VCASFC003
Participate in classroom routines and activities such as following directions, attracting attention, responding to questions and turn-taking
Elaborations
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recognising their own and their classmates’ fingerspelled names used in games or routines such as roll call
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asking for help, offering assistance or requesting permission in polite ways, for example:
PLEASE HELP-me?
Can you help me, please?
CAN SHARE?
Can we share these?
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demonstrating attentive watching across a range of school contexts, such as assemblies or classroom discussions
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following instructions for class routines, for example:
PLEASE WITH-2++ DS:sit-opposite
Please find a partner and sit opposite each other.
DS:line-up PLEASE
Line up, please.
LOOK-AT-me PRO1
Look to the front.
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gaining others’ attention in appropriate ways, relying less on tap and more on other strategies, and responding to others’ attempts to gain their attention
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following protocols such as stopping when lights are flashed, and observing appropriate distance between signers
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learning to be a supportive group discussion member, for example by asking relevant questions, providing feedback, prompting, using NMFs to indicate agreement or disagreement
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formulating different kinds of open and closed questions, including WHEN, WHY and HOW questions
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signing appropriately to maintain or change a topic, to remain on task and take turns
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interacting with each other or the teacher by using eye gaze and other NMFs to indicate agreement/disagreement or understanding/lack of understanding
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negotiating turn-taking, for example:
PRO1 FIRST YOUR-TURN
It’s my turn first, then your turn.
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watching, remembering and responding to increasingly complex instructions of two or more steps, for example by moving or locating objects in the classroom
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using the appropriate NMFs for asking questions and making statements when interacting in small groups
VCASFC003 | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising
