;
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016
8
teacher evaluation through one on one instruction.
When looking at fluency, it is important to remember that just as a
teacher would select predictable texts with sighted students, the same applies
with braille readers (Swenson, 2011). An example of such text could be, "Five
Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" (Christelow, 2011). In this activity the
student builds upon their fluency skills through repetition within the story as
well as the recognition of sight words. Familiar and repetitive texts are also
useful in teaching braille readers contractions, because they are used several
times within the same text. For example, "little" is used on almost every page
of the story noted earlier.
25
