[blindkid] Braille ReadingRates??

[Penny Duffy]

Abby really does well learning contractions from almost the beginning.
 Abby learned the alphabet and than started to learn the
alphabet contractions right away.  Most books are contracted.  A benefit to
learning contractions early also is in the beginning a child is reading
with someone and when a new contraction comes up we review it. It can be
part of the adventure in read.   We find a new contraction and if she isn't
sure about the dots we look it up.    If you delay introducing contractions
I really believe it will be harder for the child to keep up with their
peers.
-Penny

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net>wrote:

>
>
> 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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> 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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> 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?
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> Terri Wilcox
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