Friend , News from the Statewide Outreach Center- Nov 2022

We have many opportunities for active engagement with peers and language during this cool season.

Teachers and parents will enjoy using our first storybook app, Texas Heroes, with their students and children. True to its’ Texas roots, the app includes Spanish vocabulary and some Mexican Sign Language. Get the link to download the app as you read on.

Additionally, we have a new ASL Storytelling video, Duck on a Bike. As always, voiceover, captions, and sign language are included. Students will love engaging with one another at one of these exciting, upcoming events.

You’ll not want to miss the SOC’s ASL Storytelling Holiday Party, or the fall Discovery Retreat, and back on a live stage: The Misfortunes of Charlie Chaplin. Read on for more details and start filling your social calendar.

Our First Storybook App

Learn about the history of the Texas Revolution from our first storybook app, Texas Heroes! The famous battle for Texas’ land began in October 1835 and lasted about six months. Learn about two prominent Texans who contributed to the revolution, Erastus “Deaf” Smith, and Emily West, and the major battles of the revolution. Use the app as a reading resource along with accompanying lesson plan, Texas Heroes: Emily West and Deaf Smith.

Know a Freshman or Sophomore who is interested in a career with animals? Submit and nominate them for Discovery Retreat.

Save the date for our annual ASL Storytelling Holiday Party, December 8, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Open to K-12 students in deaf education, their teachers and families. RSVP now !

New Content Alert: ASL Storytelling Library!

What is the ASL Storytelling Library? Well, check it out and see Each year, the SOC Online Resource team produces ASL storybook videos to support literacy and ASL language acquisition. Our first new release of the year is Duck on a Bike by David Shannon. Click on the video and start watching.

Laugh Along with Charlie Chaplin

Now back to the stage, Texas School for the Deaf's Performing Arts brings you "The Misfortunes of Charlie Chaplin". As a silent performance, it will be hard not to laugh out loud. Get tickets before they sell out. More information at TSD's Performing Arts program facebook page.

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