W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Go-cart /

Makar, Barbara W.

The Go-cart / [print braille] Written by Barbara W. Makar; illustrations by Anslie G. Philpot. - Cambridge, MA : Educators Publishing Service, Inc., c1995. - 1 v. of print braille. - Primary Phonics Set 4, book 6. .

Alphabetic & contracted braille.

On the top of each page, the text appears in alphabetic braille. Following a row of dots, the text appears in contracted braille on the bottom of each page.

Phonetic Elements

Consonant sounds: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, -le (apple), th (teeth), wh (wheel)
Consonant Blends: st-, -st, pl-, -nt, cl-, gl-, -ff, cr-, -ll, bl-, -ck, fr-, tr-, cr-, th-
Vowel sounds: a as in cat, i as in pig, o as in hot (in some localities the o in dog may have the sound of aw as in saw), u as in cup, e as in pet, a (ape), i (kite), o (bone), u (mule), e (Pete), ee (bee), oa (goat), ai (nail), ea (seal), ee (jeep), long vowels with r (fire, deer), ar (car)
Sight words: a, the, to, and, of, I, said, are, have
New Patterns: be, go, we
Continues practice of plural forms, compound words and two-syllable words.

Marlee and Cleve build a go-cart and then try it out.

K-4

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