Exploring Braille
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet to introduce students to Braille, its history, and how it's used for reading.
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Exploring Braille
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Read the passage about Braille carefully. Then answer the questions that follow. Some questions will ask you to write, and others will ask you to choose the best answer.
What is Braille?
Braille is a special way of writing and reading for people who are blind or have trouble seeing. Instead of letters you can see, Braille uses raised dots that people can feel with their fingertips. Each pattern of dots stands for a letter, a number, or even a whole word!
A man named Louis Braille invented this system in France a long, long time ago. When he was a young boy, Louis had an accident and lost his eyesight. He wanted to read and write like everyone else, so he came up with the idea of using raised dots. His system made it possible for blind people to learn and share stories.
Today, you can find Braille on many things. It's on elevator buttons, signs in public places, and even on some food packages. This helps make the world more accessible for everyone.
1. What does Braille use instead of letters you can see?
Pictures
Raised dots
Sounds
Big letters
2. Who invented Braille?
Mr. Smith
Louis Braille
Your teacher
Nobody
3. Braille helps people who are or have trouble seeing.
4. Louis Braille invented his system because he wanted to and like everyone else.
5. Name two places where you might find Braille today.
6. Imagine you are Louis Braille. What is one feeling you might have had when you created a way for blind people to read?
7. Braille uses raised lines instead of dots.
True
False
8. Louis Braille was born with perfect eyesight.
True
False