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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Jun 9, 1999 11:34 pm Subject: Re: SWPL - Advanced Materials | |
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Kathy Akehurst wrote: >The children have been able (for the most part) to read the story with ease >(filling in the bits they didn't understand by continuing on and then >'figuring out' what the previous parts had been - as with learning to read >English as we have discussed on this list...) and they did not find it >difficult to have the SW smaller as their comprehension increases. The >youngest ones still write really big but that's perfectly normal, of course. >It's just been fascinating to watch this all unfold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a great report - I am so excited about this last paragraph - the fact that your young students are reading at smaller sizes - wow. I am smiling. Have they learned any spoken language from this, do you think? What do you think the children are gaining from learning to read advanced-level SignWriting? Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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