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Robin Homesley Date: Mon Jul 24, 2000 12:27 am Subject: Re: SIGN WRITING | |
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Thanks for the advice. I will check it out when I return from my conference this week. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: "cmf" To: Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Re: SIGN WRITING > Lorraine and Robin, > > Happened upon your relay of messages...I have a suggestion for you Robin > which might take care of the 'documentation' sharing and the permission > from parents. On the SW web site, under the Albuquerque literacy > project, there are samples of some Parent Newsletters that Valerie put > up on our web site. There are several samples of students SignWriting, > both handwritten and typed. Hope that's helpful to you Robin, and good > luck. > > Cecilia > > Robin Homesley wrote: > > > > Lorraine, > > Hi ! I'm getting ready to leave for vacation so I thought I'd better > > respond fast. By documentation, I mean things I can show my administrators > > to validate ordering instructional materials from SW. I plan to videotape > > my profoundly deaf and mentally disabled student reading print vs. SW also, > > but I am looking for everything I can for support. My school district is > > big into teaching reading through phonetics with ALL students. The teacher > > (for the deaf and HoH) before me had GREAT success with this method, and I > > should be able to do the same (This is a long story that I neither want to > > share or remember.). The teacher before me was hearing, and I am hard of > > hearing. This does make a difference, but I believe that all children > > learn differently, and I want to explore everything I can find. If I can > > have success with a deaf, mentally disabled student using SW' then this > > should be worthwhile to use with other students as well. I would appreciate > > anything you have for me. > > address: 44 Shadow Lane, Whispering Pines, NC 28327 > > Robin Homesley > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lorraine Crespin" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 5:50 PM > > Subject: Re: SIGN WRITING > > > > > Hi Robin. > > > Sorry for the delay in responding, I have been out of town, and away from > > > computer access (truly a vacation). > > > Happy to hear about your involvement with using SW with some of your > > > students. I also have been using it in Albuquerque,NM. I have some > > > information and student work samples I could share with you, but I'll need > > to > > > check on the permission forms we have for the students to see whose work I > > > could share. I also do not have a scanner to send them via the computer, > > so > > > it would have to be snail mail. What specific kinds of documentation were > > you > > > looking for? > > > Lorraine Crespin |
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