These are the slides from the Symposium presented at the IRA convention April 30, 2012. "Engaging Different Learners: Can't We Foster Inclusive Literacy?"

1. International Reading Association
Symposium
“Engaging Different Learners:
Can’t We Foster Inclusive Literacy?”
McCormick Place W 471B
Monday, April 30 3:00-4:45
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2. Scholastic author and educational researcher
Roger Essley ressley@aol.com
St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf faculty
Michele Gennaoui - LA coordinator
mgennaoui@sfdesales.org
Adina Schnall - Teacher
aschnall@sfdesales.org
Jessica Taborsky - Teacher
jtaborsky@sfdesales.org
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3. Visual Tools
Across
the Curriculum
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4. Social Studies
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6. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has
freedom in the history of our nation. nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have
of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for
to end the long night of their captivity. freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is
is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this
prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society situation can and will be changed.
and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
condition. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic rooted in the American dream.
wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these
signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice,
obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
"insufficient funds." I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are color of their skin but by the content of their character.
insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this I have a dream today!
check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black
time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate I have a dream today!
valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the
quick-sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall
reality for all of God's children. be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will
equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this
needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand
business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new
until the bright day of justice emerges. meaning: My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,
into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of From every mountainside, let freedom ring!
wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their But not only that:
freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
We cannot walk alone. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
We cannot turn back. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every
never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black
can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the
the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's words of the old Negro spiritual:
basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our Free at last! Free at last! 6
children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

7. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects
of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every
American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as
well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable rights" of "Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on
this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of
honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check,
a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
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9. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects
of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every
American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as
well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable rights" of "Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on
this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of
honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check,
a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
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12. Social Studies
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13. Assessment
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14. Science
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15. Science
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17. Fall 2010 Winter 2012
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18. State Test Prep
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20. New York State 5th Grade New York State 4th Grade
Social Studies test 2009 Science test 2010
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23. Reading
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24. Visual Reading Strategies
Video taped miscue analysis
RMA Retrospective Miscue
Analysis: Revaluing Readers
and Reading
Yetta Goodman and
Ann Marek
Kids watching themselves and
their partners reading,
and developed visual reading
strategies.
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25. Retrospective Miscue Analysis
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28. Idioms
• under the weather
• raining cats and dogs
• catching some z’s
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29. The class created:
visual reading strategy class list
visual reading strategy book for upper classes
visual reading strategy book for younger students
PowerPoint celebration
Invitation to other classes to make their own visual
reading strategies and add to the hall bulletin board
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30. before reading
tap your background knowledge
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31. during reading
use reading strategies
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32. during reading
use reading
strategies.
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34. expand expressive
describe the picture language
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37. Guided Reading Level A
One word per page
supported by the picture
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39. Shopping story by Jillian Cutting level A
Illustrations by Jan van der Voo
environmental print text
Shopping
Bread The bread.
Ice cream The ice cream.
Toothpaste The toothpaste.
Peas The peas.
Apples The apples.
Eggs The eggs.
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41. guided reading level F- first grade book
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42. Rosie’s Walk level F By Pat Hutchins
Rosie the hen went for a walk.
across the yard
around the pond
over the haystack
past the mill
through the fence
under the beehives
and got back in time for dinner.
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45. during reading
use reading
strategies.
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46. Use your
speech
Use your
phonics
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48. Does that
make sense?
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49. Reading strategy flow charts
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50. Use
American Sign Language
Features
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51. match characters facial expressions
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“word-calling”

52. move body for
dialogue
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54. Reading
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61. Name: __________________________ Date: ________________
Title: __________________________________________
Author: ___________________________
Characters: Place:
Summary:
_____________________________ _____________________________
Main Idea
_____________________________ _____________________________
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65. 4th grade read-aloud
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66. 5th grade group guided reading
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67. 5th grade partner guided reading
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68. Independent Reading
Guided Reading
Read Aloud
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69. Writing
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71. Writing
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77. Revising using technology
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81. 9/11 Project – 2010
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83. published with www.lulu.com 83

84. 9/11 Project – 2011
Chapter: Osama Bin Laden
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85. 9/11 Project – 2011
Chapter: Flight 93
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86. published with www.lulu.com 86

87. Questions…?
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88. SAM animation
Stop Action Motion animation
Melissa Pickering
Added modality to visual tools
Bridge from storyboards to
animation
Plug-and-play webcam
Use of classroom materials to take
photos that transform into movies
www.icreatetoeducate.com
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91. www.icreatetoeducate.com 91

92. book response for early language users
SAManimation book innovation
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93. www.icreatetoeducate.com 93

94. Math
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95. Math
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96. www.icreatetoeducate.com 96

97. Word Problems
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98. Word Problems
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99. www.icreatetoeducate.com 99

100. Place Value
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101. SAM Animation
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102. www.icreatetoeducate.com 102

103. Research
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104. Research Project
2010-2011
What is the Impact of Visual Tools on Formal
Expressive Language in Deaf Students?
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105. Before Drawing
“Line”
“Shade” 2x
“Sun moving”
After Drawing
“Name basketball”
“Blue”
“I’m warm”
“and”
“Then shade”
“Outside” 105

106. Before Drawing
“Face”
“Feel sad”
“Hot”
“Sweaty”
“Drip”
“High temperature”
“Sun shine- rays become
temperature higher 100”
After Drawing
“I write me sweat hot sun
shine and sweat fan not
and wet my head dripping
and hair wet sweaty.”
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107. Figure6. Devin’s Increases and Decreases in
Meaningful Utterances.
20%
Increase
Decrease
13%
No Difference
67%
Figure6. 67% of the time, Devin’s formal expressive
language increased after drawing. Only 13% of his
samples showed a decrease in the number of
meaningful utterances and 20% of his language samples
did not change in the number of meaningful utterances.
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108. Figure4. Alvin’s Increases and Decreases in
Meaningful Utterances
0%
7%
Increase
Decrease
No Difference
93%
Figure4. Alvin’s language samples showed an increase in
meaningful utterances 93% of the time. None of his language
samples decreased after he drew a picture of his thoughts. In
7% of his samples did Alvin express the same number of
meaningful utterances before and after drawing.
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109. Research
Figure7. Average Number of Utterances Prior to and Post Drawing
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7
6
5
4 Avg. prior to drawing
Avg. post drawing
3
2
1
0
Kenneth Layla Logan
Gunther Alvin Devin
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110. Pease contact us with any questions.
Roger Essley – ressley@aol.com
Michele Gennaoui – mgennaoui@sfdesales.org
Jessica Taborsky – jtaborsky@sfdesales.org
Adina Schnall – aschnall@gmail.com
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111. More Reading Strategies
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112. use fingerspelling
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113. match characters
“eye gaze”
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114. become the
characters
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115. use classifiers
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116. sign on the book
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117. chunk - 2 words = 1 sign
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118. multiple meaning words
pick one the one that makes sense
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119. Use English
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120. after reading:
retell
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121. Book Connections
Book to Book Connection
Civil War
Book to World
WAR
Civil war 1865 Afghanistan 2011 121

122. Genre
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123. Mystery
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