teaching the kids

Fri Jan 12 22:00:09 UTC 2007

You have every right to be flying high, Cherie and Donna -  
congratulations on getting this going!

how did the age 3 children do in comparison to the age 13? That is  
quite an age difference!

Val ;-)

On Jan 12, 2007, at 1:42 PM, CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:

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> We had the whole elementary school, ages 3 to 13-ish, I think.   
> Preschool to 5th grade  We'll start them on writing next week...   
> I'm still flying high!
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> Cherie Wren
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> Cherie,
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> of course - they are in a ASL immersion education! :-)
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> how old are they, if you dont mind me asking?
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> Shane
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> On 12/01/07, CWren at doe.k12.ga.us <CWren at doe.k12.ga.us> wrote:
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> OMG!!!  These kids picked up SW like it was candy.  At the end of a  
> one hour lesson, I could write just about any sign on the board and  
> they could figure it out.  Today was just supposed to be an  
> introduction, but we went farther than we had planned because they  
> just soaked it in.  Luckily I had next weeks materials ready!  I am  
> so impressed I don't know what to say!  They were all interested  
> and paid attention well (for elementary students, smile)  They were  
> hollering out (in sign) words for me to write...  It was amazing!   
> Toward the end, when they hollered out a sign, I would say "where  
> (on the body) is it?" and they would tell me if I needed a shoulder  
> line or a face circle.   Then I would say what handshape, and they  
> would show me, then I would ask how does it move, and they would  
> show me....  They were all just as excited as they could be.  So am I!
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> cherie
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> Cherie Wren
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> The box is here, on my desk.  I have a whole hour to peruse the  
> stuff before we start!  ::grin::
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> cherie
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> Cherie Wren
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> January 11, 2007
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> Cherie -
> now I must know...did you get the box today that I sent you Fed-Ex
> yesterday to the Georgia School for the Deaf? please answer as I
> would feel sad if it didn't arrive ;-) I also need to get on Fed-Ex's
> case about it...so please answer this...
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> Regarding Stefan's book...
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> Stefan has been so busy doing that translation from German to
> English, and I have the documents now, and it is my job to read it
> through and then get Stefan's approval of my editing, and then we
> will talk with his publisher, Birgit, as to how we can distribute the
> English translation...
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> So that particular English translation is not ready yet, but it is
> coming...
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> meanwhile you can read about the book on these web pages:
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> http://www.signwriting.org/germany/germany.html
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> http://www.suttonshop.com/ecommerce/pages/products_sw_detail.jsp? 
> id=54.0
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> It was never online before...you must be thinking of other German
> documents...
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> Val ;-)
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> PS. I believe I will need to cancel the course on video transcription
> in February to finish the translation of Stefan's book into English,
> plus finish SignBank...
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> On Jan 11, 2007, at 3:43 PM, Cherie Wren wrote:
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> > Speaking of that!  There was a link to the English translation of
> > the German book somewhere... but I can't find it now.  Is that
> > still available online?
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> > Thanks,
> > cherie
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> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:12:28 PM
> > Subject: [sw-l] German translation of SignText manual ;-)
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> > SignWriting List
> > January 11, 2007
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> > THANK YOU, Stefan, for your German translation of the SignText
> > Manual!!
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> > You can download Stefan's translation here:
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> > SignText Manual in German
> > http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs5/sw0469-DE-SignText- 
> Handbuch-
> > Deutsch.pdf
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> > I still have to create the web page with the links in the SignText
> > area but at least the wonderful document is on the web!!
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> > Val ;-)
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