Writing Strategies

Below are strategies posts related to Writing.

	FT2S2B: Finger Positions for Beginning Braille Users By Anna C. Gayle Tips to encourage proper finger positions to create braille dot formations, first on the table, then with a swing cell, and finally on a braillewriter.
	Having Pride: Promoting Social Skills through Writing By Anna C. Gayle Combine writing and social skills in this activity to promote kindness and helpfulness in students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Writing Prompt Roulette By Beth Borysewicz Strategies to support braille students with writing prompts, using a shared writing approach on a BrailleNote Touch to promote braille literacy
	Nature Walk By Liz Eagan Nature walks can inspire students with visual impairments to write about what they find.
	Insta-Snow Writing Activity By Liz Eagan Real experiences are a great motivator to the writing process! This 3rd grader enjoyed writing a braille description of insta-snow.
	Vegetable Vehicles: Imaginative Writing By Linda Hagood A speech language pathologist shares ideas about supporting creative writing with children with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
	Tree of Thanks By Liz Eagan This Thanksgiving craft give students with visual impairments and other special needs the chance to write about what they are thankful for.
	Incorporating Writing and the ECC through Interviewing By Liz Eagan Interviewing others is a great way to practice ECC skills, such as career exploration, while also developing writing skills.
	Teaching Handwriting to a Braille Reader By Jodi Floyd Tips to teach cursive handwriting and signatures to a braille reader or person who is blind or visually impaired.
	Maintaining Braille Skills Using a Daily Journal for an English Language Learner By Scott Baltisberger Using a daily journal to help an English Language Learner (ELL) maintain braille skills through the summer
	Summer Braille Journal By Liamsmom Journals are a great way to promote braille literacy while motivating students to share their experiences.
	Magnetic Braille Grocery List By Liamsmom Promote braille literacy, as well as independent living skills, by creating a magnetic grocery list.
	Braille Book about Deaf Camp Experience By Liamsmom A boy who is deafblind creates his own experience book about his time at Deaf Camp this summer.
	Labeling Cups at Home By Liamsmom Labeling cups in braille can promote braille literacy, as well as independent living skills.
	Mackenzie’s Birthday Party: An Experience Book By Samantha Neukomm Creating a tactile experience book about a princess birthday party with a young girl who is blind. This is a great way to promote braille literacy!
	Writing Garden Labels By Liamsmom Include braille in your summer by inviting your child or student to write garden labels!
	Bellringers: A Warm-Up Activity for Braille Students By Anna C. Gayle These warm-up questions are a great activity to promote braille literacy skills.
	Nurses Appreciation Day By Liz Eagan Teaching students to show their appreciation is a great way to practice braille literacy skills, while also reinforcing areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.
	Note-Taking Strategy to Log School Reading Assignments By Liamsmom Tips to create an accessible reading log for braille students
	Our Version of the Tactile Graphic Organizer By Deedra Finch Tips to create a tactile graphic organizer using tangible symbols with students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities