Ozzie Dots Downloads

Beyond Sets 1-10

Unlike Ozzie Dots Sets 1-10 which presents 51 contractions sequentially, Ozzie Dots Beyond Sets 1-10 presents groups of contractions (UEB) from which the braille teacher can make selections. These contractions are not intended to be introduced sequentially, but rather, as is relevant to the classroom learning environment, or as need or interest arises … making Ozzie Dots Beyond Sets 1-10 more like a contracted braille "choose your own adventure". Select a group or just a single contraction from the illustrated resources below, then download a 1-2 titles for each contraction.

For each contraction below, you’ll find a PDF with the text of each book, introductory notes and braille information, followed by the DXB files for individual braille stories.

Digraphs, Blends & Double-Letters (e.g. CH, ST, BB)

The Digraphs, Blends & Double-Letters Title List presents an overview of the books available in this collection of groupsigns and wordsigns.

• AR - AR (PDF); AR-1 Dog park (DXB); AR-2 Square (DXB); AR-3 Dollars for garbage (DXB); AR-4 Mark collects fossils (DXB); AR-5 Polar bears (DXB); AR-6 Arcade (DXB); AR-7 grid (DXB).

• BB - BB (PDF); BB-1 Crabby tabby (DXB); BB-2 Bubbles (DXB); BB-3 Cubbies (DXB); BB-4 Crabby Abby (DXB).

• CC - CC (PDF); CC-1 Run (DXB); CC-2 We make music (DXB); CC-3 Broccoli (DXB); CC-4 Hiccups at the cafe (DXB).

• CH CHILD CHILDREN MUCH SUCH - CH (PDF); CH-1 My chum Chip (DXB); CH-2 Cheeky chooks (DXB); CH-3 School camp (DXB); CH-4 The old church (DXB); CH-5 ch match (DXB); CH-6 That much (DXB); CH-7 Chloe likes to sit (DXB).

• EA - EA (PDF); EA-1 Tea at Nanna’s (DXB); EA-2 Beagle pup (DXB); EA-3 The seal (DXB); EA-4 ea grid (DXB).

• ED - ED (PDF); ED-1 Red Ted (DXB); ED-2 Go to bed (DXB); ED-3 My brother Ned (DXB); ED-4 Lily is tired (DXB); ED-5 Circus Oz.

• EN ENOUGH - EN (PDF); EN-1 I am (DXB); EN-2 Tent (DXB); EN-3 Enough tennis balls (DXB); EN-4 Ben has talent (DXB); EN-5 Enough says mum (DXB); EN-6 Weekend away (DXB).

• ER - ER (PDF); ER-1 Butterfly (DXB); ER-2 Peter’s dog (DXB); ER-3 Terry’s pet (DXB); ER-4 Meerkats (DXB); ER-5 Paper boats (DXB).

• FF - FF (PDF); FF-1 I am ff (DXB); FF-2 Puffball poems (DXB); FF-3 Saffron’s new frock (DXB); FF-4 ff grid (DXB).

• GG - GG (PDF); GG-1 Baby Peggy (DXB); GG-2 I am gg (DXB); GG-3 No snuggle (DXB); GG-4 Eggs for tea (DXB).

• GH - GH (PDF); GH-1 Night flight (DXB); GH-2 Night (DXB); GH-3 Fill the gap (DXB); GH-4 At twilight (DXB); GH-5 The village (DXB); GH-6 Afghan pup (DXB).

• IN (within words) - IN (PDF); IN-1 I win (DXB); IN-2 Dots inside (DXB); IN-3 Cindy (DXB); IN-4 India (DXB); IN-5 I am Inuit; IN-6 Old Vinny (DXB).

• ING - ING (PDF); ING-1 I am doing (DXB); ING-2 Liking (DXB); ING-3 Spring (DXB); ING-4 Panning for gold (DXB).

• OU OUT - OU (PDF); OU-1 I can pour (DXB); OU-2 Our snacks (DXB); OU-3 Our Papa (DXB); OU-4 Scout hike (DXB); OU-5 Mould (DXB).

• OW - OW (PDF); OW-1 How now (DXB); OW-2 Now guess (DXB); OW-3 The snow (DXB); OW-4 Aussie sundown (DXB).

• SH SHALL SHOULD - SH (PDF); SH-1 My wish (DXB); SH-2 Ozzie the fish (DXB); SH-3 Puppy (DXB); SH-4 Shady bush (DXB); SH-5 Aunt Shelly (DXB); SH-6 sh clash (DXB); SH-7 sh crash (DXB).

• ST STILL FIRST MUST - ST (PDF); ST-1 Storm (DXB); ST-2 It is (DXB); ST-3 Stella’s box (DXB); ST-4 Stevie sits still (DXB); ST-5 The still pond (DXB); ST-6 The crystal egg (DXB); ST-7 st stuff (DXB).

• TH THIS - TH (PDF); TH-1 Frothy bath (DXB); TH-2 This is (DXB); TH-3 Triplets (DXB); TH-4 Guess this animal (DXB); TH-5 This thick broth (DXB); TH-6 Too filthy (DXB).

• WH WHICH - WH (PDF); WH-1 Whip it up (DXB); WH-2 What am I (DXB); WH-3 Which (DXB); WH-4 Whales (DXB); WH-5 What will we make (DXB); WH-6 Mr Whitby’s whippet (DXB).

Endings (e.g. ENCE, ITY, SION)

The Endings Title List presents an overview of the books available in this collection of final-letter groupsigns.

• ANCE - ANCE (PDF); ANCE-1 The dancer falls (DXB); ANCE-2 Prancer the dancer (DXB); ANCE-3 Dance romance (DXB); ANCE-4 Esperance (DXB); ANCE-5 Solve me ance (DXB).

• ENCE - ENCE (PDF); ENCE-1 Pence (DXB); ENCE-2 Evidence (DXB); ENCE-3 Fence (DXB); ENCE-4 Make pairs ence (DXB); ENCE-5 Solve me ence (DXB).

• FUL - FUL (PDF); FUL-1 By the handful (DXB); FUL-2 The Fultons (DXB); FUL-3 A pocketful of guesses (DXB); FUL-4 Bellyful (DXB).

• ITY - ITY (PDF); ITY-1 Agility (DXB); ITY-2 Friday in the city (DXB); ITY-3 Make pairs ity (DXB); ITY-4 Solve me ity (DXB); ITY-5 Amity Calamity (DXB).

• LESS - LESS (PDF); LESS-1 Reckless (DXB); LESS-2 Faultless (DXB); LESS-3 Priceless (DXB); LESS-4 Make pairs less (DXB); LESS-5 Solve me less (DXB).

• MENT - MENT (PDF); MENT-1 Bumpy pavement (DXB); MENT-2 New play equipment (DXB); MENT-3 Puzzlement (DXB); MENT-4 Solve me ment (DXB); MENT-5 Rayment’s monument (DXB).

• NESS - NESS (PDF); NESS-1 Giant ride (DXB); NESS-2 Fitness (DXB); NESS-3 Homesickness (DXB); NESS-4 Solve me ness (DXB).

• ONG - ONG (PDF); ONG-1 Bong dong (DXB); ONG-2 Folk songs (DXB); ONG-3 Pongy dune (DXB); ONG-4 Oblong turtle (DXB); ONG-5 Mah-jong (DXB); ONG-6 Dugong (DXB); ONG-7 New thongs (DXB).

• OUND - OUND (PDF); OUND-1 Round or not (DXB); OUND-2 Hounds on the mound (DXB); OUND-3 The hound and the pound (DXB); OUND-4 Basset hound (DXB); OUND-5 Polly’s hound (DXB).

• OUNT - OUNT (PDF); OUNT-1 Can baby count (DXB); OUNT-2 Horse camp (DXB); OUNT-3 The Mounties (DXB); OUNT-4 Can you recount (DXB).

• SION - SION (PDF); SION-1 Television quiz (DXB); SION-2 Collision (DXB); SION-3 Cohesion excursion (DXB); SION-4 Division revision (DXB).

• TION - TION (PDF); TION-1 New college (DXB); TION-2 Eruption (DXB); TION-3 Job options (DXB); TION-4 Solve me tion (DXB).

Initial-letter Contractions (e.g. QUESTION, THERE, WORD, WORLD)

The Initial-letter Contractions Title List presents an overview of the books available in this collection of dot 5, dot 45 and dot 456 words.

• dot 5 contractions - dot 5 (PDF); dot 5-1 Part-time work (DXB); dot 5-2 Turn right (DXB); dot 5-3 Adults and babies (DXB); dot 5-4 Where is it (DXB); dot 5-5 Did you ever (DXB); dot 5-6 Holiday diary (DXB); dot 5-7 Hole (DXB); dot 5-8 Great grandmother Mavis (DXB); dot 5-9 Fill the dot 5 gaps (DXB); dot 5-10 Billy Blunder (DXB).

• dots 4,5 contractions - dot 45 (PDF); dot 45-1 Cake sale (DXB); dot 45-2 That and those (DXB); dot 45-3 Fromeo and Frogiette (DXB); dot 45-4 The royal bottom (DXB); dot 45-5 Whose is it (DXB); dot 45-6 Whose (DXB); dot 45-7 Yap yap yap (DXB); dot 45-8 Upon my word (DXB); dot 45-9 Fill the dot 45 gaps (DXB).

• dots 4,5,6 contractions - dot 456 (PDF); dot 456-1 Sick pet (DXB); dot 456-2 My Nonna (DXB); dot 456-3 Covid (DXB); dot 456-4 Diabetes (DXB); dot 456-5 Fun run (DXB); dot 456-6 Davy Janes the pirate (DXB); dot 456-7 Lacrosse scores (DXB); dot 456-8 Few or many (DXB); dot 456-9 Spirits of the spooky wood (DXB); dot 456-10 Brave little Spirit (DXB); dot 456-11 The Spirit of Tasmania (DXB); dot 456-12 Casey’s run (DXB); dot 456-13 The world (DXB); dot 456-14 World record (DXB); dot 456-15 Snore (DXB); dot 456-16 Time it (DXB).

Lower Signs (e.g. CON, DIS, WAS)

The Lower Signs Title List presents an overview of the books available in this collection of contractions - those that can be found in the bottom four dots of the braille cell.

• Lower signs - CON, DIS, HIS, WAS, WERE (PDF)

• CON - CON-1 Connie’s condo (DXB); CON-2 A concise note (DXB); CON-3 Concave and convex (DXB); CON-4 Puzzles with con (DXB).

• DIS - DIS-1 Display day (DXB); DIS-2 Displaced (DXB); DIS-3 Class report (DXB); DIS-4 dis is 4 u (DXB).

• HIS - HIS-1 Aussie animals (DXB); HIS-2 Zac and the dam (DXB); HIS-3 Jem’s key (DXB); HIS-4 His claim to fame (DXB).

• WAS - WAS-1 Holly came to visit (DXB); WAS-2 Late for work (DXB); WAS-3 Most important (DXB); WAS-4 Pokémon raid (DXB).

• WERE - WERE-1 Make way for the freeway (DXB); WERE-2 Raymond Island (DXB); WERE-3 Q&A About the Dodo (DXB); WERE-4 Then they were frogs (DXB).

Shortform Words (e.g. ABOVE, BECAUSE, BRAILLE)

The Shortform Words Title List presents an overview of the books available in this collection of special abbreviations (shortforms).

• Group 1 contractions (selected for younger readers) - Group 1 (PDF); Group 1-1 Home alone (DXB); Group 1-2 Every day (DXB); Group 1-3 Gran says (DXB); Group 1-4 Pet crab (DXB); Group 1-5 The 7-11 (DXB); Group 1-6 Musical (DXB); Group 1-7 Braille cookies (DXB); Group 1-8 About braille (DXB); Group 1-9 Zac and Jack (DXB); Group 1-10 Good mates (DXB); Group 1-11 By tomorrow (DXB); Group 1-12 Holiday timetable (DXB); Group 1-13 New timetable (DXB); Group 1-14 A letter to my friend (DXB); Group 1-15 Try me (DXB).

• Group 2 contractions (shortforms beginning with “a”) - Group 2 (PDF); Group 2-1 Across the way (DXB); Group 2-2 Home school (DXB); Group 2-3 Picnic (DXB); Group 2-4 Bump bump (DXB); Group 2-5 Altogether too busy (DXB); Group 2-6 Support Skills (DXB); Group 2-7 Important (DXB); Group 2-8 Across the road (DXB); Group 2-9 Afternoon in the woods (DXB); Group 2-10 Above us (DXB); Group 2-11 Handy shortforms (DXB).

• Group 3 contractions (BE and BE-words) - Group 3 (PDF); Group 3-1 Can it be a (DXB); Group 3-2 Bee and beetle (DXB); Group 3-3 I believe (DXB); Group 3-4 Woof (DXB); Group 3-5 Little Pippa always asks (DXB); Group 3-6 Before the pool (DXB); Group 3-7 Xmas bikes (DXB); Group 3-8 Swim (DXB); Group 3-9 Beside the circle (DXB); Group 3-10 New puppy (DXB).

• Group 4 contractions (shortforms containing SELF and SELVES) - Group 4 (PDF); Group 4-1 Mamma is sick (DXB); Group 4-2 Jamboree (DXB); Group 4-3 By itself (DXB); Group 4-4 By herself (DXB); Group 4-5 A friend for Pussledo (DXB); Group 4-6 The fair (DXB); Group 4-7 By myself (DXB); Group 4-8 Can you write them all (DXB).

• Group 5 contractions (selected for older readers) - Group 5 (PDF); Group 5-1 Conceiving Ozzie Dots (DXB); Group 5-2 The cuckoo (DXB); Group 5-3 Declaring it (DXB); Group 5-4 Spooky (DXB); Group 5-5 Package (DXB); Group 5-6 Spring (DXB).

Note: You'll need a computer with Duxbury Braille Translation software, a graphics-enabled embosser and a printer.

For more information, please see Ozzie Dots Teacher Resource.

Where to from here?

See also: Ozzie Dots (overview) ~ Towards Sets 1-10 ~ Sets 1-10 ~ Beyond Sets 1-10 (this page) ~ Surprise Me!

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