Literacy Workshop 1: Should We Teach Phonics to Deaf Children?
Postponed to Monday 26 March 2007
Scottish Sensory Centre Working Party for Teachers of the Deaf who teach English
Mary Dowell
Working Party Why?
- SSC Ideas Sharing Session 4 October 2005
- Not re-inventing the wheel
- Unanimous agreement
Who is interested?
- Teachers of literacy in various contexts
eg; peripatetic, mainstream units, specialist schools - People prepared to share their own resources in an un-self-conscious way
- 'pure heart' notion
What could a Working Party provide?
- Consistent standards of resources
- Wealth of resources
- Progress in developing deaf-friendly materials that are not commercially available
Examples:
- "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"
Bi-lingual approach to teaching the novel
Donaldson's College 2006 - "Nelson Mandela"
Hodder and Stoughton, Livewire: Real Lives Series
under development - "Stormbreaker - THE GRAPHIC NOVEL" (Anthony Horowitz)
under development
Opportunities
Encourage networking and sharing of resources
- Keep each other aware
of new developments in IT and other relevant resources
eg; "Teaching Toolkit and Resource Pack: Raising Deaf Children's Achievements in Literacy"
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children - Word Wheels - bi-lingual grammar
programme
Kathryn Clark (author)
Opportunities
- Create a forum to share examples of goods practice in the work of deaf pupils
- Crossmarking
Confer on assessment issues
"Support Strategies for Candidates who use Sign in SQA exams"
What next?
Email me if interested
mary.dowell@turous.co.uk
Meet at Moray House (SSC can provide facilities)
Use SSC website for sharing information?