[blindkid] Reading with Expression.

Wed Jan 23 04:10:47 UTC 2013

And I have always been a lazy one-handed reader and could read very well 
from a young age.  So, yeah, it's not "just how Braille works."  But she 
shouldn't feel discouraged either if reading with expression does not come 
to her.  I think it's a gift that many have but not all.  Some good readers 
don't read with expression at all.
Barbara

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message----- 
From: Arielle Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:54 PM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Reading with Expression.

I don't agree that this is "just how Braille works". I never had
trouble being expressive when reading Braille aloud and I think that
is because I use the two-handed method and can anticipate what is
coming up. I was fortunate to learn Braille early and be taught the
two-handed way but Penny will get there too. Also, I'm not sure what
her reading speed is right now but I know it's hard to be expressive
when you are reading slower. Even when I try to read in Grade 1, or
read on a Braille display that advances slowly, I have trouble with
that too. But speed is something she can build up over time and once
she is a faster reader she will be able to read words ahead of what
she is saying aloud, again to anticipate the punctuation and flow of
the text. I would not advocate making accommodations like allowing her
to read the passage ahead of time unless the sighted students are
doing that too, except maybe for a brief period while she is still
working on two-handed reading, because I think practicing reading
aloud an unfamiliar passage is a good way to build reading skills just
as it is for sighted students.
Arielle

On 1/22/13, Denise Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Penny
> Something that works great is share reading where the student and teacher
> share reading paragraphs ...it takes practice to learn how to read with
> expression....even for sighted kids. But listening to adults who do it 
> well
> and sharing reading with them will do it with time
>
> Denise M Robinson
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 22, 2013, at 5:52 PM, "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Penny,
>>
>> Would it be possible for the teacher to perhaps allow your daughter to
>> scan
>> the passage first, allowing her to read to herself the passage or
>> passages
>> that the teacher would like her to read aloud in class? In that manner it
>> would then allow your daughter to infuse her reading with the proper
>> inflection and  emotion intended? Either that, or explain to the teacher
>> how
>> Braille works, and that being expressive in that manner takes a little
>> compromise?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Penny
>> Duffy
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:46 PM
>> To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Reading with Expression.
>>
>> Thank you Arielle
>>
>> She is working on two handed reading and I know her TVI is working on
>> that
>> skill more.  I already told her it would come with more practice.  I
>> guess
>> it was something she went over in class today ans she was upset  it was
>> something she couldn't do yet.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Penny
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Arielle Silverman
>> <arielle71 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Penny,
>>> If she is using the two-handed reading method, where the right hand
>>> reads the right half of the line and then moves back to the left while
>>> the left hand moves down, then she should be able to read a few words
>>> ahead of what she is saying aloud and be able to pick up on the
>>> punctuation. If she isn't using the two-handed method that is
>>> something she  should be working  on. If she is then it's probably
>>> just a matter  of building more speed and fluency which will come with
>>> practice.
>>> Arielle
>>>
>>> On 1/22/13, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> My daughter Abby is making a lot of progress with reading . She was
>>> telling
>>>> me her teacher told her she needs to read with more expression.
>>>> Abby has been taught that you use the punctuation to know the
>>>> expression.  She doesn't read the punctuation till the end of the
>>>> sentence.  She can't
>>> look
>>>> ahead.  She would to know if there was any tips.  She is really
>>>> concerned about this because her teacher is saying its important.
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