Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(4)

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 6 Phonics Popcorn is an example of a creative twist on the above activity. This activity has the same base idea, but instead of blocks, the onsets and rimes are placed on teacher created popcorn pieces and then placed in popcorn buckets or bags. The student then picks one piece of popcorn from each bag and pronounces the resulting word. Just as the blocks need adaptation, the popcorn pieces need to be brailled and have a bump dot on the top right corner for orientation. An easy and inexpensive method for creating the bump dots is by using hot glue. Identifying and reading sight words is also another component of literacy instruction that can be difficult for braille readers to learn (Swenson, 1999). An activity that can be adapted for students is a teacher created sight 23

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