The White hen /

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, ch (chick), -ng (king), -nk (ink), -le (apple), th (teeth), wh (wheel)
Consonant Blends: st-, -st, gl-, -nt, dr-, -mp, gr-, -ft, cr-, -lp, pl-, -th, -ll, -tt, -ck, -x, -nk
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), ie (pie), ee (bee), oa (goat), ai (nail), ea (seal), ee (jeep), long vowels with r (fire, deer)
Sight words: a, the, to, and, of, I, said, you, your, have, want, this, Mr.
New Patterns: be, he, her, him, me, we, she

Continues practice of plural forms, compound words and two-syllable words.

White hen has three chicks that she needs to protect from the fox.

K-4