This issue of Odyssey highlights literacy as a family journey, focusing on the powerful impact of fingerspelling, shared reading, and guided writing. Through personal narratives and practical tips, families and educators learn how to nurture deaf children's language and literacy development at home and in the classroom.
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A research center driving innovation in how young deaf children learn to read—because early literacy can change everything.
A planning template middle and high school teachers use to decide, step by step, where ASL and where English lead each part of a lesson and how students show understanding.
A short walkthrough tool administrators use during 5 to 10 minute classroom visits to note how anchor charts, student-built reference posters, are made and used.