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Using Resources in Classroom or at Home Ideas and Guides

Dr. Melissa Herzig !Education and ResearchTranslation Manager for VL2

Associate Director for PhD in Educational Neuroscience

ASL/English Bilingual

iPad Apps for children

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VL2 Storybook Apps !

The Baobab

The Blue Lobster

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Solar System

And, coming soon…!

The Little Airplane That Could

vl2storybookapps.com

VL2 Storybook Creator!Create your own bilingual & interactive apps

with this open source program

Opportunity for broad participation in programming &

app development

www.VL2StorybookCreator.com

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VL2 research foundations, design, !and reading principles!

“Watch” Mode

Full ASL Storytelling/ ASL LiteratureASL model

“Read” Mode

Content in Sentences / Page by Page

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“Learn” Mode

Vocabulary Building

Framework

VL2 Research Foundations! Design Principles! Reading Principles!

Early Exposure to Visual Language

Critical Period Hypothesis

Importance of Visual Sign Phonology

Captivating and colorful illustrations

ASL literature (storytelling)

Audio for vocabulary

Children-tested (focus groups)

Whole to Part Approach

Vocabulary learning and comprehension within context of whole story

The Making of The Baobab

Inspiration!

Audio !

Original Story!

Vocabulary!

User Experience !

Next plans!

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Using Apps in Class

Instructional Guide- Lesson PlansGuidelines for Reading Baobab

with studentsASL Development Bridging ASL-English LanguagesVocabulary Word Study

(7 lesson plans in all)

How do we encourage early readers to !make connections between the meaning to

the printed word? !

Whole-To-Part and Part-To-Whole Design

Use of high-quality illustrations to help with text

Fingerspelling for vocabulary words

Promotes vocabulary learning and comprehension WITHIN context of whole story

Focus on ASL

Role-shifting with dialogue

Role-shifting with the focus on eye-gaze

Using action verbs and adverbials

Describing, using locative classifiers

Using descriptive classifiers

The Baobab�

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Let’s Practice

Role-shifting with dialogue

Role-shifting with the focus on eye-gaze

Using action verbs and adverbials

Describing, using locative classifiers

Using descriptive classifiersThe Baobab�

Application to StandardsLanguage Arts Common Core Standards 3.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

  c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

The Baobab�

Find Action Verbs!

The Baobab, Page 3�

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The Baobab, Page 16�

And more...

Mini Lesson

sign the action verb very slow

sign the action verb very big

pick out an action verb

sign the action verb very fast

sign the action verb very small

About Adverbials

Why is facial expression important?

How did it help describe the verb?

Both speed and facial expressions helped change the meaning of the verbs.

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Action Verbs and Adverbials

Again, you can use the “The Baobab” to support your instructions.

Check out the facial expressions of the storyteller.

Pick 3 types of speed (slow, fast, reverse, normal, big, small) and create a story.

Focus on ASL & English

Writing Action verbs and adverbials in English

Use thesaurus to match up the concept in ASL

Discuss the degree of the word.

(high intensity to low intensity)

Pick 3 types of intensity (slow, fast, reverse, normal, big, small) and create a story.

Focus on word studyPast simple tenses and irregular action verbs

Drawing inferences from ASL signs and defining the word

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Focus on Reading

independent reading

extended activities

guided reading

shared reading

Focus on Reading

!Step 1: Introduce the story !

author, illustrator, picture walk, predictions

Step 2: View the story!

Full asl mode

Step 3: Discuss the story!

text to text, text to self, character sketch, plot, predictions

guided reading

Focus on Reading

Re-read the story

Teachable moments & extended activities

ASL developmentVocabulary Word StudyBridging ASL & English

Activities to support storyline, comprehension

shared reading

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Focus on Reading

Read silently

Read to their partner

independent reading

Visual Arts !

Play-acting

Watercolor

Science/Geography!

Research about the “Baobab”

Climate

Animals

Social Science !

Learn about the cultural significance of the tree in that country.

English/Language Arts!

Write a letter to the girl.

and more!

extended activities

More ASL/English Stories

E-BOOKS (itunes)

Pointy Three

Zoey Goes to the Dog Park

Signed Stories

Strollin’ With Little Baby Owen

DVDS

ASL Inside (Scholastic Books- Westwoods)

AMD- Accessible Media for Deaf

And more…

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android version. !

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Collaboration with RIT’s Center on Accessibility Technology Lab, led by Gary Behm & team.

Questions?

Artwork from “A Boy Who Cried Wolf”,

a VL2 Storybook App