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erasable highliters

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I have a daughter with a learning disability and I am a special ed teacher. A friend told me she had seen erasable highliters, I have been looking high and low for them. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing or better yet, know where to get them? What a great idea to teach highliting to kids!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/18/2002 - 12:20 AM

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They can be found at either Office Max or Office Depot. I just picked some up at both places for my students. There are two kinds that you can get. One looks like a regular highlighter only it has an eraser at the end. The other likes like a white-out pen and you use a regular eraser to remove the highlight. Hope this helps!

Laurie

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/18/2002 - 12:29 AM

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I never thought anyone would have heard of it!! Thanks so much, I am heading there tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/18/2002 - 12:29 AM

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I never thought anyone would have heard of it!! Thanks so much, I am heading there tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/18/2002 - 11:44 AM

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Robin, BEFORE you go, realize that they do NOT erase completely. We tried them and they leave a faint discoloration. (Did it on a small part in a library book OOPS).

Something you might want to try is the highlighting tape - which is removable and, I believe, reuseable. I plan to get my daughter some of this very soon. If you go to www.onionmountaintechnology (through Google is the best way), Judith Sweeney has a wonderful selection of AT helps. She is nationally known. I frequent her place often and even went to hear her speak once at the of the school district’s meetings (I was the only parent there) :-). It was very informative.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/18/2002 - 6:30 PM

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Another good alternative to highlighters or highlighter tape is the bright colored bookcovers that are removeable. I use them with my students. I cut them into long strips. They can use them to highlight an answer or part of a text then remove them with no damage. I use them for lots of things. We find cause and effect and do one in orange and the other in green. I ask them to show proof of their answers and they highlight the text so they can find it again. I bought a 3 pack last year and I have most of it left. I laminated construction paper and the kids keep their strips on this.
Nan

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/21/2002 - 1:46 PM

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Is the spelling correct in the website correct? Can’t get to it. Thanks!

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