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Enrichment program focuses on deaf students
By Sherry Wachtler, Recorder Staff Writer
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| Interpreter Anna Waters, left, and Michael Shank of Bellevue hold a water balloon launcher while Alyssa Goeden helps Jorden Evans stretch the loaded launcher as far as it will go. They were concluding the day with a little fun at the Metro Regional Summer Enrichment Program for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Karen Western Elementary School. Photo by Elizabeth Brown. |
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Students from eight counties representing school districts in Bellevue, Papillion, Ralston, La Vista, Gretna, Plattsmouth, Fremont, Blair, Tekamah-Herman, Omaha and Westside were bussed to Karen Western, 6224 H St., for enrichment math and language development activities June 1 through 19.
Groups of three teachers – a deaf and hard-of-hearing teacher, a general education teacher (or speech pathologist) and a sign language interpreter – worked in triads teaching a skills such as fractions to each of the 55 children in attendance, said Diane Meyer, who directs the program.
Two high school volunteers, Michael Shank of Bellevue, who attends Ralston High School, and Vickie Hoyer, a Burke High student, earned community service hours.
“The triads focus on teaching skills that are age appropriate for the child,” she said.
For example, kindergartners can learn about cutting an apple in two pieces as part of their work with fractions, Meyer explained. Older children learn fractions and their coordinating decimals.
Classes begin at 8:45 a.m. and end at 2 p.m.
Children in kindergarten through eighth grade focus on math skills; those in pre-kindergarten concentrate on language development.
“We also infuse story problem into each group,” she said. “Many times kids can do it, but they can’t tell you the words, so we focus on developing both math skills and the vocabulary that goes with it.”
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