A few articles about Schools for the Deaf in honor of Deaf Awareness Week:
Iowa School for the Deaf has announced plans for a new science center.
Minnesota has merged a k-8th grade School for the Deaf with a 9 - 12th grade School for the Deaf in order to consolidate costs and improve classroom opportunities.
And, Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf is adding sports programs for the first time in its 30 year history.
It is always nice to hear some good news about the Deaf schools.
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More Idioms
I am just having a time getting started this morning. I have looked all over the net for something interesting to share.. and nothing leapt at me and said "Me! Me! Pick me!"
So I fall back to idioms. I feel in a horsey mood:
across the board
- applying to all (in horse racing a bet where an equal amount of money is placed on a horse to finish in any top winning position)
The workers received an across the board wage increase and most of them were happy.
I would sign this with #A-L-L
first out of the gate
- be the first person to begin a project
He was first out of the gate in the effort to raise money for the new concert hall.
Eh, just emphasize FIRST
in the homestretch
- be close to completion (used often to describe the last furlongs of a horse race)
The project to build the new bridge is now in the homestretch.
I would modify CLOSE with a cs grammar marker.
These came from the website called "The Idiom Connection"
If you are not sure of the signs I use, try the green books, "American Sign Language" by Cokely and Baker-Schenk. I try to use their transcritpion system wherever possible.
So I fall back to idioms. I feel in a horsey mood:
across the board
- applying to all (in horse racing a bet where an equal amount of money is placed on a horse to finish in any top winning position)
The workers received an across the board wage increase and most of them were happy.
I would sign this with #A-L-L
first out of the gate
- be the first person to begin a project
He was first out of the gate in the effort to raise money for the new concert hall.
Eh, just emphasize FIRST
in the homestretch
- be close to completion (used often to describe the last furlongs of a horse race)
The project to build the new bridge is now in the homestretch.
I would modify CLOSE with a cs grammar marker.
These came from the website called "The Idiom Connection"
If you are not sure of the signs I use, try the green books, "American Sign Language" by Cokely and Baker-Schenk. I try to use their transcritpion system wherever possible.
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