A Funny- "The Night Before Christmas"

This is one of my favorite ASL Performers, Keith Wann.  He is an ASL comedian.  No matter if you know sign language or not, you will enjoy watching Keith Wann tell the story of "The Night Before Christmas". 

Also, Parents-- for information on how to make your child's Christmas special this year, please view my "Parents Page".

Christmas Story

Christmas time is quickly approaching!!!  It's my favorite time of year.  Here is a Christmas Story in ASL, performed by the WKU ASL 2 class from 2009.  Enjoy!

Signing with Santa was a huge success!  Kids and adults alike had so much fun skating, eating pizza, socializing with each other and most of all getting to visit with Santa.  Here are the Deaf Ed teachers from Barren Co., Warren Co. and Glasgow talking with Santa.  Our wish lists are long... so Santa we hope you can come through for us! :)  

It was a great way to kick-off the Christmas season.  Thank you WKU-ASLO!

Telling Time

We will be learning about time: telling time to the minute and elapsed time.  Here are a few websites that will help your child with these skills.

Telling Time to the Minute

What Time Will it be?- Elapsed Time

The Right Time

Bedtime Bandits

Matching Time

Telling Time Activities

Regional Deaf Spelling Bee

There will be a Regional Deaf Spelling Bee for all Hard of Hearing and Deaf students, on December 8th in Bowling Green.  Our 3rd grade and 6th grade students will be representing our district in the spelling competition.  We have already begun to study and practice for the bee. The students are excited about spelling and about seeing other Deaf and Hard of hearing students. 
To view the signs connected with the 3rd and 4th grade spelling bee, go to: http://www.schooltube.com/video/574914ea6913c2c2e51d/Spelling-Bee-Lists-34 to watch the video for the signs. 
For 5th and 6th grade signs, go to: http://www.schooltube.com/video/651c36e2c960157a2f7b/Spelling%20Bee%20Lists%20Grades%205-6

Mrs. Brooks' 3rd Grade RTI

Reading RTI-  Students are reviewing Main Idea within a passage.  To help students identify the main idea while reading, we have been focusing on making mental pictures while reading.  This seems to help students comprehend what they are reading and help them find the Main Idea.

Math RTI- Students are reviewing Subtraction.  We have discussed the many different ways to solve subtraction problems (counting up, counting backwards, using fingers, drawing dots, etc.) and are relating subtraction to real life by discussing shopping for Christmas presents.  Students are having fun relating subtraction to real life and are remembering the steps better. 

The Three Little Pigs

We recently had a unit on The Three Little Pigs.  We read several versions of the story and compared and contrasted them using different graphic organizers.  We also talked about the different types of materials that the pigs used to build their houses.  We had a great time learning about it and doing different activities associated with the story.  Here is one of the students sharing her version of The Three Little Pigs.

2nd Grade Spelling Test - Feb. 5, 2011

1.  her
2.  person

3.  dirt

4.  skirt

5.  nurse

6.  turtle

Fostering Healthy Self Esteem in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Fostering Healthy Self Esteem in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

View more presentations from loganbrooks.

Parent Meeting Rescheduled!

The "Parents of Children with Hearing Losses" meeting scheduled for January 20th, has been canceled and rescheduled for Thursday, February 3rd.  The time and place is the same. 

Happy New Year!

It's a new year, and we are super excited to be back in school!  The focus for the new year is going to be ASL stories and ASL poetry. 

ASL story-telling is very special for the Deaf culture.  In our American traditions, we have stories that we pass on to-generation-to-generation.  In the Deaf culture, they not only pass on certain stories, but the tradition of telling stories through ASL is a tradition that they hold dear to them.  Often they share stories through poems, such as ABC poems, handshape poems and just through storytelling. 

This year, we hope to post some of our ASL stories, but I also want to ask that you view some ASL poems that other signers have done on the internet, like by searching ASL poetry or ASL stories on http://www.youtube.com/.