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Another area of phonics that should be considered includes the
understanding of onset and rime (beginning and ending parts of a word).
There are numerous ways in which this can be taught, one being a matching
activity in which the student picks one onset and one rime. The student then
practices phonics skills by pronouncing the created nonsense or actual word.
One way this can be done for both students with visual impairments and
sighted students is through a teacher created activity called Roll-A-Word. The
teacher creates two blocks, one with onsets and one with rimes. During the
activity the student rolls each block and then pronounces the subsequent
word or nonsense word. In order for a braille reader to participate in this
activity, the TVI would need to adapt the blocks by adding braille to them, as
well as a bump dot in the upper right hand corner so that the student can
orient the block for reading. The letters on the block should also be bold and
large print if possible.
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