Teacher to Teacher

Teacher το Teacher Lloyd Andersen Editor, Teacher to Teacher The descriptions that follow represent a variety of instructional resources and techniques that have been used successfully in educational programs serving the hearing impaired and have been recommended by the users. For purposes of sharing this information with other professionals , educators throughout the country are encouraged to write in. The instructions for submission of information follow the reviews. Human Birth Super 8mm Filmloop 4 minute; color; silent; 1967; $31.00 Subject: Social hygiene Age range of students who used the materials: 1519 Educational achievement range of students who used the materials: 2-12 Observes delivery, showing the breaking of water, muscular contractions, and the mother's aid in the rhythmical process. Points out the umbilical cord and the bluish color of the baby's face. Ends with the presentation of the baby to the mother. From the Human Reproduction and Birth series. "If you want a resource available that shows a live birth, this is very inexpensive in comparison to 16mm film or videotape. It is also brief." —Carol Hack, Media Specialist, Illinois School for the Deaf "The live birth film is nonverbal, pictorial yet nonfrightening. The entire series is useful and sequential." —David Adams, High School Teacher, Illinois School for the Deaf "The beauty of this type of film is in its size and length. This presentation helps the type of class that needs a visual which is brief, concise, and yet realistic. This film holds the students' attention while not giving any individual a traumatic experience while viewing the process of birth." —Kathy Aubry, High School Teacher, Illinois School for the Deaf For more information contact BFA Educational Media, 468 Park Ave., South, New York, NY 10016. This information was submitted by Carol Hack, Media Specialist, Illinois School for the Deaf, Jacksonville , Illinois. Project Achievement: Reading Text Soft Cover: $4.95 Subject: Reading Age range of students who used the materials: 1418 Educational achievement range of students who used the materials: 1.5-3.5 g.e. Excellent instructional level material as well as independent, structured reading material for some. Expands and develops cognitive/linguistic structures and the teacher can easily introduce reference materials to increase this even more. "Students like it. It fits in well with Spache Diagnostic Reading Test. I like it very much." —Nancy A. Tenure For more information contact Scholastic Books, 904 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. 77ns information was submitted by Nancy A. Tenure , Clean/ School for the Deaf, Riverhead, New York. Alpha/Word Attack Hardware Computer/word machine Subject: Language arts Age range of students who used the materials: 712 Educational achievement range of students who used the materials: K-6 The Centurion Alpha Word Attack presents students with word challenging exercises in prefixes , suffixes, word endings, and other language structures. "Students love the challenge and the up-todate technology." —John W. Russell For more information contact Centurion, 1529 Hertel Ave., Buffalo, NY 14216. This information was submitted by John W. Russell , Media Director, St. Mary's School for the Deaf, Buffalo, New York. STEP Plastic Boards and Letters Subjects: Letter and number recognition, language arts Age range of students who used the materials: 312 Educational achievement range of students who used the materials: Primary-6 A.A.O. I August 1983 447 Teacher to Teacher The letters fit into the board slots and present letter/number placement and recognition for students. "These plastic boards and letters are great for individual and small group work." —John W. Russell For more information contact Step, Inc., P.O. Box 887, Mukilteo, WA 98275. This information was submitted by John W. Russell , Media Director, St. Mary's School for the Deaf, Buffalo, New York. Independent Reading, K-3 Reference Book Author: Helen Elizabeth Williams Paperback; $17.25 Subject: Reading This book is useful to librarians and teachers involved in book selection or the preparation of lists of readable materials for poor readers. It is a bibliography of 1,274 in-print books of interest to lower elementary-grade children reading on or below grade level. Information given for each entry includes full bibliographic data, binding, price, Spache reading level, and a 20 to 50 word annotation...