I really really enjoyed last nights class. I was so focused all night because I was just so interested in it all. Growing up, I had a lot of reading problems so I understand a little bit about the difficulties in reading. While listening, I wondered if maybe a few of the methods would of been used on me then I may not of had so much trouble from the start. I really enjoyed learning about all of the different methods. I feel like if maybe my children have reading difficulties maybe I could use some of the methods on them and maybe the problem could be avoided.
I also loved how Cathy went about showing the different methods. I don't know if she could of done it better. It was a perfect way to teach in my opinion.
These strategies can be adapted to be used with hearing children even when ASL is not used. Think about how they are using ASL and the benefit it brings of CONCEPTUAL LANGUAGE, concepts, pictures and "showing the meaning" in a different way to build comprehension. How can this be done for hearing children in other ways.
ReplyDeleteStephani, you are exactly right. So many of these strategies can be used by ALL teachers in a variety of ways to work with students who struggle in their reading.