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); AR1 Dog park (DXB); AR2 Square (DXB); AR3 Dollars for garbage (DXB); AR4 Mark collects fossils (DXB); AR5 Polar bears (DXB); AR6 Arcade (DXB); AR grid (DXB).

• BB - BB (PDF); BB1 Crabby tabby (DXB); BB2 Bubbles (DXB); BB3 Cubbies (DXB); BB4 Crabby Abby (DXB).

• CC - CC (PDF); CC1 Run (DXB); CC2 We make music (DXB); CC3 Broccoli (DXB); CC4 Hiccups at the cafe (DXB).

• CH CHILD CHILDREN MUCH SUCH - CH (PDF); CH1 My chum Chip (DXB); CH2 Cheeky chooks (DXB); CH3 School camp (DXB); CH4 The old church (DXB); CH5 ch match (DXB); CH6 That much (DXB); CH7 Chloe likes to sit (DXB).

• EA - EA (PDF); EA1 Tea at Nanna’s (DXB); EA2 Beagle pup (DXB); EA3 The seal (DXB); EA4 ea grid (DXB).

• ED - ED (PDF); ED1 Red Ted (DXB); ED2 Go to bed (DXB); ED3 My brother Ned (DXB); ED4 Lily is tired (DXB); ED5 Circus Oz.

• EN ENOUGH - EN (PDF); EN1 I am (DXB); EN2 Tent (DXB); EN3 Enough tennis balls (DXB); EN4 Ben has talent (DXB); EN5 Enough says mum (DXB); EN6 Weekend away (DXB).

• ER - ER (PDF); ER1 Butterfly (DXB); ER2 Peter’s dog (DXB); ER3 Terry’s pet (DXB); ER4 Meerkats (DXB); ER5 Paper boats (DXB).

• FF - FF (PDF); FF1 I am ff (DXB); FF2 Puffball poems (DXB); FF3 Saffron’s new frock (DXB); FF4 ff grid (DXB).

• GG - GG (PDF); GG1 Baby Peggy (DXB); GG2 I am gg (DXB); GG3 No snuggle (DXB); GG4 Eggs for tea (DXB).

• GH - GH (PDF); GH1 Night flight (DXB); GH2 Night (DXB); GH3 Fill the gap (DXB); GH4 At twilight (DXB); GH5 The village (DXB); GH6 Afghan pup (DXB).

• IN (within words) - IN (PDF); IN1 I win (DXB); IN2 Dots inside (DXB); IN3 Cindy (DXB); IN4 India (DXB); IN5 I am Inuit; IN6 Old Vinny (DXB).

• ING - ING (PDF); ING1 I am doing (DXB); IN2 Liking (DXB); IN3 Spring (DXB); IN4 Panning for gold (DXB).

• OU OUT - OU (PDF); OU1 I can pour (DXB); OU2 Our snacks (DXB); OU3 Our Papa (DXB); OU4 Scout hike (DXB); OU5 Mould (DXB).

• OW - OW (PDF); OW1 How now (DXB); OW2 Now guess (DXB); OW3 The snow (DXB); OW4 Aussie sundown (DXB).

• SH SHALL SHOULD - SH (PDF); SH1 My wish (DXB); SH2 Ozzie the fish (DXB); SH3 Puppy (DXB); SH4 Shady bush (DXB); SH5 Aunt Shelly (DXB); SH6 sh clash (DXB); SH7 sh crash (DXB).

• ST STILL FIRST MUST - ST (PDF); ST1 Storm (DXB); ST2 It is (DXB); ST3 Stella’s box (DXB); ST4 Stevie sits still (DXB); ST5 The still pond (DXB); ST6 The crystal egg (DXB); ST7 st stuff (DXB).

• TH THIS - TH (PDF); TH1 Frothy bath (DXB); TH2 This is (DXB); TH3 Triplets (DXB); TH4 Guess this animal (DXB); TH5 This thick broth (DXB); TH6 Too filthy (DXB).

• WH WHICH - WH (PDF); WH1 Whip it up (DXB); WH2 What am I (DXB); WH3 Which (DXB); WH4 Whales (DXB); WH5 What will we make (DXB); WH6 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); ANCE1 The dancer falls (DXB); ANCE2 Prancer the dancer (DXB); ANCE3 Dance romance (DXB); ANCE4 Esperance (DXB); ANCE5 Solve me ance (DXB).

• ENCE - ENCE (PDF); ENCE1 Pence (DXB); ENCE2 Evidence (DXB); ENCE3 Fence (DXB); ENCE4 Make pairs ence (DXB); ENCE5 Solve me ence (DXB).

• FUL - FUL (PDF); FUL1 By the handful (DXB); FUL2 The Fultons (DXB); FUL3 A pocketful of guesses (DXB); FUL4 Bellyful (DXB).

• ITY - ITY (PDF); ITY1 Agility (DXB); ITY2 Friday in the city (DXB); ITY3 Make pairs ity (DXB); ITY4 Solve me ity (DXB); ITY5 Amity Calamity (DXB).

• LESS - LESS (PDF); LESS1 Reckless (DXB); LESS2 Faultless (DXB); LESS3 Priceless (DXB); LESS4 Make pairs less (DXB); LESS5 Solve me less (DXB).

• MENT - MENT (PDF); MENT1 Bumpy pavement (DXB); MENT2 New play equipment (DXB); MENT3 Puzzlement (DXB); MENT4 Solve me ment (DXB); MENT5 Rayment’s monument (DXB).

• NESS - NESS (PDF); NESS1 Giant ride (DXB); NESS2 Fitness (DXB); NESS3 Homesickness (DXB); NESS4 Solve me ness (DXB).

• ONG - ONG (PDF); ONG1 Bong dong (DXB); ONG2 Folk songs (DXB); ONG3 Pongy dune (DXB); ONG4 Oblong turtle (DXB); ONG5 Mah-jong (DXB); ONG6 Dugong (DXB); ONG7 New thongs (DXB).

• OUND - OUND (PDF); OUND1 Round or not (DXB); OUND2 Hounds on the mound (DXB); OUND3 The hound and the pound (DXB); OUND 4 Basset hound (DXB); OUND5 Polly’s hound (DXB).

• OUNT - OUNT (PDF); OUNT1 Can baby count (DXB); OUNT2 Horse camp (DXB); OUNT3 The Mounties (DXB); OUNT4 Can you recount (DXB).

• SION - SION (PDF); SION1 Television quiz (DXB); SION2 Collision (DXB); SION3 Cohesion excursion (DXB); SION4 Division revision (DXB).

• TION - TION (PDF); TION1 New college (DXB); TION2 Eruption (DXB); TION3 Job options (DXB); TION4 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 - CON1 Connie’s condo (DXB); CON2 A concise note (DXB); CON3 Concave and convex (DXB); CON4 Puzzles with con (DXB).

• DIS - DIS1 Display day (DXB); DIS2 Displaced (DXB); DIS3 Class report (DXB); DIS4 dis is 4 u (DXB).

• HIS - HIS1 Aussie animals (DXB); HIS2 Zac and the dam (DXB); HIS3 Jem’s key (DXB); HIS4 His claim to fame (DXB).

• WAS - WAS1 Holly came to visit (DXB); WAS2 Late for work (DXB); WAS3 Most important (DXB); WAS4 Pokémon raid (DXB).

• WERE - WERE1 Make way for the freeway (DXB); WERE2 Raymond Island (DXB); WERE3 Q&A About the Dodo (DXB); WERE4 Then they were frogs (DXB).

MORE COMING SOON - below is a work in progress!

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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