ASL–English Sandwiching Checklist

Sandwiching is a bilingual teaching technique: the teacher presents an idea in one full language, then the other, then returns to the first, so students build real understanding instead of translating word for word. This checklist helps you use it with intention. In planning, you choose the concept and the order of languages and decide which ASL and English features to highlight. During instruction, you model one full language first, name the switch out loud, and connect the two. You then check that students can explain the idea in ASL and produce the matching English, and reflect afterward, reducing support as students grow more independent. Use it to keep sandwiching purposeful and student-centered.