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FREE BOOKS!
FREE BOOKS for Read Across America Day! The Literacy Empowerment Foundation is offering free books to all educators. The deadline to order books is February 16. Find the order form at...
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Early Language, Rich Language
“Rich language, expansive and flexible communication empowers both parents and children.” Language is one of the greatest gifts you can give a child. With language, children can Make new friends Tell...
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Dear Jessica, how do I test my daughter’s academic progress?
We received this question from a Pathfinder – a member of our Georgia Pathway community of practice. She writes: Dear Jessica, I am a homeschool parent of a hard of hearing child that uses hearing...
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Ask the Experts: Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
We received this email from one of our Pathfinders with a question for our Deaf Education experts. I have a question about instruction and LEP– I live in West Virginia. I have found West Virginia...
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Marcelo’s Story
We visited a D/HH teacher, Erica, to hear about her student, Marcelo, who is deaf and bilingual (English and Spanish). She shared his story with us: Marcelo is seven years old. Marcelo passed his...
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“I See What You Mean”: Visualizing English Grammar
Gallaudet University is quickly becoming my favorite resource for video lectures. They have speakers discussing everything under the sun. Here’s one presentation that I thought would be very useful...
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Know Your Rights: A Guide to Education Services and Placement for Your D/HH...
From the presentation, “Services and Placement for Children with Sensory Impairment,” by Dr. Frank Nesbit, one of Georgia Pathway’s Executive Committee members, and Dr. Elaine Thagard, both of whom...
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Research Presentation: Language & Literacy
Don’t miss this presentation by Dr. Kim Wolbers of University of Tennessee! It’s here in Atlanta. It’s FREE. There will be ASL interpretation. There’s no reason you should miss this, right? Right. See...
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FREE Education Workshop: Visual Phonics Training
Common Core Standards for English/Language Arts, Foundational Reading Skills require children to “grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words”...
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Through Teachers’ Eyes: Part 1
Hey, y’all! We have asked one of Georgia’s Deaf Ed teachers to share about her life for the next several weeks. We know you probably want to give your teacher/professional brains a rest while you’re...
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FREE BOOKS!
FREE BOOKS for Read Across America Day! The Literacy Empowerment Foundation is offering free books to all educators. The deadline to order books is February 16. Find the order form at...
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“Can’t” Should NOT Be In Your Vocabulary
A native of Albuquerque, N.M., Rachel Kolb sees effective communication as essential to ideas, creativity and progress. She received a BA with honors in English from Stanford and graduated in June...
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For Teachers and Parents: Targeting Vocabulary
Enriching your child’s language is the foundation for literacy. But how? Here’s an introduction to get you started… What words will you target this week in your classroom or at home? Next, we will...
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What Words Should I Teach My Child?
Once you’ve determined whether your child is a language learner or language developer, you can target different vocabulary words each week. Here’s a guide to choosing vocab words. What words will you...
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Deaf Education: Writing Strategies for Literacy
In classrooms for children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH), written language instruction is part of a rich literacy-learning environment. Written language instruction is not handwriting. It is...
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Classroom Strategies to Build and Strengthen Literacy Skills
I stumbled upon a fantastic, informative website. Reading Rockets. But it’s more than just a website. It’s a movement. This is what they say about themselves: “We bring the best research-based...
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A Day in the Life: Meet Franklin
Meet Franklin who is 5 years old. He is profoundly deaf and was identified at 1 year old. His parents, who are hearing, have chosen ASL as his modality. He is in kindergarten in a mainstream...
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Language Lesson: Fingerspelling
Deaf teachers use visual strategies for incorporating fingerspelling into classroom instruction. Studies on these visual strategies show that they are a natural part of classroom interaction and are...
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