The adult reads and responds to the journals regularly. Both the student and adult monitor individual development and progress. Leading from Behind By Kathleena M. Whitesell Students work on a project over several days. Students dictate a story or experience and the adult translates the student's expression into written English. The adult uses that text for reading instruction.
Students work as in individuals or in groups.
Much attention has been paid to innovative projects like the Shared Reading Project and the products related to literacy that have been developed at Clerc Center. The authors in this special issue, selected their favorite reading material for individuals that are establishing full literacy programs in their classrooms and schools. The Web offers a wealth of resources for individuals seeking information about literacy. The following Web sites are highly recommended by Barbara Leutke-Stahlman, PhD, director of Deaf Education in the School of Allied Health, and Diane Nielsen, reading professor in the Department of Learning and Teaching in the College of Education, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kansas. Copyright 1999, All rights reserved Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Gallaudet University 800 Florida Ave.