Inching Our Way to Literacy

Literacy bulletin board

We use the bulletin board in our classroom to keep track of what books we're reading.  We hang up a textured picture to represent a book we read.  (We use the same textures that we have added in the book). 

We also put an additional textured picture on a page in a book.  That way the students can look at the board and review the stories we read.  We also use the book so they can choose a story they want to read for when we do one on one reading.  These matching textured pages give us a way to refer to the book when we're looking at the bulletin board.

Twinkle twinkle little star

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Materials: 
  • braille paper
  • items to create textured illustrations, such as feathers, foam, etc.
  • glue

 

 

 

Procedure: 
  • Create a textured page to represent a bookTeddy Bear
  • Make a similar page to hang on the bulletin board
  • Read the story with the students and encourage them to feel the textures on the pages as you read.
  • Call their attention to the feel of the texture, e.g. "That's the furry bear" or "Those are the pigeon's feathers."
  • After the story is finished, have the students help to add the new book to the bulletin board display while discussing the fact that this is a book that you just read.  Be sure that the items on the bulletin board are accessible to the students, where they can see and touch them.
  • Review the various books that have been read, while calling their attention to the textures.
Variations: 

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus.

  • Endless books and pages can be created!  As students learn to associate the book with the texture, decrease the size of the texture to a smaller representation.
  • Invite the students to request books by pointing to the one on the bulletin board that they would like to read.

 

 

 

 

 

Common Core and Braille Standards
Literature: 
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Inching our way to literacy bulletin board collage

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