Hello, Friends! Today, I'm going to teach signs related to grades in the school...
going through the grades.
This is the sign GRADE. It's a "G" handshape -- the thumb and index finger out,
and go against the opposite palm. You see? GRADE. GRADE. Now what are the grades?
We have preschool. P-R-E SCHOOL.
KINDERGARTEN. It's a "K" handshape: KINDERGARTEN.
Now, elementary school and middle school, has grades 1 through 8...
right? So what do you do? You sign FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, and so on...
plus the sign GRADE. For example...
FIRST GRADE.
Again: FIRST -- the finger twists inward. GRADE.
FIRST GRADE. SECOND GRADE. Third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade...
See how the hand twists at the wrist -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and that
tends to be what's in elementary school, 1st through 5th grade. And then you go
into middle school -- SIXTH, so it's a "6" and it twists inward as well. SEVENTH GRADE,
EIGHTH GRADE. Okay, so again: first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade,
fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade. Okay?
Now, high school is different. In high school, we have words -- you know: freshmen,
soph... etc., that? In high school and in college, they both have these -- it's those
four years, right? All together four years. Now, we don't do "9th" and "10th"; we
substitute it with... we use the non-dominant -- hand keep that still and
take your dominant palm, and put your palm on each of the other fingers. We
don't use the pinky; you start with the ring finger and like this. See the ring
finger is touching the opposite palm? So that is FRESHMAN. FRESHMAN
Freshman. For SOPHOMORE, we move to the middle finger. That middle finger now is
touching the bottom. SOPHOMORE. See that? Sophomore. JUNIOR. JUNIOR. And senior that
thumb is the top -- senior. Again, all together those four years are... in high
school, you enter and you're what? a freshman. 2nd year: sophomore. Third year:
junior. fourth year: senior. That's -- again that's the same for high school
and college: freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. Again: freshman, sophomore,
junior, senior.
Okay? So those are the years. We go "through the years" -- we can
sign you "going through the years" like this: "go through the years". If you go
through the years and finish, What do you do? GRADUATE!
The "G" handshape arcs onto the opposite palm: GRADUATE. or GRADUATION.
I have different videos with signs related to graduation, so I suggest you
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