Elementary ASL/English Bilingual Lesson Planning Template

Use this template to plan an elementary lesson with a clear purpose for each language. It helps you decide where ASL will lead, instruction such as building the big idea and discussing it, and where English will lead, such as connecting to print. You map the lesson from building background to checking for understanding, note the visuals and objects students need, and plan simple ways for them to show learning, like explaining in ASL, drawing a picture, or writing a word or sentence. Use it to make sure ASL and English each have a role in every lesson.