Spanish Alphabet Sign Language

Some 9th graders started working with the Spanish alphabet last week. This weekend I came across videos of Spanish alphabet in sign language!

Chilean Alphabet Sign Language

Bolivian Alphabet Sign Language

Hot Tamale Activities - email your responses to bordner@cityhigh.org

• How is the Spanish alphabet different than the English alphabet?
• Compare the hand signs between the two videos. Which letters are different?
• Here are more videos of Spanish Sign Language. It appears as though each country has somewhat different signs. Describe the differences between signs of another two countries. 
• Create a map linking the different videos to the country they are in. 
• Here is a video on how to create a map
• Here is a video on how to add details to your map
• Sign your name (first and last) and spell it out to Mrs. A or myself! Or, you can try to stump us and sign/spell out something and have us guess!

While we're learning about important hand signals in Spanish, it's important to remember that some hand signals we are used to in our culture can be offensive in another. Check out this infographic below to make yourself aware of what not to do in other places.