for Letters and Sounds Revised5 Samantha Montgomerie Cranes Lifting High
Cranes
Lifting High
Written by Samantha Montgomerie
Lift and shift! Cranes help make hard jobs safe.
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Cranes come in all shapes and sizes to complete jobs on all sorts of sites.
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Parts of a crane steel rope lifting block hook jib boom
cab
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concrete slabs keep it level
The name “crane” is from the long-necked crane bird.
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Tower cranes
Tower cranes lift beams and steel. These cranes rise up high. 6
The driver has to size up the exact spot the beam needs to go to.
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Cranes Lifting High
Phonemes covered: /ai/ a-e, a /ee/ e, e-e /igh/ i-e /oa/ o, o-e /yoo/ u-e
Lift and shift! Cranes rise up high to do hard jobs.
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