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Adalea Hernandez learns from high school student Leonardo Torres who reads aloud to her
Reading is more fun with Juan Torres, an older peer
Elementary Special Needs class welcomed Mrs. Jeannette Zarembka’s high school class for a special lesson. Under the direction of the older students, the children experienced
Elementar y Spelling Bee
books through ASL storytelling and learned how to spell their names creatively with handshapes. The main roles in sign language were the focus: hand forms, arm movement, head movement, facial expressions, and body shifts. Zarembka’s class helped the younger students enhance their communication skills and increase their vocabulary. In exchange, the older students learned to scaffold the Special Needs students’ expressive language. Thank you to students Raul Alcocer, Claudia Atkinson, Ian Vasquez, Edith Alcocer, Leonardo Torres, Angel Aguilar-Calderon, Alliette Merino, Jahnait Verdin, and Juan Torres. They did an amazing job and our students loved them! Elementary
Congratulations to the Spelling Bee winners: Nathaniel Humpal (1st), Jacob Weiss (2nd), and Elijah Andrade (3rd)
Special Needs students had a great time with the high school class and their sign language skills have noticeably improved! ASL rocks! ~ Tanya Polstra and Carmen Croasmun, Elementary Special Needs
Raul Alcocer adjusts signing to be understood
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Janae Blakley is prepared to spell „prescription‟ at the Spelling Bee Semi-Finals
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