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Hi Val,<br>
I printed out the Goldilocks Level 1 for 3 of my Deaf students.
They are all young teenagers. They all thought well of the coloring
books and exercises. I have only been back to visit Allan since I gave
it to them. When I asked him about the Goldilocks book, he started
apologizing that he hadn't colored any of the pictures yet. So I asked
him if had done any of the exercises. He got it out for me and it
turns out that he had done all of them!!!!!!!!! All within a week!!! <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
He had it all nearly perfect except that he forgot to color in a
few arrow heads for the right hand and fill in a few hands that where
flat palm down horizontal hands. I have printed out the next Level of
Goldilocks for him to read I will give it to him soon.<br>
I am looking forward to what my other 2 students have done in their
workbooks.<br>
I have a suggestion in case you ever make another version of it. I
think that it would be nice to have a full page of the flat horizontal
hands (like the flat vertical hands) just before the "baby" sign or the
"walk" sign workbook pages.<br>
Another suggestion about the website, I think that such gems as the
4 Goldilocks should be put on their own with a short explanation you
gave Cherie about the different levels. There's so many good things on
your web site. Sometimes we don't take the time too look into some of
them until you point them out to us here on the sw-l.<br>
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Thanks again for all the beautiful work you and others have done.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Jonathan<br>
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Valerie Sutton wrote:
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type="cite">SignWriting List
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January 9, 2007
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Here are the links to downloading the three books for kids:
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Workbook SW Level 1
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0076-US-Goldilocks-Level1.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0076-US-Goldilocks-Level1.pdf</a>
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Storybook SW Level 2
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0077-US-Goldilocks-Level2.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0077-US-Goldilocks-Level2.pdf</a>
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ASL Picture Dictionary for kids
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0078-US-Pict-Dict-1.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0078-US-Pict-Dict-1.pdf</a>
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but I will try to print some for you today too...
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I look forward to getting more Level 1 workbooks with other story lines
other than Goldilocks someday, so let's talk about taking your Mother
Goose literature and creating workbooks for those stories too...in the
future...for Level 1...it is not that hard to do...just need some focus
time!
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and congrats once again for teaching SignWriting at the Georgia School
for the Deaf!
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Val ;-)
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
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January 9, 2007
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 6:14 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CWren@doe.k12.ga.us">CWren@doe.k12.ga.us</a> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Val, As you know, Donna and I will begin
teaching the kids this friday... would you recommend starting them with
handwriting symbols, since that is primarily what they will be doing at
first, or with the full symbols as done in the computer, since that is
what they will be reading primarily... Does my question make sense?
Should I do up a handwritten version of Hickory Dickory, for example,
rather than use the computer printed one, since they will not be using
the computer themselves right away? Which symbol set should they learn
first?
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My Goodness! You need the materials I developed for teaching children
in different Levels...
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No...do not start with Hickory Dickory Dock, which is beautifully
written, but is too advanced for beginning writers and especially
children...it is Level 3 or 4...that can be introduced after they have
completed a Workbook in Level 1...
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I was so hoping that you and Donna would join the Literacy Project and
ask for the materials and then I would print and send them to
you...that way you would have the Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 we developed for
children...
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But let me explain...
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We developed SignWriting Levels for teaching children...which we used
in the Albuquerque School system for years...
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Goldilocks at SignWriting Level 1 is a workbook and coloring book for
young children...the children learn specific symbols and write them in
rows, and color pictures and then write the signs for those
pictures...then we graduate them to Level 2, 3 and 4...later, after
they have completed writing the whole Workbook Level 1...they learn to
read simple writing, and then graduate to more complex writing, like
your marvelous stories, Cherie, which are at Level 3 and 4...
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You can download all four levels of writing and reading Goldilocks on
the web...
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All of your written literature, including Hickory Dickory Dock, can be
developed in 4 Levels too...but that takes some development time ;-)
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So today, Tuesday, I am going to print 10 workbooks for you, and send
them Express Mail to you...they may not make it by Friday...but we can
try!
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You can also download the PDF of Workbook 1 and print them out for your
kids yourself...Can you print in color at your school? Here is the link
for Workbook 1:
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Download & Print Workbook 1, at Level 1 for kids:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/thumbnails/00025.html">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/thumbnails/00025.html</a>
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On this web page, you will see documents 76, 77 and 78...all three are
used with young children...but number 76 is the Workbook Level 1...for
Hand-Printing basic symbols...
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Val ;-)
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