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Teaching Reading and Writing Using Building on Patterns
Dates
May 16, 2023, 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Description
Building on Patterns is a systematic, comprehensive, and balanced literacy program designed to teach young children with visual impairments to read and write using braille. Join this webinar and explore prerequisites for braille reading, learn about the scope and sequence of content taught, and explore various components of literacy which are important for young braille readers.
Presenters
- Hunter Summerlin, Braille Literacy Product Manager, American Printing House for the Blind
Primary Core or ECC Area
English Language Arts, Compensatory AccessTarget Audience
Teachers of Students with Visual ImpairmentsPre-requisite Knowledge
Braille CodeLearning Objectives
- Identify the basic components of a Building on Patterns lesson
- Identify prerequisites for braille instruction based on research
- Apply components of effective literacy instruction to the Building on Patterns literacy program
- Describe how reading is taught from a research based perspective using Building on Patterns