tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91795392006363717552024-03-14T01:22:45.426-07:00Mrs. Burgen's Sign Me UpA blog about teaching deaf elementaryMrs. Burgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14565958200850451248noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179539200636371755.post-58529563175960153912017-08-10T09:26:00.000-07:002017-08-10T09:29:17.238-07:00How to use Adaptive Books during Guided Reading with DHH students<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How I use Adapted Books during Guided Reading with D/HH students. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't really want to start every post with a comment about language deprivation, but it is so deeply ingrained in our every day teaching with deaf and hard of hearing students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So task is always this, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> STEP ONE: teach meaningful vocabulary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Insert literacy, both English and ASL literacy. Really, you cannot be literate in anything if you have no vocabulary. So the task is always to build native language vocabulary. For most of my students this language is ASL. Most enter my classroom with extremely limited vocabulary in any language. But immediately upon entering school they are expected to begin developing English literacy skills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Students need multiple exposures to a word before they are able to understand it, use it, work with it. BE LITERATE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For deaf students that means they need multiple exposure to both signed and written language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So the beginning steps go like this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Connect a sign with an object/action</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Experience MANY situations to use the sign in the correct context</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>Match </b>the sign to the object</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>Receptively</b> understand the sign </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> When given the sign, student can demonstrate understanding (pointing to an object/picture etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>Expressively</b> use the sign in context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Student is able to use the sign to communicate about his/her environment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I created these Adaptive books to assist in this process. First of all the adaptive/interactive nature of these books makes them highly engaging and students can't wait to get their hands on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always begin introducing the vocabulary as a group as described in this previous blog post <a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/2017/08/whats-so-great-about-adapted-books.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to read that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once I have the students at my table for guided reading, we repeat the process in the whole group activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I might say something, like today we are going to read a book about food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tell me some foods you eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Go to each picture and discuss the picture, what is it? Have you eaten it? Did you like it? Would you eat it again? etc. etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Go through the book and allow the student to choose the correct sign for each picture ensure the student is signing the item correctly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do this for the single sign book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When your student is ready he/she can move up to the sentence book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Follow the same procedure teaching the the new signs included in the sentence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I created 3 assessments that I believe to be ESSENTIAL for DATA collection. Each form provided MEANINGFUL data for me as a teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I assess each item on this list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">IF I SIGN the word, can the student demonstrate understanding of the sign by pointing to the picture, touching an object etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I show a picture or item to the student and he/she demonstrates the sign. Students could also touch the picture of the sign, but here I am really looking for the student's accuracy with the movement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is the student reading every word? I use checkmarks over each word to show the words the student got correct. If there was a mistake I then I evaluate the reason for the error</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ex. looking at the picture of chicken and signing turkey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>S- structure</b> (the error occurred because the SIGN OR THE WORD was similar to another known word but still makes sense. ex. Signing I /voicing me. Signing I LIKE chicken instead of I EAT chicken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I calculate the score as demonstrated on the form and determine a Fluency and Independence score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is this book about? Has your student developed an understanding of the category involved in this book. For this level of book, the category and the title are the same, but the answer here should include the category and not a list of the items. That's next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">List 5 items FROM THE STORY of course. This seems obvious, but not always to our students. Now with the level of students I work with, I fill out this form for them, but I introduce the 5 handshape list format so that the students can begin learning how to list what they know. I also, do not require them to list the items in order. I am teaching the skill of recall, an important skill in assisting students in moving their vocabulary from short to long term memory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using the Adaptive books helps the students gain the practice with vocabulary they need as well as develop Concepts of Print skills and begin the literacy process. So, we end up with students who LOVE reading, DATA for teachers and parents and students well on their way to literacy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are currently 6 books in the Adapted Food Book Series with the target phrase I EAT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click the links to see each of the sets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-1-3300076" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK 1</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-2-3305888" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK 2</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-3-3311226" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK 3</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-Vegetables-3312839" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK VEGETABLES</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FRUIT-3313808" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK FRUIT</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-MORE-FRUIT-3315644" target="_blank">FOOD BOOK MORE FRUIT</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are more sets coming. Tell me, which set would you like to see next? Weather? Family? People? Sports?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To read parts one one and two of this blog series click below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/2017/08/whats-so-great-about-adapted-books.html" target="_blank">ASL ADAPTED BOOKS PART ONE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/2017/08/whats-so-great-about-adapted-books.html" target="_blank">ASL ADAPTED BOOKS PART 2</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Would you like to read more about Guided Reading with Deaf Students? What have been your struggles or your successes? Please share, we are in this together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THIS IS PART 2 OF 3 CLICK TO READ <a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/2017/07/everything-you-need-to-teach-guided.html" target="_blank">PART ONE</a> Everything You Need to To Teach Guided Reading with Beginning Deaf Readers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My students absolutely love them! From students with very little vocabulary (English or ASL) to my beginning readers, these books are always a first choice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I first found adapted books being created by special education teachers and SLPs. The books would require students to match a picture to a picture or an English word to a picture. While those books are highly engaging for my deaf students they were <i>missing the signed vocabulary piece</i>. So, when a clip artist came out with ASL clip art, I got to work right away, creating these books with an American Sign Language component.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know I'm preaching to the choir when I talk about how language (vocabulary) deprivation that my students enter the classroom with, affects their ability to develop both ASL and English Literacy. And how I am, nearly all of the time, simultaneously teaching both ASL and English. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> With these Adapted books, students are required to match a sign to a picture a food. As students advance and learn the target vocabulary, they are then asked to complete a sentence. The target sentence is repeated on each page, allowing the student to master the sentence with the target vocabulary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I typically start with introducing the vocabulary in a whole group. (this could be a guided reading group or selected based on vocabulary or however you determine) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I begin with introducing the title and probing to see if students are familiar with the category. In this case, the category is FOOD. I will probe to see if students are able to name any foods. I am never surprised when students are unable name even one food. While they may eat a variety of foods, and they may very well have a sign or label for that item, their brains have not yet developed a CATEGORY for the word food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being able to categorize words is an ESSENTIAL skill for young D/HH students. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(but that is for another blog post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After determining the students' level of expertise with listing foods, I show them the cover of the book and probe to see if they are able to label any of the foods on the cover of the book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following that task, we begin a picture walk of the book. We look at each picture in the book and discuss. Do you know what it is? Have you eaten if before? Do you like it? Did you eat it at home, at a friend's house, at school? If you are able, bring in the real food, or demonstrate with plastic food. I really do WHATEVER I CAN to be sure the students become familiar with the vocabulary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally we are ready to start reading the book. I demonstrate each sign as I pull it off the velcro and put it in a pocket chart, visible to all the students. Then I turn to the page and demonstrate the sign again with the picture visible. I ask the students to come up one at at time and choose the correct sign to match. (This helps students to associate the 2D static picture with correct 3D parameters of the actual sign). We continue to practice as a whole group until I feel the students have a good grasp on the vocabulary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To access these resources you can click on the following links</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-1-3300076" target="_blank">ASL ADAPTED FOOD BOOK 1</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-2-3305888" target="_blank">ASL ADAPTED FOOD BOOK 2</a></span><br />
<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-3-3311226" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ASL ADAPTED FOOD BOOK 3</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using Adapted books to support Guided Reading with Deaf and Hard of<br />Hearing students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where do I start? What do I need? How can I possibly teach students with limited vocabulary to read? How do I teach the vocabulary in a meaningful way? How do I teach students to read that have had limited exposure to language, books, vocabulary... the list of questions goes on and on.....sigh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hear these questions ALL THE TIME. I have asked these questions. There are many resources out there that support guided reading, but none, that I have found, specifically address the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> So..... based on my experiences in teaching D/HH students and the extreme amount of studying I have done on the topic of reading, I created my own beginning series. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I included the components that I feel are ESSENTIAL in using Guided Reading to teach deaf and hard of hearing students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Check it out </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-1-3300076?utm_source=blogpost1&utm_campaign=%20ASL%20Adapted%20Food%20Book%201" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These adapted books are HIGHLY engaging for students who are just beginning to interact with books and beginning reading. In this set you get two adapted books, one with single word target vocabulary, and one with a repeated target sentence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We know that students need multiple exposures to words before they are able to transfer them to long term memory. I created a variety of practice cards for students to work on in multiple situations to extend their practice with the target vocabulary. You may use ALL of these resources with some students or just one or two with others, depending on their learning needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following exposure to the Adaptive Books and the target vocabulary, student are ready to do some independent practice. These two books would be great to use at independent center time or to send home for out of class practice. Parents or caregivers can easily help student (and learn the signs at the same time) Students love cutting a pasting into their own books and while this may take some supervision with students initially, it is a worthy investment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After students have become familiar with the vocabulary using the<br />Adaptive Books, they are ready to "graduate" to THE REAL DEAL book. That's right, no picture/sign support just straight up reading the words. I can tell you, as excited as my students are to read and interact with the adaptive books, they beam with pride when I bring out the student readers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will admit I am NOT very organized and I constantly have random pieces of a variety of resources hiding in all kinds of places, and NOT at the table with me when I am working with a student...#typeBteacher. So I need to include a piece that would keep me organized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made sure to write down exactly what goes in each section, so if I have a paraprofessional working with the materials (or finding them somewhere in the room) it would be easy to see where they belonged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This post is the first in a series of blog posts about guided reading and emerging deaf readers. Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ASL-Adapted-Books-for-Guided-Reading-FOOD-BOOK-1-3300076?utm_source=blogpost1&utm_campaign=%20ASL%20Adapted%20Food%20Book%201" target="_blank">THIS RESOURCE</a> to see the product on TPT. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I would love to hear from you! What are your questions about guided reading? What are you doing right now that is helping your students learn vocabulary and become fluent signers and readers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click this link to read <a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/2017/08/whats-so-great-about-adapted-books.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, What's So Great about Adapted Readers with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Beginning Readers</span></div>
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I teach deaf and hard of hearing students at a school for the deaf. I teach in the elementary department. We are small school have just 4 teachers for Kindergarten through 5th grade. I typically teach the youngest group and have students in my class working at the kindergarten through 2nd grade level. </div>
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Unfortunately, many of our students arrive at our school with minimal exposure to language. Not just English, but language. Many don't even know their own names or the names of their family members. They are unable to label common things in their environment, like chairs, doors, cars, toys etc. I have met 6 year old students with as few as 5 signs. I know, it seems impossible, but when a child has little or no access to sound and his/her family members have not yet learned signed language, the ability to access the world is extremely limited. </div>
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A typical student entering kindergarten has a spoken vocabulary of approximately 13,000-22,000 words. When students enter school, teachers begin to help them organize that vocabulary into a spoken and written language. </div>
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Deaf students are also expected to begin learning grade level content. They are expected to read, and write, count and do science experiments. They are expected to follow directions in a language they have never even been exposed to before. Some of the first words taught in a typical kindergarten classroom are from the pre-primer dolch list ( in, is, it, the, to, and). The rest of the 40 words are comprised of mostly verbs and adjectives. What do these words mean to someone with little to no language? Not a whole lot. </div>
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Now, it would be AMAZING if we could get a few academic free years to work on language development only, but that is not the reality. So, the game of catch up begins. Is it possible for students who are 4-6 years behind in language development to "catch up" to their hearing peers. Yes it is.. sometimes....and no it's not....sometimes. Every student is an individual and some kids absorb every bit of language and academia that you present, while others struggle with learning so much new information after missing critical years Regardless, it is my job and the job of many other deaf educators to teach language and academic concepts at the same time, to bridge the gaps and make learning MEANINGFUL.</div>
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Make learning Meaningful</h2>
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How to teach communication and academics at the same time? First, we need labels. Think of every three year old you have ever known.. Dat? Dat? Dat? Dat? Dat? they say as they point to EVERYTHING in their environment. Of course you give them a label for each thing, that's the sky, that's a table, She is your aunt - mommy's sister. They will then move on to the question Doing? Doing? Doing? or the ever popular why? why? why? Again, we explain our actions and our reason by giving those actions a label. I'm swimming. I'm eating. I like swimming when it's hot. I eat potatoes because they are my favorite food. etc etc. </div>
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While I would enjoy taking my deaf students on journeys every day to let them discover language naturally, that is just not possible. So now we have the task of combining natural acquisition with curriculum. Here in lies the problem of teaching limited language students to read and write. We begin to read and write words that are familiar to us. So using the pre-primer dolch list of pronouns and adjectives really doesn't make much sense. </div>
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In search of ASL resources</h2>
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In the search for a mainstream curriculum that met the needs of these students, I came up empty. Nearly every curriculum can be adapted and I searched and searched for one that needed the least amount of adaptations. I finally landed with the Reading Milestones program. It is not a complete system and I use it strictly for reading and writing instruction. However it has key elements that are designed for Deaf /English Language Learning students. It is nice introduction to bridge the gap between language and learning to read. </div>
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Unfortunately, it is a bit boring for little learners. The simplicity is good and structure is good, but , it definitely lacked in fun resources. I searched for things that included similar words and simplified language structure and I found.......that's right..... NOTHING. So, I decided to start supplementing on my own. I bought clip art to provide pictures for each word, and started using those in my classroom. They worked well with my students but again I ran into a few problems. I wanted to be able to send homework for my students, but I found their families to be struggling with keeping up in the signing abilities and thus were not able to help their students. I contacted several companies who make sign language clip art and asked them if I could use their clip art to create products. They ALL said no. BIG GIANT SAD FACE! </div>
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I had to seek out my own resources. I put in a request on TPT for an artist willing to make ASL graphics and I found Kate Pullen of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Awaywiththepixels/Category/ASL-Clip-Art-45854" target="_blank">Away With the Pixels</a> . Kate began creating signs for me to coordinate with the pictures of each sign. Her graphics are AMAZING!!!! I started creating right away! I couldn't wait to share these resources with my students! I continued to creating and recently found another ASL artist on TPT creating more amazing clipart, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/35-Corks-Art-Studio" target="_blank">35 Corks Art Studio</a>.<br />
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Now that I have what I need, I do what I love... I teach, I create, and make my resources available to other teachers who are in need of products specifically designed for deaf students.<br />
If you'd like to see what I have been busy creating, please use this link to my store.<br />
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Thank you for listening and I would LOVE to hear about you. </div>
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This month we are all talking about Bulletin Boards. I want to tell you that as a beginning teacher, I used to LOVE changing my bulletin boards. You could frequently find me at school after hours cutting paper and changing borders. Well, this will be my TENTH year teaching (how did that happen?!?!?!) Anyways, about 2 years ago, I discovered the beauty of Fabric. I chose my favorite fabric colors, and put them up in my room. Those fabric backgrounds stayed up all year.</div>
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The pictures above are from 2013. This is the first year I added the fabric. Some boards stayed the same all year. For example the monkeys, we made as a class on the first day of school, stayed up all year and we added bananas for achievements (I can count to 10. I read 5 books etc.) The school behavior board stayed up as well. The rest of the boards had content that changed with lots of student work and learning targets. As you can tell, I was pretty big into the Safari theme that year!<br />
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Last year, I kept THE SAME backgrounds!!! YES I SAID THE SAME!!! But, I cleaned up the content and added these adorable banners! These were my boards at the beginning of the year. The same fabric... the same borders, but a totally different look! I also made classroom decor to match my bulletin board colors. It gave my room much cleaner look. As you can see, I am not a type A model classroom girl, and I haven't spent thousands of $$$$ to make everything match and look like a show room ( you know, all the classrooms you drool about on pinterest). But there IS a method to my madness.<br />
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This bulletin board is from 2014 it stayed up in the hallway ALL YEAR and students were able to put up their achievements and student pride work next to their favorite superhero. <br />
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I am changing it up a bit for 2015, so STAY TUNED for my classroom reveal happening September 2nd. Thank you for joining me and don't forget to check out all the other amazing bloggers on this link up!</div>
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I am so thrilled to be able to combine two of my favorite themes American Sign Language and SuperHeroes! The students in my classroom use American Sign Language to communicate. For many of them this is their first language and they are using it to learn written English. They LOVE having visual supports that include both languages. (and so do I) </div>
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Cute, bright, functional visual supports?????? YES PLEASE!!!</div>
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You can click on the link to <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-ASL-Superhero-Alphabet-Picture-Cards-with-Signs-1935367" target="_blank">MY ASL SUPERHERO ALPHABET POSTERS</a>. </span>What's inside? </div>
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26 A-Z 8.5 x 11 posters</div>
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Each letter has 3 coordinating cards with a picture, primary lined printed word and the ASL sign. Just a note, many words in ASL do not have a specific sign and instead are fingerspelled. This fingerspelling IS the sign for that word. Deaf children learn to spell (or often when learning, approximate the shapes of the letters) these words and often describe the word using classifiers (handshapes that represent the shape or movement of the object)</div>
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These cards are LARGE, 3 on an 8.5x11 page. I prefer them to be large so they can be easily seen in the classroom, however, if you do not have that kind of space, or you would like them smaller to be used in interactive vocabulary journals, you could print them 2-4 to a page and thus use the smaller versions. </div>
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TPT Seller Challenge Week 2: Dare to Dream </div>
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We all have dreams. Why did I become a TPT seller and blogger in the first place? I teach Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. Some of the students I encounter are typically developing and have no difficulty learning. Most of the time this is not the case. The majority of the students I teach have special needs, language delays, learning disabilities, autism, low executive functions the list goes on... I work in a school where EVERY student is on an IEP. For this reason, I am CONSTANTLY creating resources to meet their individual needs. I KNOW that many, many other special education teachers are doing the same thing. <br />
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When I discovered TPT about 4 years ago, I was THRILLED with the products I found that I could use in my classroom. However, very few products were able to meet the specific needs of my signing deaf students. Thus, my TPT store was born! <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Heather-Burgen" target="_blank">Mrs. Burgen's Sign Me Up</a><br />
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I'm not sure what happens to someone in their 40's but the realization that "Life is Short" comes popping up to the surface! There are SO many things I want to pack into this short lil life! Travel, have the house I've always wanted in THAT location, go places, do things.... etc. etc. Most importantly, I want to have the health and time and money to do these things. I would like to retire, sooner in my life rather than later. My dream retirement location definitely includes sun, a beach and a maid. (think all inclusive resort) LOL. I am happy that TPT is helping me everyday to get a little closer to living my dreams. </div>
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Our Health</h3>
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At the age of 22, my husband was in a catastrophic motorcycle accident. He spent months in the hospital and years learning how to walk again. His left leg had most of the damage and while the doctors and therapists did a great job making it functional again, the years have taken their toll. The time for a knee replacement is here. This means taking 6-8 weeks off work, not to mention paying for the surgery and the therapy... YIKES! </div>
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Troy need this to happen soon and so it definitely takes financial priority. I don't"need" lasik surgery, but it sure would be nice! </div>
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We all need a little "extra" in our lives. Extra money for whatever it is we need or want it for. Money can't buy happiness, but a little peace of mind never hurt anyone :)<br />
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Our Fitness Journey</h3>
We began this journey in January 2015. Troy had joined the Magic Valley Weight loss challenge twice before but, had never been able to stick it out and complete the challenge. This time, we did something different. We BOTH joined. Troy joined as a participant and I joined as a family member. We have a small family.... no kids.... just the two of us.<br />
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Doing this together made a HUGE difference for us! In the past 6 months our lives have changed. We no longer focus on individual workouts, and single meals. We plan out our weekly meals, we cook together and ensure that we MAKE time everyday to complete our workouts. We work out together, we workout separately, we do activities outdoors and most of all, we have fun.<br />
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I work at the school for the Deaf and the Blind. The students at our school do not have many opportunities to join friends who are able to communicate with them in the outdoors. We teamed up with Higher Ground and AquaAbility in Sun Valley, Idaho to provide our students with an opportunity to get outside and enjoy to the outdoors with friends and adults that communicate with them. The students received two days of swimming lessons as well as two days of ski/snowboard lessons.They were also able to learn and practice new skills that will allow the students to develop lifelong fitness skills. While troy is not a snowboarder or a swim instructor, he took this opportunity to cook for the students all weekend. The students were able to enjoy healthy home-cooked meals all weekend. Thanks Troy!</div>
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This was one of my first products that I created for TPT and also at the top of my best sellers list. However, it had some issues, the cover, I thought while functional, was just not that appealing. The background was fairly generic and the font was just so basic. Inside, there were some formatting issues that I was able to fix (with my new and improved tech skills). ALSO, there was no clip art!! <i>Gasp! </i>and even worse, no back page to credit the fonts and backgrounds. </div>
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This product includes two coordinating pages for each week, including target words, FINGER SPELLING, handwriting practice, sentence structure, cut and paste as well as a place to draw a picture to check for understanding of the provided sentence. When teaching kindergarten, I use these weekly with my students as independent word work. They love practicing the words using the American Sign Language Alphabet! </div>
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And to celebrate checking this item off my list, I put this product on sale <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Sight-Word-Practice-Read-Finger-Spell-Write-Draw-Cut-and-Paste-613361" target="_blank">HERE</a> for 50% off for the remainder of of the week. This is a must have for the Kindergarten Treasures program. Snatch it up while you can!</div>
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<br />Mrs. Burgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14565958200850451248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179539200636371755.post-60874927826420968632015-01-25T10:35:00.002-08:002015-06-28T11:43:57.361-07:00Stitch Fix #2 I am pretty sure that most my friends know how much I LOVE Stitch Fix! The reasons are many, but to start with, I live in a fairly remote area where shopping is not readily available. Secondly, I HATE shopping. I know, I know, but, really, I do not enjoy spending time going to numerous stores trying on numerous outfits, and trying to decide which look the best. I would much rather be playing outdoors and doing something fun with my free time. So, the idea that someone shops for me and and sends FIVE great items to choose from, is like a miracle for me! <br />
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This stitch fix box arrived the night before I was leaving on a five day ski trip (with 15 kids) so I apologize for the poor picture quality, but I was a little pressed for time. </div>
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I opened the box and I was IMMEDIATELY drawn to this jacket. I have been dying for great jean jacket. My stylist even mentioned that she was browsing my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/mrsburgen/school-style/" target="_blank">Pinterest Board</a> and found the exact one I had pinned. </div>
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Sadly, I DID NOT FIT! I was SO disappointed. It did not even come close to buttoning over my chest and the arms were so tight that I could not lift my arms. (insert sad face here) </div>
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This picture has both a sweater and pants (and a trash can and some windex...lets just ignore that part) Anyways, black Emer pants, fit perfectly. I wear jeans everyday (go ahead and be jealous) prior to this pair of pants I did not even own any non-jean pants. So , I was pretty stoked at how great this fit and looked. The Market and Spruce sweater also fit perfectly. It's soft and comfortable and really long, which paired really well with these slim-fitting pants. </div>
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This one was a struggle for me. This sweater was SO SOFT! I LOVED how it felt when I was wearing it. It is definitely my style, but it really wasn't something I felt I could wear to work and it was a tad too big. So, I sent it back. </div>
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October is full of many things, Breast Cancer Awareness, Fire Prevention, Book Awareness, Down Syndrome, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Spina Bifida Awareness, just to name a few. At our school, we take time to recognize Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness) and Bully Prevention Month. Oh and of course don't forget that it is also our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch AND Halloween. <br />
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I just wanted to take a moment to talk about Bully Prevention. Our school is filled with students who use American Sign Language to communicate. Many students arrive at our school having had little or no access to language. The reasons for this are MANY but I don't want to get into that right now. However, it has a HUGE social impact on our students. Last year our team noticed that students were largely communicating using negative language with each other. They were bullying each other, acting out, name-calling and otherwise, just not being good friends. The realization was that our students did not have a clear understanding of social expectations, nor did they have the language to communicate positively with one another. </div>
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In speaking with many teachers in other environments, I have come to realize that this is not isolated to the students in my school, but that MANY students (with and without disabilities) are lacking skills and vocabulary to interact in a positive way. </div>
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I began last year by teaching social skills based on the Bucket Filling books by Carol McCloud. If you have not experienced this books in your classroom, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting a hold of them and reading them with your students. </div>
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There are several other books that I'm sure are excellent as well, but, these are the ones that we have read so far. </div>
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However, I realized we needed to go a step further and teach specific "scripted" language, to assist students with "kind" words. So I got the students together and we brainstormed NICE things we could say to each other and this is what we came up with. </div>
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THIS WORKED SO WELL! But we needed more, so I got back to work.</div>
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This year, I created a poster system that included both NICE, and NOT NICE things that we could say. I introduced the posters two at a time and read the comment cards with the students. Students decided if the comments matched the "Nice" poster or the "Not Nice" Poster. When we finished all the posters (this took a few days) I posted them on the bulletin board in the hall near where the students line up everyday so we can review on a frequent or as needed basis. </div>
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I used the coloring pages (since several of the students are pre-writers) as contracts. </div>
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This is a contract saying that they are willing to try their best to be a good friend. </div>
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To reinforce the language, skills and determining positive and negative language, I created this game using the same language and pictures as the large posters but in game sized cards.</div>
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We did some celebrating this week. It is Deaf Awareness week. So I wanted to take a moment to celebrate Deaf Kids and Deaf Role Models. My theme for the week was, What Can a Deaf Kid Do?<br />
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Who is Sean Forbes? He is a Deaf Rapper... What? Yes I said a Deaf Rapper. He is pretty AMAZING too! Click on his name above to check out some of his videos. My students LOVE him and I love seeing them get up out of their seats and copy his signs and dance. <br />
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Matt Hamill is Deaf Wrestler. He recently had a movie made about his life. The movie is truly inspiring and a beautiful testament of trial and perseverance and working hard to achieve your goals. I watched this movie with my students this week (with a few mature audience edits ;)) I can't tell you how wonderful it was for them to see people on the screen signing and wearing hearing aids. They don't get to see role models on the screen as often as we would like. If you haven't seen it, I HIGHLY recommend it! </div>
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He can go to college and be inducted into the Hall of Fame. </div>
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Sheena McFeely is Mom to her Deaf family and the creator of ASL NOOK.</div>
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Sheena regularly uploads videos to her youtube channel with her adorable family. My students have never met or seen a deaf family and regularly ask me questions about why all the kids AND the parents know how to sign. It is both heartbreaking and eye-opening. </div>
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She can grow up to be an amazing parent that reaches out to help other parents of deaf children be successful communicators with their children. </div>
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You will recognize Sean Berdy from <a href="http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/switched-at-birth/cast/emmett-bledsoe" target="_blank">Switched At Birth</a>. I actually met him when he was in the 6th grade when I student taught at California School for the Deaf in Riverside. He was a super cute kid then, and my students and I have following his progress as an actor ever since. Sean has worked hard to be where he is today! I love that my students can see deaf actors. </div>
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We have spent A LOT of time working on our behavior. Back to School means practice, practice, practice! We have been reviewing and practicing our positive behavior. We used these poster cards to discuss appropriate and NOT appropriate things to say to our friends. We are working hard on a daily basis to replace NOT NICE things in our vocabulary with NICE things to say. Coming soon to my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Heather-Burgen" target="_blank">TPT</a> store.</div>
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This thing has saved my life this year! I am so in love with it, I can't even express my joy! LOL I had seen several of these floating around on FB and Pinterest, so I thought I'd try it out and I made one for myself. AND FRIENDS the MOST AMAZING things have happened! </div>
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I CAN FIND THINGS!!! I know where my keys are! I no longer have to search for the "ever escaping" post-it note pads...it makes it easy to clean up AND easy to find things. Now, I know some of you were born with an organized mind and you are thinking I'm crazy, but I WAS NOT born with the organization gene. I am FOREVER misplacing and searching for things. I feel like this is just the beginning and MAYBE one day, I too could be organized! </div>
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This was my first experiment with printing in poster size! It was a HUGE success! I think these came out SO CUTE! I had used the printing feature to make things smaller before, but never bigger.... GO Me, becoming a tech genius, one print job at a time!</div>
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I colleague and I have taken on a HUGE project this year. We have decided to start a ski-club for our elementary students. Our school is just one hour from the world famous Sun Valley Ski Resort. Also, since all of our students are deaf or blind (some have other challenges as well). they are eligible for free lessons from the people at <a href="http://www.highergroundsv.org/" target="_blank">Higher Ground</a>. Unfortunately, most of our students have been unable to take advantage of this opportunity. </div>
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My friend Jodie and I are very passionate about snowboarding and want to provide this opportunity for our students. We are planning two weekend trips for our students. This requires, transportation, food, lodging, equipment rental, and of course money. </div>
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In order to make this dream come true, we have started a <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/d00y1o" target="_blank">Go Fund Me</a> account. Please watch our video (because its AWESOME). We would love if you could share this with anyone you think would be interested in donating. </div>
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Well, I'm not going to lie. Back to school this year has officially kicked my hiney! WOW I am tired! I finally have a few moments of non-scheduled time to write this post. </div>
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As most of my readers know, I teach deaf and hard of hearing students. If you would have looked at my classroom in the past, there would have been very few observable traits that would have let you know this. Over the past few years I have searched high and low for classroom decor that used sign language. Aside from the alphabet, I have found next to nothing to choose from.</div>
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What is a teacher- blogger to do?? I made my own! AAAaaaand here it is! I think it turned out great!!!! I would love to hear what you think!<br />
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Just little sneak peek at my current Obsession with banners around my room!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this little sneak peek! I love it. My students are so excited to see the ASL signs up on the wall. It has definitely made the room more relevant to them. They frequently get up to go check a sign on a poster and share it with a friend or tell me about what they see. </div>
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<br />Mrs. Burgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14565958200850451248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179539200636371755.post-19421162750184384482014-08-18T21:47:00.000-07:002015-06-28T11:58:10.004-07:00My First Stitch FixI will admit to you. I HATE shopping. I dislike malls and I don't like to try on clothes. I don't really know why, maybe it's because I would prefer to spend my free time outside. I struggle with matching clothes in a store or picking out the right things that go together. As a result, I have spent most my life wearing jeans and t-shirts everyday. <br />
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Here's a look into my first fix</div>
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I opened the box and found this inviting set of clothes. It also came with a personal letter, my stylist Mary even included an item she saw on my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/mrsburgen/school-style/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> page.</div>
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The letter was accompanied by a style chart that shows how to completely outfit each piece. (for the style challenged, like myself, this is a beautiful bonus)</div>
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Okay, here's the dressing room. First, the jeans.</div>
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I'm pretty sure these jeans were made for ME! I typically have a very difficult time finding jeans and these fit perfectly! The length, the tightness, the color, everything is perfect. YESSSSS!</div>
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Next was this great top. I was excited to try it on because I loved the pattern and the style.</div>
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Womp womp womp.... unfortunately it did not fit.</div>
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Here's the deal ladies. Large breasts are not all they are cracked up to be. I've been carrying these things around since I was twelve and this has been a frequent problem. Sigh.</div>
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Then I fell in love. </div>
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You may recognize this cardigan from the top my my stitch fix bundle.</div>
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It was so beautiful, it was love at first sight, but then I put it on, and I think it gave me a hug!</div>
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I was a little hesitant because I'm pretty short and it seemed a little long, so I tried on with a skirt I had recently purchased and one of my new "back to school" blouses. </div>
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Now I need your help. I tried on this blouse and at first I thought, no... not for me. The material was a little rough and not soft and cozy like I typically choose. But then I looked at the pictures I took and thought... hey... maybe I should think outside the box a little. </div>
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Do you think you would like to give <a href="http://www.stitchfix.com/referral/3991816" target="_blank">Stitch Fix</a> a try? </div>
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I'm linking up with <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2014/08/teacher-week-who.html" target="_blank">Bloghoppin</a> this week for a little back to school fun.</div>
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Today you get to hear all about ME!</div>
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Let's start with the way, way, back. </div>
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I was born in Alberta, Canada. That's right, I'm from a little town in the </div>
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GREAT WHITE NORTH eh! </div>
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I am married to this AMAZING guy. We just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. He is so much fun and we have a really great life together. We live in Idaho together but here we are in this picture at Huntington Beach, CA near his childhood home. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vrPEBpWVYvU/U_JCjHTDaLI/AAAAAAAABec/1rMFiltOBMM/s1600/2014-06-08%2B15.09.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vrPEBpWVYvU/U_JCjHTDaLI/AAAAAAAABec/1rMFiltOBMM/s1600/2014-06-08%2B15.09.28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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My husband is an avid hunter. We hunt and fish for most of our recreational activities. Last year, I was lucky enough to kill an elk. This animal fed us for the entire winter. We ate elk for nearly every meal and it was delicious. I'm sorry if you are anti hunting, but for me it is the the most amazing experience to be out in the natural environment and provide food for my family. It is really fulfilling. </div>
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We don't have any children, but we do have these three fur babies.</div>
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Fancy is an English Pointer. She is 4 years old, and the sweetest lil thing!</div>
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Rocky is a German Short Hair. He is 13 years old. He has been with us since the beginning, he is stubborn and was once wild and energetic. Old age has definitely caught up with him and now he is mostly a really good sleeper. Lol </div>
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These teachers among many others, are VERY successful TPT sellers and bloggers. They have THOUSANDS of followers and are well known in the teaching community. </div>
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And of course the beautiful and talented <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Deanna Jump</span></a> </span>from Mrs. Jump's Class who is </div>
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Its hard to say where to begin, and I think the journey is different for everyone. I just wanted to share some of the things that helped me, some of my favorite clip artists, and just some tips and tricks.</div>
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Charity Preston is AHHH---mazing!!!! In this online, self-paced tutorial, Charity walks you through step by step how to do EVERYTHING connected to selling products online. Her videos are easy to follow, even for a complete technology newbie ( like I was). </div>
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Okay, this is my favorite section. I am going to share my FAVORITE clip artists. There are THOUSANDS of clip artists to choose from, so this list is just a small snippet of what's available. I buy all my clip art from TPT. I enjoy supporting other teachers and I like to earn the TPT credits by giving feedback, so that I can buy more products..... I may or may not be a clip art hoarder.....but..... well... moving on.... here they are, in no particular order.</div>
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I'M HEADED TO VEGAS TO JOIN IN ALL THE TEACHER FUN!</div>
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To celebrate, I have joined up with <a href="http://surfingtosuccess.blogspot.com/2014/07/vegas-sale-linky.html" target="_blank">Surfing to Success</a> for her Vegas Sale Linky Party.</div>
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THIS 50% until I return from VEGAS!<br />
Using the first 12 signs, these are replicated for seasonal practice for students. (all four seasons are represented)<br />
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Two of my best selling products are 50% off today. That's right! I am linking up with <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/2014/06/two-for-tuesday-2_24.html" target="_blank">The Teaching Tribune</a> for Two for Tuesday.<br />
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This week I chose two of my best seller products. In my Deaf Kindergarten class, we used these resources nearly every day. The students loved them and frequently requested these resources for center time. They are perfectly suited for Kindergarten or First Grade classes. They were created with ESL students in mind by providing picture support for all the included CVC words.<br />
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These awesome resources are normally $8.00 each but today (6/24/14) and today only you can grab them for just HALF PRICE. or Buy one Get one FREE. However you look at it, its a great deal!<br />
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Here are a few pictures of these packs in action. This is the Word Family Mega Pack.<br />
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I am linking up with <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/" target="_blank">The Teaching Tribune</a> for Monday Meet Up. Today we are revealing 3 Random facts about ourselves. Here's mine. Enjoy!<br />
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Remember to check in tomorrow for my 2 for Tuesday, when two of my TPT products will be on sale for <b>50% off!</b>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His name is Joshua Maynard. He came to our school when he was three. During his preschool years you could always find Josh walking the halls searching for colors. I know that he had other goals but seeking out those colors seemed to be a top priority.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Josh has always been honest, funny, sweet, caring and a little bit of a joker. He was easily frustrated but also easily entertained. He could make a teacher want to laugh and cry all at the same time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Joshua passed away on January 16, 2013. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Tuesday, he was not at school. Mom called to say he had a sore throat and he would be staying home that day. Well, it was January in the middle of flu season, so no big deal, I guess he would just miss a day or two and be back to school. Wednesday morning a co-worker let me know that the bus had passed an ambulance on the way to Josh's house, they couldn't wake him up....he wouldn't be at school today.........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As a teacher, I had gotten into a routine, the kids come to school, I teach them, they go home, they come back, I teach them more and the cycle continues. There are always bumps in the road; summer break,other vacations, students moving away, its just how teaching goes. I was not prepared to lose a student in the sense that Josh was lost. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was the purpose of Josh's life? What did Josh accomplish on his short Journey? Josh's life changed me. He changed the way I teach. He changed my passion for teaching</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Josh was extremely honest. He was chatty and sometimes rambled on about things that did not seem important. But, they WERE important to him. They were his whole world. They were the feelings that were in his heart. LISTEN.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Look your students in the eye, tell them they had a great day. Make sure they KNOW how much you truly care about their well-being inside and outside the classroom. Josh LOVED school. He was a bit of a social butterfly and made friends with the entire staff. His favorite people were the maintenance staff.(also our bus driving staff) I'm pretty sure he wanted to be a bus driver, or just the head of maintenance telling Mike how to fix the cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">School was hard for Josh. These darn colors. He just could not figure them out. (He was tested for color blindness and nope, that wasn't it) And why was everyone so obsessed with them anyways? But despite many challenges, Josh gave his all in everything he did. He gave his all at working, playing, crying.... what every he did, his WHOLE heart was in it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is our job to keep students engaged in learning. If you aren't having fun going to work everyday, chances are, they are not having fun coming to your class. Create an environment of love and acceptance where every child is willing to take a risk and try something new. Josh was a little hesitant in the taking risks department. He would start many tasks with "I can't". However, he would complete the given tasks, and nearly every time he would end with a smile and comment "Yeah, I'm pretty good at that."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5.<span style="color: red;">Life is short, Too short. Love every minute you have here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We don't know what each new day will bring. Make today count, you may not get another chance.</span><br />
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