[blindkid] Braille ReadingRates??

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I absolutely concur!  I was taught whole-word recognition back in the 50s 
and had the freedom to choose among all of the books on our class library 
shelf - all of them in contracted Braille.  When I didn't know a word I just 
kept going, and eventually I made sense of it, which I think is the way good 
print readers learn.  I was taught the contractions in a systematic way in 
about third grade - I can still rattle off the list of Dot 5 signs from "Day 
ever father here" to "under work young."

Debbie


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From: "Chantel Alberhasky" <chantel at alberhaskylaw.com>
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Teri, are you familiar with the ABC Braille Study? It found that children 
who learn contractions earlier in instruction had higher scores in the areas 
of vocabulary, decoding and comprehension than those who started 
uncontracted Braille. The study also found if children are reading 
contracted Braille - even with contractions they do not know - they will 
learn it incidentally.

I have attached the study for you.

Chantel

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 From: trising <trising at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille ReadingRates??

I began helping three students improve Braille reading speeds toward the end 
of February. We work together once or twice a week. One
student is learning Braille, but read a page from Braille in Brief today. 
Her teacher sends books home that also have print. When
the student gets stuck, she looks at the print. I know this even though I am 
totally blind because I ask her to tell me what dots
she is feeling, and after struggling for a second, she comes out with the 
letter without telling me the dots. When I ask if she
looked, she will usually admit it. She is reversing some letters, such as w 
and r, and i, and e. She also turns around the d, f, j,
and H. However, she is improving with time and practice. Another student 
began at 75 words per minute. Today, he read at 104 words
per minute. The last student began at 79 words per minute. Today, she read 
at 107 words per minute. The speeds will improve. When
would you begin introducing Grade 2 for the new Braille reader? Should I 
wait until the reversals are resolved, or should I begin
soon with the single letter words, since she is already well on her way to 
knowing the alphabet?

Terri Wilcox


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