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1、?Name:_ Reading Without SeeingDid you know that blind people can read books?Even though they cant see,they do have a special system for reading that allows them to feel books and papers.Close your eyes and feel a book.You probably cant feel the letters and words,can you?It would be impossible to rea

2、d one of your books if you couldnt see.But what if the book has small dots that were bumps in the paper?You would be able to feel those.Now imagine the bumps are a code for letters.Braille is the special alphabet that blind people use to read.Each letter is made of small dots that rise out of the pa

3、per in a special pattern.Blind people read braille by using their fingers to feel each letter.Here is a picture of what the patterns in the braille alphabet look like:The braille alphabet was invented nearly 200 years ago by a blind man named Louis Braille.He wanted to be able to read and write just

4、 like everyone else.Since he couldnt see,he invented an alphabet made of dots.Today,braille letters are found in books,on elevator buttons,on medicine boxes,and there are even braille computer keyboards.There are braille Monopoly boards.Disneyland has braille maps.Most McDonalds restaurants even hav

5、e braille menus available for blind customers.Super Teacher Worksheets-Name:_ Braille Words Write some words in braille.Be sure you draw the dots carefully.Be sure you leave spaces between each letter.example:Your first name:Your last name:Your favorite color:Your favorite food:Any word of your choi

6、ce:Super Teacher Worksheets-Name:_ Braille Alphabet Try to write three sentences using the braille alphabet.Be sure you leave spaces between your letters._ _ _ _ _ _ Super Teacher Worksheets-Name:_ Braille Message Decode the message.Write the English letters below the braille letters.Super Teacher W

7、orksheets-Teacher NotesTwo Ways To MakeRaised-Letter Braille Words a.Students can add the bumps to their braille words by putting tiny drops of white glue on the braille dots theyve drawn.b.You can also make the letters raised using this method:Step 1:Write out the braille letters with a pencil on p

8、aper.Step 2:Place a piece of cardboard on the desk.Flip the paper upside-down on the cardboard.Step 3:You should be able to see the pencil marks through the paper.Gently press a ball point pen into the dots to create a bump on the other side.Step 4:Flip the paper over and your students can try to re

9、ad the raised braille bumps with their fingers.Further TeachingUse the opportunity to discuss blindness and other disabilities.Ask students to brainstorm a list of other tools(besides braille writing)that could help a blind person.Traditional examples might include a white cane or seeing eye dog.Tec

10、hnology examples might include talking alarm clocks,audio books,and computers that can transcribe words.Students may imagine braille letters to be black dots on a page.In fact,braille letters in books dont usually have any color to them.You may want to show students pictures from the internet of“rea

11、l”braille books.Free Braille Cards for TeachersYou can have a free braille embossed alphabet card mailed to you from National Braille Press.Link:http:/www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/braille/alphacard.htmlYou can also inexpensively purchase packs of thirty-five cards for only$6.These are terrific teaching tools for allowing students to observe and experience“real”braille.Super Teacher Worksheets-Name:_ Braille Message Decode the message.Write the English letters below the braille letters.Super Teacher Worksheets-?