[Pibe-division] Any suggestions?

Emily elgibbs at gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 18:34:31 UTC 2011


Cindy,

Does your student already know how to read or is she learning to read as
well as learning the braille code?

Emily

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Cindi Eskew <cindine at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
> I am a first year teacher, for teaching blind students and essentially for
> teaching period. I am looking for suggestions on how anyone out there is
> teaching their beginning readers.  Are you using Patterns or BOP? Are you
> using your own curriculum? I am working with a "fourth grade" student who
> did not begin braille until third grade. The entire code has not been
> completed yet. I am trying to figure out how to tackle this and what ways
> others have found to push the students along quickly.  We are working on
> Nemeth and she is picking that up beautifully, but reading seems to be a
> struggle for both of us. I am not sure how or where to begin.  She did the
> Patterns series PrePrimer and Primer last year. So should I continue this?
> Is there another series? How does BOP compare? I have been using 2nd grade
> reading passages, because she has tested that this is about her
> instructional level, but she is not familiar with some of the code.  Also,
> how much braille homework is everyone sending home? Thank you so very much
> to anyone who has suggestions!! I greatly appreciate any advice!!!!!
>
> Cindi Eskew
>
> "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
> accepting it."
>
> Aristotle
>
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