Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English/Language Arts

Give at least four reasons for the importance of providing clear visual images and messages, using various media and technologies, in teaching young deaf children English/Language Arts.   (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English/Language Arts and Reading; EC - 6th Grade)

Describe three activities you would use to teach a deaf preschool child the link between signed concepts and printed text.

Consider a young deaf child who has just been assessed, and who routinely signs two sign utterances, mainly consisting of N+V patterns. Identify at least 3 logical next step/instructional goals for this child’s language instruction.

Consider a student with normal intelligence that has a moderate hearing loss.

Look at the TEKS and select a language goal. State the TEKS goal, briefly describe 5 language skill-building activities for supporting that goal, and briefly explain how you would assess the child’s mastery of that goal.

Find a simple children’s poem or song that every child should “know.” Identify all the figures of speech in that poem/song.

The name and the full text of the poem or song, and the figures of speech you would have to pre-teach for the deaf child to “listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works.”

em or song that every child should “know.”

Identify all the figures of speech in that poem/song.

The name and the full text of the poem or song, and the figures of speech you would have to pre-teach for the deaf child to “listen responsively to stories and other texts read aloud, including selections from classic and contemporary works.”

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