Struggling Readers Strategies
Below are strategies posts related to Struggling Readers.
Braille Writing: Pairing a Refreshable Braille Display with a Perkins BraillewriterThis lesson on braille writing shows how to pair a refreshable braille display with a Perkins Braillewriter to motivate students with visual impairments. |
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Vegetable Vehicles: Imaginative WritingA speech language pathologist shares ideas about supporting creative writing with children with visual impairments and additional disabilities. |
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Scratching Your Head with Braille Reversals?Ideas for braille students who reverse letters or who may be dyslexic. |
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Providing Direct Experience to Develop ConceptsChildren with visual impairments and other special needs need to develop an understanding of basic concepts in order to grasp meaning in books. |
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Challenge Card Game: Practice Braille Reading Skills While Having Fun!In this interactive game, students take turns reading braille cards and responding to the challenge written on the card. |
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Visual Recipes for Non-ReadersThese visual recipes have pictures that a non-reader can use to follow in a cooking lesson. |
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"Where There Once Was a Wood": Accessible Ideas for Children with Multiple DisabilitiesTips to make picture books accessible to students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities |
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"Goodnight Moon": Accessible Ideas for Children with Multiple DisabilitiesTips and activity ideas to make Goodnight Moon accessible to children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities |
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Spin and Move!This game provides practice matching textures, objects, and braille words. Kids will enjoy reading braille labels and performing the action movements on the card! |
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Braille Bingo!Braille Bingo is a fun way for students to practice contractions and other braille skills to promote braille literacy. |
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Ready for Phonics - Making WordsHands-on phonics activity for beginning braille readers and those who have additional disabilities |
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Grocery Shopping BookUsing tactile symbols to support grocery shopping with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities |
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Homework Manipulative BoxTips to provide homework support for braille users or other students who are blind or visually impaired |
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CVI in Practice: Teaching Visual-Spatial Skills Using Attribute BlocksHands-on activity is designed to help students with CVI to develop an understanding of spatial relations to assist with writing skills. |
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CVI in Practice: Spatial Configuration with Magnetic ElementsThese strategies are designed to help those with CVI to develop visual-spatial relationships as a step toward writing letters. |
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CVI in Practice: Spatial Configuration with Symbols – LettersPractical hands-on strategies to teach students with CVI to write letters of the alphabet |
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“Can We Do Oreo Reading Now?” #3 Word WallMake the classroom word wall accessible to students who are blind or low vision! |
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Contracted Braille Reading and Writing ActivitiesLessons to provide braille students with practice with single-cell whole-word contractions |
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Adapting Tracking Activities for Braille ReadersTips to create tracking activities for beginning braille readers |
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Monthly Tactile CalendarLearn how to create a monthly tactile calendar for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind |