UEB Too and Braille Too II: New Materials for Teaching the New Braille Code

PRESENTED BY SHARON CROSS-COQUILLETTE, M.S.ED.

GETTING IN TOUCH WITH LITERACY CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 21,2015

UEB Too: What it has in common with Braille Too

Targets same grade levels (secondary) Uses same unit organization/order of

introduction of contractions Vocabulary is controlled Uses same page format in Teacher’s Edition

(headings, instructions, answer markings and number possible, student page number, etc.)

Uses same page types: Rules of Use summaries (TE only) Introduction pages Sentence Reading practice Drills (Discrimination and Identification) Supplemental Reading activities in varied formats Identification and Comprehension Tests

Includes both reading and writing practice Includes student’s LP writing exercises

UEB Too: What is different from Braille Too

Can be used with established braille readers as well as print readers learning braille (if using Braille Too)

Focuses only on changes to braille code, so not comprehensive: Does not include all sections (after first three units, if no

changes to contractions/symbols introduced, section omitted) or any of Unit 4 (since no changes to Unit 4 contractions or punctuation)

Does not include new drills, supplemental reading, or tests for first few units

Does not include contraction writing drills (includes sentence writing exercises only)

A few changes to where punctuation/ special symbols are introduced

Addendum included to teach new symbols that didn’t fit elsewhere

Uses Duxbury for production of student braille copy

Available only on USB drive (no hard copy) Also includes .brf file of student reading to

use on braille notetaker Teacher key for writing exercises now in

simbraille

Sample Pages from UEB Too

Following pages © 2015 by Sharon K. Cross-Coquillette. All rights reserved.

UNIT 1 SECTION ISB4

READING AND WRITING PRACTICE: WORDSALLY, BLE, COM, DD (CONT)

 

I-G

muddle puddle cuddle huddle buddy ruddy

table humble crumble mumble bauble

goblet tablet complete compact combat

comet commemorate communal commute

compete tally annually usually gradually

actually

 

 

I-H

fiddle riddle addict

horrible possible tangible giblets

commit committee comical commodities

communicable communicate communion

UNIT 2 SECTION ISB11

READING PRACTICE: SENTENCESAND, FOR, OF, THE, WITH

 

1. Logan is capable of a lot more effort.

 

2. Excessive cold makes for a horrible

hike.

 

3. You can come with the others to the pep rally.

 

4. Candi will help with the project and the report.

 

5. They can assemble that for your company … that

is if you get the pieces to them soon.

 

6. For all of the noise they made tonight they did not

have any problems with the police.

 

7. Cleveland is the home of the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame.

 

8. The van and the truck can haul more people.

UNIT 5 SECTION IIISB19

INTRODUCTION: PUNCTUATIONOPENING AND CLOSING PARENTHESES

 (5, 1-2-6) ( opening parenthesis(5, 3-4-5) ) closing parenthesis 1. Left-handed people sometimes have trouble writing letters

vertically (or so I’m told).

 2. Chemistry is by far the toughest course I have

this year (but my American history class

isn’t easy, either)!

 3. Quesadillas are my favorite Mexican

food (and spaghetti is the best Italian

dish).

UNIT 6 SECTION IVSB27

DRILL: DISCRIMINATION

GRADE 1, ITALIC, UNDERLINE, BOLD INDICATORS

 

(Teacher Note: The answers are given for your convenience.) (16 Total Possible)

In each line are two pairs of indicators and a single one. Find and identify the indicator in each line that does not have a match.

 

bs bw bp bw bs (bold passage)

g1t g1s g1w g1w g1t (grade 1 symbol)

iw is it is it (italic word)

uw uw us ut us (underline terminator)

bw bs bt bt bw (bold symbol)

g1t g1t g1s g1s g1w (grade 1 word)

is ip it ip is (italic terminator)

uw up uw us us (underline passage)

UNIT 8 SECTION IV SB47SUPPLEMENTAL READING: MULTIPLE CHOICEHUMAN HEIGHTS

 (Teacher Note: The answers are marked for your convenience.) Answer the following multiple choice questions. 1. How tall was the shortest man in the world?

a. 21.5″ b. 24″ c. 26.25″ d. 19.75″

 2. What is the average height of men in the

USA and Canada (to the nearest inch)? a. 5′7″ b. 5′9″ c. 5′11″ d. 6′

UNIT 9 SECTION IVSW18

WRITING PRACTICE: SENTENCESCUMULATIVE  

UNIT 9EXERCISE IV-C

 Braille the following sentences using all appropriate contractions. 1. UCLA and USC are both universities in the Los Angeles area. 2. Gregorio pulled the thumb drive from the USB port of his computer just as his cell phone rang.

 3. The invitation was sent to: PO Box 5972, c/o Jackson Hannity, Oklahoma City, OK.

 4. The sign on the fence said: PRIVATE PROPERTY—DO NOT ENTER!

 5. The United States government uses many acronyms, such as USDA,

NPS, USAF, BLM, ….  

6. AARP (formerly The American Association of Retired Persons) can be very helpful to those over the age of 50.

 7. The NYPD and FDNY lost many of their staff as a result of the 9/11

disasters.

UNIT 10 SECTION IV

  LETTER MODIFIERS

RULES FOR USE:ACUTE ACCENT OVER FOLLOWING LETTERGRAVE ACCENT OVER FOLLOWING LETTERUMLAUT OVER FOLLOWING LETTERTILDE OVER FOLLOWING LETTERCEDILLA UNDER FOLLOWING LETTER

1. There are many modifiers available in UEB. Only a few of the more commonly seen in words “adopted” from other languages (primarily French, Spanish and German) are presented in this program. For others used as diacritical markings or less commonly seen in English texts, see Section 4.2 of the Rules of Unified English Braille.

2. The acute accent (΄) is represented by dots 4-5, 3-4; the grave accent (`) is represented by dots 4-5, 1-6; the umlaut (¨), also called a diaeresis, is represented by dots 4-5, 2-5; the tilde (˜) is represented by dots 4-5, 1-2-4-5-6; the cedilla (most commonly seen with the letter c, e.g., ç) is represented by dots 4-5, 1-2-3-4-6.

3. All modifiers are placed immediately before the letter that is modified, regardless of whether it appears above, below or overlaying the letter in print. (Rule 4.2.1) This includes the capital dot if the modified letter is at the beginning of a sentence or proper name. (Rule 4.2.2)

4. Modified letters may not be part of a contraction (e.g., learnѐd would be written with the ar contraction but not the ed contraction). (Rule 4.2.4)

ADDENDUM SECTION IISB100

TEST: COMPREHENSION 

 (Teacher Note: The answers are given for your convenience.)(25 Total Possible)

 Basic Math Review

 OTN The following is a braille copy of an online math assignment. Instead of following the directions given below to access, complete, and submit the assignment, braille your answers on a separate sheet of paper and give them to your braille teacher to correct. CTN Directions: To access this assignment, click on the

following link:https://www.mathassignments.edu/~basicmath_review1

When the assignment is completed, click on the [Done] button to submit your answers.

Be sure you have filled in the name and e-mail address fields before clicking [Done].

You will be notified of your results immediately. If you have questions or problems with the

website, send an e-mail to help@mathassignments.edu.

UEB Too TE page(s) With/follows/replaces Braille Too TE page(s)

1 With 13

2 After23 (I-C), 26 (I-D), 29 (I-E), 34 (I-F)

3 After 39 (I-G), 43 (I-H)

4 After 43 (I-H cont), 47 (I-I)

5-6 With 55

7-8 After 77

9-10 After 98

11 After 112

12 After 116

13 After 133

14-15 After 139

16 Replace 146 (top half)

17 After 168

18-19 After 183

20-21 After 193

22-23 After 199

24 With208 (replace rules #2 & 4)

25 After 226

UEB Too Pricing and Ordering Information

$60 USD per USB drive (each teacher needs own copy)

Shipping of $2.54 (up to 4 drives in one padded mailer); insurance optional (contact BRL2 Publishing for shipping rates on more than 4 drives and/or insurance rates)

Utah sales tax of $4.11 per drive charged if buyer not tax exempt (tax exempt agencies must provide copy of signed tax exempt form)

Checks, Money Orders and Purchase Orders accepted

POs e-mailed to: info@brl2.com

Checks/money orders mailed to: BRL2 Publishing, 11647 S 2220 E, Sandy, UT 84092

Braille Too revision

Timeline: Projected for release sometime during the 2017-2018 school year

On USB drive (same copyright restrictions—each teacher requires own copy, but can print/emboss multiple copies for use with their students)

Similar format to original Braille Too and UEB Too Same page types as original Braille Too and UEB

Too

Anticipated changes from original: 11 units instead of 10 Some changes to what is introduced in

which unit for last eight units of program In UEB (incorporating most of UEB Too

material) Duxbury for embossing BRF file for use with braille notetakers Updated content

Other upcoming products in UEB from BRL2 Publishing

Six Dot Celebrations—holiday information/activities (projected release spring 2016)

B*A*S*H—Braille Antonyms, Synonyms and Homophones (including analogies) practice

Show Me the Proof—Proofreading/correcting exercises