Signacy | Instructional Design in Composition
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Classroom Organization and Time Management Teachers need to create a vital signing environment, planning activities and instructional time to build a confident, motivated learning community for signing skills. Assessments for Instruction Regularly assessing students’ signing skills and offering feedback, guides both students and teachers in whole class and small group […]
Signacy | Foundation Skills in Composition
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Concepts of Sign Explicitly demonstrating sign language features, such as sign production, classifier use and explaining organization of signs, is vital for language and literacy introduction. Kinesic Awareness Students need to be taught that the words they sign and fingerspell can be broken into parts based on kinesics. This awareness […]
Literacy | Instructional Design
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Classroom Organization and Time Management Teachers build a productive learning community by preparing engaging reading activities and allocating instructional time for students to feel confident and motivated to learn reading skills. Assessments for Instruction Regularly assessing students’ reading skills and offering feedback guides both students and teachers in whole class […]
Literacy | Experience
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Structures and Genres Analyzing fiction and nonfiction texts enhances students’ grasp of purpose, audience, and message. Teachers need to offer authentic writing opportunities and instruction. Comprehension Strategies Students must use problem-solving skills to recognize and address gaps in understanding when reading text. Teachers need to model and encourage effective reading […]
Literacy | Foundation Skills
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Concepts of Print Explicitly demonstrating written language features, such as how letters and words are used and explaining text organization, is vital for language and literacy introduction. Orthographic Awareness Students need to be taught that the words they read can be broken into parts, known as morphemes. This awareness plays […]
Literacy | Whole Child
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Motivation for Language Learning Interactive reading activities, such as book clubs, author visits, reading challenges, storytelling sessions, and interactive book-themed games, highlight the value and joy of reading. Language Use Understanding language in print is fundamental to developing reading skills. Teachers must intentionally create time and space for reading different […]
Oracy | Whole Child
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Motivation for Language Learning Interactive lipreading/listening activities, such as lipreading games, audio stories, role playing, and debates, highlight the value and joy of lipreading/listening. Language Use Understanding and using spoken language is fundamental to developing auditory listening and/or lipreading skills. Teachers need to intentionally create time and space for students […]
Oracy | Foundation Skills
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Concepts of Spoken Word Explicitly demonstrating spoken language features, such as lip movements and voices, and explaining speech organization is vital for language and literacy introduction. Phonological Awareness Students need to be taught that the words they read can be broken into parts, known as morphemes. This awareness plays an […]
Oracy | Experience
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Listening Structures & Genres Analyzing fiction and nonfiction audio/verbal productions enhances students’ grasp of purpose, audience, and message. Teachers need to offer authentic mouthing/speaking opportunities and instruction. Comprehension Strategies Students must use problem-solving skills to recognize and address gaps in understanding when lipreading/listening spoken language. Teachers need to model and […]
Oracy | Instructional Design
SIGNACY | Literacy | ORACY Classroom Organization and Time Management Teachers need to build a productive learning community by preparing engaging lipreading/listening activities and allocating instructional time for students to feel confident and motivated to learn lipreading/listening skills. Assessments for Instruction Regularly assessing students’ lipreading/listening skills and offering feedback guides both students and teachers in […]
