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ASL/English Language Planning
ASL Showcase – March 30
March 30, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. with ASL/Spanish interpreters provided. Free Admission. Students performing from Early Childhood Education, Elementary, and Middle School. View our photo gallery of last year’s successful ASL Showcase. Early Childhood Education and Elementary Department worked together to coordinate this event. We showed the beautiful language of ASL, and preserve its history [...]
Language Planning and AEBPD Trained Staff
Since the ASL/English Language Planning training kick-off in 2002 at CSDR, here is a cumulative list of all current CSDR staff trained through ASL/English Bilingual Professional Development (AEBPD) on campus, Language Planning Training for Administrators on campus, and/or Language Planning Institute one-week summer training at Gallaudet University. AEBPD (Level I-IV for one year) is a [...]
Movie Empowers Parents to Embrace ASL
“Through Your Child’s Eyes: American Sign Language” empowers parents to embrace the value and beauty of ASL for deaf children. To view the movie, go to this website: http://throughyourchildseyes.com and click on options for voice, subtitles, or Spanish. This movie is intended for all parents of newborn or young deaf children, to empower them to [...]
1960′s Videos of CSDR by Charles Erwin Marsh, Sr.
Video collection of student life at CSDR during the early 1960′s: Filmed by the father of alumni Charles Erwin Marsh, Jr. (’63). We thank Charles for sharing with us such prized video archives, giving us a glimpse of CSDR in the sixties: “My father (Charles Marsh, Sr.) had always been a photographer on both still and motion films for many years. He [...]
“Children of a Lesser God” and Deaf Actress Phyllis Frelich
Thirty years ago, the Broadway play “Children of a Lesser God” made a breakthrough in changing the world’s perspectives on Deaf people for the better. Deaf actress Phyllis Frelich won the Best Actress Tony Award for her role of “Sarah,” an intelligent and powerfully outspoken deaf woman who chose not use her voice to speak. [...]
New Writing Sentence Rubric
A “Sentence Rubric” was created by middle school English teachers during a Professional Learning Community (PLC) meeting, and then modified by the Curriculum Department. Kudos to our school’s PLC teamwork! Download CSDR Basic 4-Point Writing Sentence Rubric (Campus Intranet Access Only) Teachers use this teacher-developed basic rubric to score students’ written sentences, focusing on topic, sentence [...]
International Day of Sign Language Celebrated with Multicultural Flair!
The International Day of Sign Language was celebrated at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside with a multicultural flair last Friday, September 25, 2009. Students and staff in Early Childhood Education (ECE), Elementary School, and the Curriculum Department came to campus bedecked in black tops with blue ribbons in honor of sign language all [...]
Teachers Work Together to Grade Students’ Writing
Teachers and support staff met together, under the coordination of literacy specialist Erika Thompson, in early spring 2008 to grade the students’ school-wide prompted essays using a commonly adopted 4-point writing rubric, based on the 6+1 Traits. Students read the writing prompt and viewed the ASL version, both of which were posted on the Intranet [...]
HS English and Applied English Students’ Language Sample Prompts
The selected movie prompt for the end-of-year language sample is “She Knows” from the 2nd Annual PAWS Movie DVD. 12th graders who are graduating will be writing a letter to the next year’s group of seniors. For more information, teachers need to view the “Language Samples Prompts Required” page under “Language Arts – English Curriculum [...]
Differentiated Instruction and Sample Lesson Plans
Some of us attended the Inland Empire Reading Council workshop last night where the speaker, Dr. Robert Pritchard, spoke about differentiating instruction. I would be happy to share the handout with anyone who wants more information on this subject. One of the great resources he told us about is the website listed below. It provides [...]
ASL Rose Online Activities and Book with DVD
Try out the ASL/Deaf Studies online activities on the ASLRose website. The wish list described below certainly reflects our AEBPD “Star Schools†wishes, as well! Keep in mind that English development for Deaf children is equally important. This company specializes in ASL, an area that is still lacking in curriculum resources nationwide. In addition, the [...]
6+1 Traits Writing Rubrics and Scoring Together
Writing instruction, expectations, and assessment ideally revolve around a commonly-agreed upon rubric. The HS team has adopted the 6+1 Trait rubric, with free resources from the Northwestern Regional Education Lab. Electronic files of both the regular rubric and the beginner rubric can also now be accessed from CSDR Wiki. In addition, please check out this [...]
HS Applied English Language! Curriculum Standards Correlation
To get the CA standards correlation for the HS Applied English Language! textbooks, download the PDF file from CSDR Wiki under “Applied English” on the Language Arts page. You fill find only the ELA state standards Grade K-12 (mostly K-6) listed. The standards are organized by the book, so look at the first unit, then [...]
National Writing Contest for High School Students with Hearing Loss – NTID
Hot off the press! High school students with hearing loss in 10th or 11th grade can enter the third annual RIT SpiRIT Writing Contest, and compete for either $500 cash prizes or a summer camp scholarship to EYF. Read the rest of this story… Click for website. For contest guidelines, Click here. Submission deadline: March [...]
Website on Citations – MLA for HS
This website helps students do the proper citations using MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian. If a student (or a teacher) is not sure, s/he can fill out the information and they will output the proper citation. This is one great addition to our efforts to collect instructions and samples for using the MLA format that [...]
Essay Contest: Grades 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Creative Communication presents essay contests for students in California. Write 250 words on any non-fiction topic. Teachers with at least 5 students participating receive a free book, and schools with at least 15 submissions receive an award and qualify to apply for a $250 Language Arts scholarship. If students need help with a topic or [...]
Poetry Contests: Grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12
Creative Communication presents poetry contests for students in California. Teachers who send at least 5 poets receive a free book featuring their students’ poems. If our school sends at least 15 poets, we receive a Writing Achievement Award and qualify to apply for a $250 Language Arts Grant. For contest rules, visit this website at [...]
Gallaudet Natioinal Essay, Art, and ASL Contest: Theme—Yes, I Can!
Students Win Scholarship Money or Cash Awards! Gallaudet University and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center invite deaf and hard of hearing students 9-19 years old to participate in the annual Gallaudet National Essay, Art, and ASL Contest. The theme of the contest is “Yes, I Can!†Contest entrants will interpret the theme and [...]
English Language Development standards found on CDE website
To use toward writing SAPs for Applied English . . . the ELD standards can be found on the www.cde.ca.gov webpage (not on the server because CSDR didn’t add that yet). Go to CSDR Intranet> CDE Website> Curriculum & Instruction> Content Standards (K-12)> ELD Standards. You can also click here and go to the bottom [...]
Language Sample Movie Prompt for Upper Elementary
For the language sample collection in upper Elementary, teachers have expressed a preference for use of short nonverbal movies as they have done for many years. The good news is that our own purchased DVD copy of “The Ugly Duckling” ready for use! You may begin collecting your students’ language samples anytime during the month [...]
Language Sample Prompt for Lower Elementary/Kindergarten
For the language sample collection in lower Elementary/Kindergarten, the language sample prompt to be used will be the wordless books “One Frog Too Many” by Marcella Meyer. The story and drawings are very cute! You may begin collecting your students’ language samples anytime during the month of September and no later than that. You can [...]
Language Sample Movie Prompt for High School
For the beginning-of-the-year language samples done in September, high school students (in English and Applied English classes) view the CSDR-produced movie in ASL, “Three Chums”, from “2005 PAWS Movie Night” DVD. This comedy stars CSDR graduates Alex Aguirre, Jesse Brown, David Guzman, and Joey Weir, all of whom did a fantastic job creating much laughter [...]
Language Sample Movie Prompt for Middle School
For the beginning-of-year language samples done in September, middle school students (in English and English Foundations classes) view a short non-verbal movie “For the Birds” from the I-Tunes collection that is downloaded on the CSDR-owned I-Pod, and shown through the classroom LCD projector. “For the Birds” is a cute animated film about jealous birds fighting [...]
Middle School Don Johnston Supplemental Easy Novels
Below are the newly purchased Don Johnston books at the 1st-2nd grade levels. I don’t know yet if these titles have arrived, but they should anytime soon: Civil War, Continents, Early Settlers, Mark Twain, and Sports. The other titles we already have at the 3rd-4th grade levels are in the curriculum resource library: Black Beauty, [...]
Criterion Online Writing Starts Again
Criterion online writing accounts are in effect again. Accounts should be considered only for those students who can write approximately at or above the 4th grade level. After this period, please immediately contact Rene and Erika if there are duplicates, unused accounts (e.g. student quits, etc.), or any other problems. As a reminder, there is [...]
Welcome New Teachers
Warmest welcome to our new and returning teachers! Contact Melissa and Erika for Language Arts, Lisa for Alternate Curriculum, Rene for technology support, and Rick, our dedicated supervisor, for everything else. Have a great school year as a part of our family!
NEW HS SUPPLEMENTAL LEVELED BOOKS FOR ALL STUDENTS
Grade 9-12 High Interest/Low Leveled Library: This involves some graphic forms (like comics), some picture books with passages, some chapter books, etc. to be checked out as needed like you would for core HS novels.
NEW HS READING INTERVENTION – “SHINING STAR” (GR 3-8)
(Keeping Jamestown as supplemental). Levels Intro to C for Grades 9-12. Passages can be read in mixed order in the textbook. A variety of activities/approaches are given, and each unit comes with an introductory film to enrich background knowledge.