations support the text.
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communicate, deaf, inspiration, sense, sign language, signing
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Use the strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
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Identify the main idea and details in text
Phonics
Identify vowel digraph ay
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Understand and use commas in a series
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Identify and understand antonyms in text
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