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Dawn Colvin Date: Fri Dec 4, 1998 5:09 am Subject: about me | ||||||||
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Hello, It was mentioned to me that I should introduce myself to the list, so here goes. My name is Dawn. I am currently teaching a Kindergarten self-contained class. I have a couple of students that are mainstreamed 1 hour a day in the afternoon and should be moving on to 1/2 day mainstreamed. Oh, my kids are all-day kindergarten. This is my second year of teaching, last year I taught 2nd grade co-enrollment. Co-enrollment is where there are 2 teachers that sign for themselves, 1 reg ed teacher and 1 teacher of the Deaf. All of the students either already know sign language or are learning and must continue to show an interest to continue in the co-enrollment setting. I have 2 BS degrees, one in Speech Pathology and one in Deaf Education. I also have an Associates degree in interpreting, all of which I recieved from Oklahoma. I currently teach in Las Vegas, NV. I was very curious when I found the information on SignWriting. I had never heard of it before 2 days ago. I am looking forward to getting my information in the mail. I copied a page from the site and took it to school. Some of the other teachers and aides have heard of SignWriting but have never looked into it. At first I wasn't too sure, because I was having trouble reading the signs. After I looked over the site and the page I copied... I found that it really isn't that difficult at all. We are all actually looking forward to reviewing the information that I will be getting in the mail. I am not sure exactly what else I should say... so guess that is it. I am really excited to see how this could work with our deaf students. Most all of them have problems with english grammar, due to the fact that they sign, and most have parents that speak another language and write another language at home. So they have more than one thing going on with their language. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Dawn | ||||||||
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