Read "Moses Goes to School" with your class and discuss individuals with hearing impairments. Lead a class discussion where students are able to ask questions, and provide them with facts about people with hearing impairments and American Sign Language. After students are familiar with the concepts, invite a member from the deaf community to your classroom and ask him to talk about his daily life. Encourage him to teach your class a few basic ASL words such as "Hello" or "Thank you."
At the end of the story, Moses and his friends teach readers how to sign the popular children's song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Play the song for your students and teach them how to sign the song using help from the story. Practice, then perform the song in ASL for another class at your school. Give the students old baseball uniforms or hats to wear for the performance.
"Moses Goes to School" emphasizes the importance of facial expressions when communicating with people with hearing impairments. Read the story with your class and explain this concept to students. Discuss why it is important to use facial expressions when communicating, especially if using ASL. Use paper plates to create a variety of faces expressing different emotions. Allow students to practice holding up the appropriate plate as you say that expression. This teaches students to recognize what each facial expression might look like.
After reading the book with your class, discuss what it might be like to have a hearing impairment. Keep the discussion respectful, but allow your children to ask appropriate questions and explore their thoughts and ideas. Have them imagine that you are getting a new student with a hearing impairment in your class. Develop a class list of modifications you might do to accommodate this new student with special needs. Write the students' modification ideas on a large poster board.