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PREDICTABLE BOOKS
Predictable 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 Story
2. Cumulative Story
3. Familiar Sequence
4. Pattern Stories
5. Question and Answer
6. Repetitive Phrase
7. Rhyme
8. . Songbooks
?Chain 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 Numeroff
Look out, Bird! Marilyn Janovitz
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna
Aardema
Why the Sun Was Late by Benjamin Elkins
?CUMULATIVE
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 story
The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by S. Neitzel
Benny'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
Familiar Sequence
Organized by a
recognizable theme
(days of the week,
months of the year,
numbers, etc.).
? The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
Sample of familiar sequence
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Come Out and Play, Little Mouse by Robert Kraus
Cookie'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
Pattern Stories
The scenes or
events are
repeated with
some variation.
? Froggy Gets Dressed
sample
A Most Unusual Lunch by Robert Bender
Peter and the Talking Shoes by Kate Banks
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Seven Sillies by Joyce Dunbar
Spider, Spider by Kate Banks
Stop, Thief! by Robert Kalan
Question and
Answer
The same or
similar questions
are repeated
throughout the
story.
? Brown Bear, Brown
Bear, What Do You See?
sample
Black Crow, Black Crow by Ginger Foglesong Guy
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by
Bill Martin, Jr.
Is It Time? by Marilyn Janovitz
Where's My Share? by Valerie Greeley
Whose Footprints? by Molly Coxe
Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus
Repetition of
Phrase
Word order in a
phrase or sentence
is repeated
? Goodnight Moon
Sample of repetition of Phrase
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No by Ainslie Pryor
A 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
Rhyme
Rhyming words,
refrains, or patterns
are used throughout
the story.
? I Went Walking
Sample repetition of Rhymes
Johnny Crow's Garden by Leslie Brooke
The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine
Bernard Westcott
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sara J. Hale
Miss Mabel's Table by Deborah Chandra
The New Baby Calf by Edith Newlin
Night House Bright House by M. Wellington
Songbooks
Familiar 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 Westcott
Yankee Doodle by Mary Ann Hoberman
One Wide River To Cross by Barbara
Emberley
Over In The Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
Characteristics of Predictable Books
? Picture books with repeating illustrations
? Basic vocabulary
? Repetitive language
? Rhyming words
? Pattern of sentence structure
? No break in pattern (unless on last page)
? Simple phrases
? Can expect what comes next
? Sing-along style
? Easy to make predictions
? Same character throughout
? Little 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 practice
?Children experience success with reading.
THANK YOU
Cynthia C. Narra

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  • 2. Predictable 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
  • 3. eight types of predictable books. 1. Chain or Circular Story 2. Cumulative Story 3. Familiar Sequence 4. Pattern Stories 5. Question and Answer 6. Repetitive Phrase 7. Rhyme 8. . Songbooks
  • 4. ?Chain or Circular Story ? The plot is interlinked so that the ending leads back to the beginning Where the Wild Things Are
  • 5. Sample of chain story If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff Look out, Bird! Marilyn Janovitz Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema Why the Sun Was Late by Benjamin Elkins
  • 6. ?CUMULATIVE STORY Each time a new event occurs, all previous person, places, things, and events in the story are repeated ? The Gingerbread Man
  • 7. Sample of cumulative story The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by S. Neitzel Benny'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
  • 8. Familiar Sequence Organized by a recognizable theme (days of the week, months of the year, numbers, etc.). ? The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • 9. Sample of familiar sequence The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak Come Out and Play, Little Mouse by Robert Kraus Cookie'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
  • 10. Pattern Stories The scenes or events are repeated with some variation. ? Froggy Gets Dressed
  • 11. sample A Most Unusual Lunch by Robert Bender Peter and the Talking Shoes by Kate Banks The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Seven Sillies by Joyce Dunbar Spider, Spider by Kate Banks Stop, Thief! by Robert Kalan
  • 12. Question and Answer The same or similar questions are repeated throughout the story. ? Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  • 13. sample Black Crow, Black Crow by Ginger Foglesong Guy Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. Is It Time? by Marilyn Janovitz Where's My Share? by Valerie Greeley Whose Footprints? by Molly Coxe Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus
  • 14. Repetition of Phrase Word order in a phrase or sentence is repeated ? Goodnight Moon
  • 15. Sample of repetition of Phrase Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No by Ainslie Pryor A 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
  • 16. Rhyme Rhyming words, refrains, or patterns are used throughout the story. ? I Went Walking
  • 17. Sample repetition of Rhymes Johnny Crow's Garden by Leslie Brooke The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Bernard Westcott Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sara J. Hale Miss Mabel's Table by Deborah Chandra The New Baby Calf by Edith Newlin Night House Bright House by M. Wellington
  • 18. Songbooks Familiar songs with predictable elements such as repetitive phrases, sentences, rhymes, or refrains. ? Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
  • 19. Sample songs The Eensy-Weensy Spider by Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott Yankee Doodle by Mary Ann Hoberman One Wide River To Cross by Barbara Emberley Over In The Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
  • 20. Characteristics of Predictable Books ? Picture books with repeating illustrations ? Basic vocabulary ? Repetitive language ? Rhyming words ? Pattern of sentence structure ? No break in pattern (unless on last page)
  • 21. ? Simple phrases ? Can expect what comes next ? Sing-along style ? Easy to make predictions ? Same character throughout ? Little to no dialogue between characters
  • 22. 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 practice ?Children experience success with reading.