ASL Student Awards & Certificates | Sign Language Praise Cards & Digital Stickers (Caught Being Good)

Description

Catch students being good, and tell them in ASL!

Make recognition meaningful with Caught Being Good: I See You! It’s a ready-to-go set of student awards, desk cards and digital stickers. Each one pairs a positive message with an illustration of the American Sign Language sign, so every “great job!” also teaches a little ASL.

You don’t need to know ASL to use these! Each reward shows the sign, so any teacher in any classroom can use them. Students love learning a new sign, and you’ll pick them up right along with them.

What’s Inside

• 21 Recognition Certificates: 3 different messages for each of 7 ASL signs, in color and black & white. Add the name digitally or by hand.
• 42 Printable Desk Cards: large 3.4″ squares, 6 per page, in color and black & white. Cut them out and keep a stack on your desk.
• 21 Digital Stickers: transparent PNG buttons you can place right on students’ digital work.
• 7 ASL Signs of Praise: AWESOME, I LIKE, I LOVE IT, HAPPY, APPLAUSE (Deaf applause), CHAMP, and PROUD.
• For the Teacher guide: easy tips for using every part of the packet.
• Step-by-step directions for adding digital stickers to student work.
• Section dividers to keep everything organized.
• Digital download link to the full packet.

How to Use

• Certificates: Celebrate unit wins, milestones, effort, kindness, leadership, and good choices. Print them, sign them, and hand them out, or email them home.
• Desk Cards: Print on cardstock, cut, and laminate. Hand one over on the spot when you catch a student doing something great. No interrupting the lesson!
• Digital Stickers: Drop a sticker onto work in Google Slides, Google Docs, Canvas, Schoology, Seesaw, and more. You can also add them to feedback, family emails, or class newsletters.
• Peer Recognition: Let students award cards to classmates and celebrate each other with Deaf applause.
• Sign It! Show the sign as you give the reward, and watch students sign it back.

Perfect For

• Any classroom, any subject: elementary, middle school, and high school
• ASL and world language classes
• Special education and Deaf/Hard of Hearing programs
• Homeschool families and co-ops
• Clubs, after-school programs, coaches and camps
• Staff recognition: co-workers, paraprofessionals, interpreters, aides, volunteers and administrators
• Families: send a little praise home

Positive recognition builds confidence, motivation, and a classroom community where students feel seen. With these rewards, every student hears the message: I see you!

This resource downloads as a PDF and includes a link to a digital file and a zipped file for digital buttons. Directions are included.