W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Brave hunter /

Makar, Barbara W.

The Brave hunter / [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 8. .

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, sh (fish), ch (chick), -tch (witch), th (teeth), wh (wheel)
Consonant Blends: st-, -st, sl-, -nt, pl-, -ft, fr-, -lp, tr-, cr-, -ll, br-, -ck, sm-, sc-, 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), e (Pete), ee (bee), ea (seal), ee (jeep), ou (house), long vowels with r (fire, deer), ar (car), er (hammer, farmer)
Sight words: a, the, to, and, of, I, said, are, you, have, won't
New Patterns: be, go, we, he, me, she
Continues practice of plural forms, compound words and two-syllable words.

Bert pet-sits for his neighbour.

K-4

EA MAK