predictable books
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TYPES OF BOOKS TO READ TO YOUNG
PREDICTABLE BOOKS
meaningPredictable books,
sometimes called pattern books, are picture books
that contain rhyme, repetitive words, songs,
refrains, or phrases, questions or some other
structure that makes them predictable
eight types of predictable books.
1. Chain or Circular Story2. Cumulative Story3. Familiar Sequence4. Pattern Stories5. Question and Answer6. Repetitive Phrase7. Rhyme8. . Songbooks
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKSChain or Circular Story
The plot is interlinked so that the ending leads back to the beginning
Where the Wild Things Are
Sample of chain story If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura NumeroffLook out, Bird! Marilyn JanovitzWhy Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna AardemaWhy the Sun Was Late by Benjamin Elkins
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKSCUMULATI
VE STORY
Each time a new event occurs, all previous person, places, things, and events in the story are repeated
The Gingerbread Man
Sample of cumulative storyThe Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by S. NeitzelBenny's Pennies by Pat Brisson Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz," Went Bumblebee by Colin West Chicken Licken by Gavin Bishop Have You Seen the Crocodile? by Colin West Henny Penny by H.W. Zimmerman
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKS
Familiar SequenceOrganized by a recognizable theme (days of the week, months of the year, numbers, etc.).
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Sample of familiar sequenceThe Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak Come Out and Play, Little Mouse by Robert KrausCookie's Week by Cindy Ward It Begins With an A by Stephanie Calmenson Moo, Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKS
Pattern StoriesThe scenes or events are repeated with some variation.
Froggy Gets Dressed
sampleA Most Unusual Lunch by Robert Bender Peter and the Talking Shoes by Kate BanksThe Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Seven Sillies by Joyce Dunbar Spider, Spider by Kate BanksStop, Thief! by Robert Kalan
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKSQuestion and AnswerThe same or similar questions are repeated throughout the story.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
sampleBlack Crow, Black Crow by Ginger Foglesong GuyBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. Is It Time? by Marilyn Janovitz Where's My Share? by Valerie GreeleyWhose Footprints? by Molly CoxeWhose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKSRepetition of PhraseWord order in a phrase or sentence is repeated
Goodnight Moon
Sample of repetition of PhraseAre You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No by Ainslie PryorA Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat by John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr. Big and Little by Ruth Krauss The Big Block of Chocolate by Janet Slater Redhead A Big Fish Story by Joanne and David Wylie
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKS
RhymeRhyming words, refrains, or patterns are used throughout the story.
I Went Walking
Sample repetition of RhymesJohnny Crow's Garden by Leslie Brooke The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Bernard WestcottMary Had a Little Lamb by Sara J. Hale Miss Mabel's Table by Deborah Chandra The New Baby Calf by Edith NewlinNight House Bright House by M. Wellington
TYPES OF PREDICTABLE BOOKS
SongbooksFamiliar songs with predictable elements such as repetitive phrases, sentences, rhymes, or refrains.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
Sample songs
The Eensy-Weensy Spider by Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard WestcottYankee Doodle by Mary Ann Hoberman One Wide River To Cross by Barbara EmberleyOver In The Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
Characteristics of Predictable Books
Picture books with repeating illustrationsBasic vocabularyRepetitive languageRhyming wordsPattern of sentence structureNo break in pattern (unless on last page)
Characteristics of Predictable BooksSimple phrasesCan expect what comes nextSing-along styleEasy to make predictionsSame character throughoutLittle to no dialogue between
characters
Why Are Predictable Books Important?
Children learn pre-reading skills. children participate in reading. children learn about rhyme and rhythm . children learn inflection in a natural way. children get additional speech practiceChildren experience success with reading.
THANK YOU
Cynthia C. Narra