BRAILLE AND FORMATTING FOR ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS CHARTS BY 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 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 point ! 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
Plus (in a context) + "6 (in a context) - "- Equals (in a context) = "7 Transcriber's note Opening Closing N/A @.< @.> Alphabet (BOP) but can do every from go have just knowledge like more not people quite rather so that us very will it you as B c d e f g h j k l m n p q r s t u v w x y z Contractions (BOP) and of for the with & ( = ! ) Formatting/Tactile Graphic Literary Sign Braille Title page: illustrator N/A According to Braille Formats, the illustrator is omitted from the title page so the name may not always be present. Graphic organizers N/A See Braille Formats Maps N/A See Appendix C: Resources 1 Unified English Braille Code Print Braille Hyphen - -
Comma , 1 Ampersand & @& Quotation marks Opening non-specific Closing non-specific Opening specific Closing specific 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) above below behind beneath beside between beyond abv 2l 2h 2n 2s 2t
your yourself 1 Formatting/Tactile Graphics Print Braille Headings N/A See Braille Formats Table of contents: guide dots N/A """"""""" Boldface indicator Letter Word Passage Terminator N/A ^2 ^1 ^7 ^' Underline indicator Letter Word Passage Terminator N/A _2 _1 _7 _' Script indicator Letter Word Passage Terminator N/A @2 @1 @7 @' Color indicator Refer to The Rules of UEB, Second Edition (section 9.5) 2 Unified English Braille Code
ount paid perceive perceiving perhaps receive receiving rejoice rejoicing sion thyself themselves work yourselves p}cvg p}h rcv rcvg rjc rjcg .n ?yf !mvs rvs "w yrvs Website address/hyperlink www.google.com www4google4com Refer to The Rules of UEB, Second Edition (section 11.10) Underscore _ .- Hash # _? Commercial at @ @a Slash / _/ Backslash \ _* Trademark ™ ^T Copyright © ^C Dollar $ @s Diacritical Stress Primary Secondary N/A ^.b ^.2 Breve ă @+a Cedilla ç ^&c Circumflex â ^%a
Crossbar g `3g Ligatures, tied letters s h s^6h Macron ū `-u Tilde ~ n ^]n Umlaut, diaeresis ä ^3a Acute accent á ^/a Grave accent à ^*a Schwa ə _5 Grade 2 Formatting Print Braille Bullet _4 Paragraph indentation N/A Two spaces Box lines Top Bottom N/A 777777777777 gggggggggggg Reading captions N/A Written as Transcriber's Reading subheadings N/A See Braille Formats Reading columned material N/A See Braille Formats Dictionary skills: locating guide words N/A N/A a glossary and index N/A N/A Foreign language Refer to The Rules of UEB, Second Edition (section 13) Grade 3 Unified English Braille Code
Read numbers 0-10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 #0 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Punctuation indicator 1. #1_4 Transcriber’s note symbols Opening Closing N/A @.< @.> Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Braille Number line Tactile graphic Square Tactile graphic Circle Tactile graphic Triangle Tactile graphic Rectangle N/A Objects Example: picture of a car Tactile graphic Represented with simple, solid shapes (Example: rectangle) Kindergarten Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth Symbol Hyphen - - Read and write numbers 0-20 0-20 #0-20 Mathematical comma , , Ellipse 2, 3, 4, … #2, #3, #4, ''' Plus + + Minus - - Equal to = .k
Write equations in horizontal format 1+2 = 3 #1+2 .k #3 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Braille Hundreds 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 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 space on each side of arrangement 40 +23 ______ 63 40 +23 33333 63 Carried number indicator 1 47 +23 ______ 70 1 77777 47 +23
33333 70 Less than 2 < 4 #2 "k #4 Greater than 5 > 1 #5 .1 #1 Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Braille Rectangular prisms, trapezoid, quarter circle Tactile graphics Grade 2 Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth Symbol Numbers to 1000 500 875 1000 #500 #875 #1000 Colon : 3 Decimal point . . Time 3:00 #3_3#00 Money Pictures of currency and Penny – pn, nickel – nk, dime – dm, quarter – qr Cent sign 5¢ #5`c Dollar sign $1.00 `S1.00 Reading a key to a graph N/A Contains Nemeth Braille Code and sometimes tactile graphics Horizontal fraction bar / Simple fraction with horizontal bar 2 3 ?2/3# Diagonal fraction bar / _/ Simple fraction with a diagonal bar 2/3 ?2_/3#
Multiplication cross x @* Multiplication dot • * Division ÷ ./ Division cage (spatial format) 7 3 21 7 3333 3o21 Division cage (linear format) 3 21 #3o21 Multipurpose indicator N/A " Remainder 7 R1 3 22 7 ,r"1 333333333 3o22 Parentheses (5, 10 ) (5, 10) English letter indicator N/A ; Picture graph with 2:1 scale (read and create) N/A created as a tactile graphic with Nemeth Braille Code labels. A full cell represents each whole picture = Dots 4, 5, 6 represent each half picture _ Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth Symbol Rhombus Tactile graphic Right angle N/A Area and perimeter N/A Tactile graphics 4 Nemeth Braille Code Mathematical Sign Nemeth Symbol Number line A Beginning in grade 4, all number lines are done using Nemeth Braille Code symbols
0 1 2 3 4 5 Axis Line 3 Left arrow [ Right arrow o 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 mark r X = = = = [3r3r3r3r3r3r3o 0 1 2 3 4 5 Tables Top of box 7 Separation line heading 3 Bottom of box g dots """ Degree 5 #5^.* 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 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 equal 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 (using capital delta) Δy Δx ?.,dy/.,dx# Tactile Graphics Mathematical Sign Nemeth symbol Tree diagram N/A Tactile graphic 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& θ .? Empirical rule: μ is the mean of the distribution (Greek 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 (Greek 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