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Analyzing Syntax & Semantics Workbook
$24.95
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V. A. Heidinger - Accompanies text, this text/workbook combination gives students both the theory and practice they need to understand the complex structure of language and the meaning of words within a given structure. Features the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) approach. This method used student performance objectives, practice, feedback, individualization of pace, and repeatable testing as instructional strategies. (288 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11")
 

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Black Cats & Witches Hats
$15.95
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Especially helpful for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, this colorful Halloween software program has been designed to enhance vocabulary for children 1st - 4th grade level. Children will love matching pictures and playing games that reinforce learning. Includes fifteen lessons in level of difficulty plus a colorful photo gallery of pictures to print, enlarge, use as flashcards, or make a dictionary. (Windows)
Note: Software non-returnable
 

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Computer Game Maker
$39.95
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2002 Edition!
Now with THREE choices of backgrounds for the games you customize! Dynamic authoring software allows the user to determine content and pictures for four classic fun computer games! Automatically programs YOUR questions and answers into four fun computer games: Paired Squares, Match-Mate, Pop Quiz and Spin-Meister.

Software is Non-Returnable
 

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Johnny Rock's Christmas
$15.95
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Fun Holiday Vocabulary and Language Building Software!
Early learners match pictures of Santa, reindeer, and elves to similar pictures. Young readers match pictures to words such as toys, elf, lights, etc. More advanced readers practice with adjectives/adverbs: eager, upside-down; -ing verbs: flying, sewing, crying; even includes passive voice!
Note: Software is non-returnable.
 

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Bear Loose In The Studio - Prepositions (VHS)
$34.95 $24.47
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Rainbow's End
Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of five...
 

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Dr. Plural's Ark - Plurals (VHS)
$34.95 $24.47
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Rainbow's End
Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of five...
 

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Humpty Dumpty's Trial - Word Classifications (VHS)
$34.95 $24.47
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Rainbow's End
Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of five...
 

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Most Active Dance Contest - Action Verb (VHS)
$34.95 $24.47
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Rainbow's End
Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of...
 

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The Not-So-Cowardly Lion - Adverbs (VHS)
$34.95 $24.47
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Rainbow's End
Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of five...
 

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Pot of Gold: A Resource Guide For Rainbow's End
$7.95
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This 48-page workbook contains special activities and exercises to accompany each Rainbow's End videotape.
(48 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11")
 

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Rainbow's End Set
$179.95 $125.97
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Ideal for parents, teachers, family members, or anyone who has contact with a deaf child. This series consists of five...
 

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Signing For Reading Success
$6.95
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J. Hafer & R. Wilson - This booklet was prepared for teachers of hearing children to help them use signing in reading, spelling,and written language skills. Simple concepts and clear illustrations provide teachers with sign language basics and proven techniques for incorporating sign into the classroom. (18 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11")
 

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STEP - Verbs: Past, Present, and Future
$9.50
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Structured Tasks for English Practice (STEP Series)
Designed specifically for language-delayed teenagers and adults, each of the STEP workbooks can be used independently or as part of the series. Sentences, stories, and illustrations are high-interest. Workbook exercises are self-instructional and work equally well in a classroom setting or in an independent study program. Developed by Gallaudet College Press for third-to-fourth grade reading level. (96 pgs, softcover, 8-1/2" x 11")

Note: Only Verbs: Past, Present, & Future is available for purchase.
 

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THAT Vocabulary Game Show
$15.95
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Introduces the older deaf and hard of hearing children and those with similar auditory challenges to the printed words they're eager to know! Exciting game show motif gives students from upper elementary through secondary levels the feeling of age appropriateness and success! Fifteen fun-filled categories in these intuitive software games provide practice in word recognition and vocabulary building.
System Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/XP
Note: Software is Non-Returnable
 

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THAT Volume 1: Subject-Verb Agreement
$15.95
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Computer game designed especially for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and ESL students age 12 to adult. Fifteen lessons and four games provide interaction and reinforcement through visual input of subject-verb agreement of the English language. (IBM DOS running under Windows)
Note: Software non-returnable
 

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THAT Volume 2: Passive Voice
$15.95
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Computer game especially designed for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and ESL students age 12 to adult. Fifteen lessons and four games provide interaction and reinforcement using visual input of Passive voice in the English language. (IBM DOS running under Windows)
Note: Software non-returnable
 

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THAT Volume 3: Prefixes/Suffixes
$15.95
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Computer game especially developed for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and ESL students age 12 to adult. Fifteen lessons and four games provide interaction and reinforcement through visual imput of Prefixes and Suffixes in the English language. (IBM DOS running under Windows)
Note: Software non-returnable
 

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THAT Volume 4: Progressive Tense
$15.95
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Computer game designed especially for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and ESL students age 12 to adult. Fifteen lessons and four games provide interaction and reinforcement using visual input of Progressive Tense(ing) in the English language. (IBM DOS running under windows)
Note: Software non-returnable
 

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Vegetable Friends Volume 1 Pre-Reading
$15.95
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Children from preschool to 1st grade will love matching pictures of Charles Broccoli and his friends or finding letters, colors, and numbers that match. Four computer games provide practice of classroom concepts and help children feel successful, confident, and motivated.

System Requirements:
  • IBM PC-compatible with Windows, Win 95 or Win 98 (will also run on Macintosh computers that have been configured for IBM programs).


  • Note: Software is not returnable
     

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    Vegetable Friends Volume 2: Reading & Vocabulary
    $15.95
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    Computer fun for the beginning reader (approximately age 7-9). You will smile as you watch your child or student select the picture of Ollie Onion and find the word "onion" or pick "yellow vegetable" for the picture of Corny on the Cob. Four classic computer games that children love and fifteen lessons progressing in level of difficulty make learning fun.

    System Requirements:
  • Windows 95/98/ME/XP


  • NOTE: Software is Non-Returnable
     

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    Vegetable Friends Volume 3: Reading, Vocabulary, and Trivia
    $15.95
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    Reinforcement of vocabulary and word recognition skills from Volume 2, plus descriptive phrases such as "an orange vegetable" provide learning practice for ages 8 and up. Players can build a sentence or play games. Fifteen lessons in varying levels of difficulty, strengthen skills and make learning fun and challenging.

    System Requirements:
  • Windows 95/98/ME/XP


  • NOTE: Software is Non-Returnable
     

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    Magnificent Me
    $30.00
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    Read and Feed Teacher-Friendly Thematic Units
    B. Klingborn & A. Cardinalli - These resources are thematic units, designed for those who are deaf or hard of hearing to incorporate language, math, social science and science and other curriculum skills into the study of interesting subjects. Written by teachers, the lessons provide unique opportunities to implement each of these elements. Students will be involved in several creative exercises, which the text outlines for the teacher in a cookbook fashion. Each lesson coordinates with reproducible templates and worksheets, which are included (either within the book or on an enclosed CD) for teacher output.

    Magnificent Me Lessons include: Me, Who?, The One and Only Me!, My Body, My Family, and Word Games (CD, Text: 152 pgs, softcover, spiral bound, 8-1/2" x 11")
     

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    Sensational Sea Life
    $30.00
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    Read and Feed Teacher-Friendly Thematic Units
    B. Klingborn & A. Cardinalli - These resources are thematic units, designed for those who are deaf or hard of hearing to incorporate language, math, social science and science and other curriculum skills into the study of interesting subjects. Written by teachers, the lessons provide unique opportunities to implement each of these elements. Students will be involved in several creative exercises, which the text outlines for the teacher in a cookbook fashion. Each lesson coordinates with reproducible templates and worksheets, which are included (either within the book or on an enclosed CD) for teacher output.

    Sensational Sea Life Lessons include: General Sea Life, Whale, Turtles and Tortoises, Starfish, Octopuses, Seahorses and Sea Life Word Games. (CD, Text: 126 pgs, softcover, spiral bound, 8-1/2" x 11")
     

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    Amazing Ants
    $24.00
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    Read and Feed Teacher-Friendly Thematic Units
    B. Klingborn & A. Cardinalli - These resources are thematic units, designed for those who are deaf or hard of hearing to incorporate language, math, social science and science and other curriculum skills into the study of interesting subjects. Written by teachers, the lessons provide unique opportunities to implement each of these elements. Students will be involved in several creative exercises, which the text outlines for the teacher in a cookbook fashion. Each lesson coordinates with reproducible templates and worksheets, which are included (either within the book or on an enclosed CD) for teacher output.

    Amazing Ants Lessons include: Billions of Bugs, Build an Ant Farm, Ant Bodies, My Ant Book, Edible Ants, Ant Cities, Ant Life Cycle, Marching Ants, Ant Adjectives, Ants on the Run, What We Learned About Ants and many more! (118pgs, softcover, spiral bound, 8-1/2" x 11")
     

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    Lessons In Syntax
    $59.95
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    J. E. McCarr - Specifically developed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, this text and CD set provides a method of teaching troublesome language structures based on transformational grammar.

    Lessons In Syntax Teacher's Manual
    Contains detailed lesson plans in small sequential steps that:
  • are easy to follow
  • are excellent for IEP use
  • have objectives explaining how to teach each small step
  • provides examples to illustrate each step


  • Describes procedures for teaching the following syntactic structures:
  • negative sentences
  • wh questions
  • relative clauses
  • indirect discourse
  • yes/no questions
  • casual clauses
  • participle phrases
  • passive voice


  • Lessons In Syntax Student Worksheets (on CD-Rom)
    Lessons In Syntax Student Worksheets has over 150 semi-programmed, self-correcting instructional pages closely coordinated with the Teacher's Manual. The CD provides independent work with small steps and is self-paced with built-in success.