Chaining: Administrator Walkthrough Checklist

Chaining is a bilingual strategy that links a concept across several representations, such as ASL, fingerspelling, print, visuals, and examples, so students build deep, connected understanding rather than memorizing isolated words. Administrators can use this walkthrough tool to observe and give feedback on that work. It looks at planning, whether the teacher identifies key concepts and plans connected representations; at implementation, whether meaning is set clearly in ASL and connections are made explicit; and at student engagement, whether students can explain and transfer their understanding. Coaching prompts at the end turn what you see into a conversation. Use it to support stronger, concept-level bilingual instruction.