BRAILLE AND FORMATTING FOR ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS CHARTS BY GRADE LEVEL AND COURSE This document contains braille and tactile graphics organized by grade level or course. This is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of all Unified English Braille Code and formatting/tactile graphics available. Key CC - Task Force-designated braille contractions based upon the Common Core BOP - Task force-designated braille contractions based upon "Building on Patterns," Primary Braille Literacy Program Pre Kindergarten Unified English Braille Code Print Braille Capital sign N/A , Capital sign for whole word N/A ,, Capital sign for passage Opening Closing N/A ,,, ,' Numeric indicator N/A # Period . 4 Question mark ? 8 Transcriber's note sign Opening Closing N/A @.< @.> Exclamation ! 6 Italic sign (single letter) N/A .; Italic sign (word) N/A ." Italic sign (passage) Opening Closing N/A .7 .' Alphabet a b c d e f g h a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Comma , 1 Ampersand & @& Quotation marks Opening non-specific Closing non-specific Opening specific Closing specific Other specific quotation marks " " ‘ ‘ 8 0 ,8 ,0 Refer to The Rules of UEB, Second Edition (section 7.6) Colon : 3 Apostrophe ' ' Modifiers Acute - Fiancée Umlaut - spätzel Grave – très chic Cedilla - François Tilde - Señorita ^/ ^3 ^* ^& ^} Prefixes (CC) con dis 3 4 Suffixes (CC) ful ity less ment ness tion ;l ;y .s ;t ;s ;n Common consonant digraphs (CC) gh < Common consonant digraphs (CC and BOP) ch sh th wh * % ? : Prepositions (CC) below behind beneath beside between beyond abv 2l 2h 2n 2s 2t
Print Braille Brackets Opening Closing [ ] .< .> Brace (Curly Bracket) Opening Closing { } _< _> Ditto " "1 Multiplication (in a context) × "8 Division (in a non-mathematical context) ÷ "/ Formatting Print Braille Nemeth Code Indicators End N/A _% _: Poetry Stanzas Numbered lines Formats N/A See Braille Formats 4 Unified English Braille Code Degree ° ^j Asterisk * "9 Paragraph ¶ ^p
Write equations in horizontal format 1+2 = 3 #1+2 .k #3 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Braille Hundreds chart N/A Adapted Manipulative or Tactile Graphic with Nemeth Braille Code Numbers Hexagon, cube, cone, cylinder, sphere Tactile graphic Grade 1 Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Braille Numbers 21-120 32 33 99 100 #32 #33 #99 #100 Tally marks llll Shape indicator N/A $ Horizontal equations with question mark or blank space for omission 4 + ? = 7 4 + = 7 #4+= .k #7 Horizontal equations with blank line for omission 4 + __ = 7 #4+ ---- .k #7 Horizontal equations with box/square for omission 4 + = 7 #4+$4 .k #7 Spatial arrangements of addition and subtraction Separation line extending one on each side of arrangement 40 +23 ______ 63 40 +23 33333 63 Carried number indicator 1 47 +23 ______ 70 1 77777 47 +23
0 1 2 3 4 5 Axis Line 3 Left arrow [ Right arrow o Scale/tick mark r Solid point = ,A = [3r3r3r3r3r3r3o 0 1 2 3 4 5 Dot (Line) plot (read and create) Number line with Xs plotted vertically above numbers for data points Dot (Line) Plot Number lines are created using Nemeth Braille Code symbols Axis Line 3 Left arrow [ Right arrow o Scale/tick mark r X = = = = [3r3r3r3r3r3r3o 0 1 2 3 4 5 Tables Top of box 7 Separation line after heading 3 Bottom of box g Guide dots """ Degree 5 #5^.* Mixed numeral with diagonal fraction bar 4 3/4 #4_?3_/4_# Circle $c Triangle $t Diamond $d
Baseline indicator + #2^2"+3^2 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Coordinate grid (axis, origin) N/A Tactile graphics Grade 6 Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Not equal to ≠ /.k Ratio 2 : 4 #2 "1 #4 Percent % @0 Absolute value of x |x| \x\ Is less than or equal to ≤ "k: Is greater than or equal to ≥ .1: Negative number –(–3) = 3 -(-3) .k #3 Use of variable in expressions A=6s2 ,a .k #6s^2 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Tape diagram Tactile graphic Double number line diagrams Nemeth Braille Code Number line Vertical number line Nemeth Braille Code number line Box plot or Box and whisker plot Nemeth Braille Code Number Line with tactile graphics for box and whiskers
Triangle N/A $t Is approximately to ≈ @:@: Is congruent to @:.k Is similar to ~ @: Triangle with vertices A, B, and C ∆ABC $t ,a,b,c Circle N/A $c Greek letter indicator N/A . Pi .p Slope (using capital delta) Δy Δx ?.,dy/.,dx# Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Tree diagram N/A Tactile graphic Grade 8 Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Principle square root of x >x] Index of radical (<3>8])^3 .k #8 Negative exponent #3^-3 Exponent in denominator ?1/3^3"# A prime A' ,a' A double prime A' ' ,a'' Transformational notation A A’ A” $[ ,a $o $[ ,a' $o $[ ,a'' Tactile Graphics
Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Arc with endpoints A and B A B ",a,b<$a] Sine of A sin A sin ,a Cosine A cos A cos ,a Tangent of A tan A tan ,a Logarithm (xy) = log (xy) .k log Directly under indicator N/A % Subscript 4ₓ #4;x The summation a1+a2+ ... +an. ".,s%k .k #1<n}a;k n factorial n! n& Theta θ .? Empirical rule: μ is the mean of the distribution letter lower case mu) σ is its standard deviation (Greek letter lower case sigma) ,pr(.m-.s "k: x "k: .m+.s) @:@: #0.6827 Formula for density letter lower case rho) ρ = m/v .r .k ?m/v# Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol NONE Geometry Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Base a, of b (subscript) ,s;n .k ?a(1 -r^n")/1-r)# Sine of A sin A sin ,a
Cosine A cos A cos ,a Therefore ∴ ,* Union A ∪ B ,a.+,b Intersection A ∩ B ,a.%,b Complement ,a^.c Corresponds to A B ,a $[33o ,b Conditional probability P (A|B) = 0.3 ,p(?,a/,b#) .k #0.3 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol NONE