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Predictable Books Part II: Cumulative Stories

6/23/2011

Another type of predictable book is a Cumulative Story which is a story that each time a new event occurs, all the previous events in the story are repeated in the appropriate sequence.

Jack's Garden by Henry Cole
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Today is Monday by Eric Carle
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Activity 3
Chicken Licken or Chicken Little by various authors
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Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
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Benny's Pennies by Pat Brisson
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Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham
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Seven Sillies by Joyce Dunbar
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The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown by Teri, Sloat
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The Great Big Enormous Turnip by Alexei Tolstoy
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The Pig in the Pond by Martin Waddell
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Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee by Colin West
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Little Pink Pig by Pat Hutchins
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The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by S Neitzel
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Other Cumulative Stories
It's Too Noisy by Joanna Cole
Rum Pum Pum by Maggie Duff
Miss Mabel's Table by Deborah Chandra
It's a Perfect Day by Abigail Pize
In Enzo's Splendid Gardens by Patricia Polacco
The Judge by Harve Zemach
Here is the Southwestern Desert by Madeleine Dunphy
Here is the Tropical Rain Forest by Madeleine Dunphy
The Old Woman and her Pig by Paul Galdone
It's My Birthday by H. Oxenbury
Little Tuppen: An Old Tale by Paul Galdone
The Rose in my Garden by Arnold Lobel
Not Me Said the Monkey by Colin West
I Don't Care Said the Bear by Colin West
Knock, Knock, Teremok by K. Arnold
Mike's Kite by Elizabeth MacDonald
Have you Seen the Crocodile by Colin West

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Website of the Week for June 20, 2011: Straight Street...Great Website to Download Symbols

6/21/2011

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Website: http://www.straight-street.com/

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Special Thanks to the Creators of Straight-Street.com!!

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Predictable Books Part I: Circular or Chain Stories

6/21/2011

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This week I will be featuring different types of predictable books with corresponding activities to accompany some of the books. One type of predictable book is a Circular or Chain Story which encompasses an ending that goes back to the beginning. The books listed below are examples of Circular or Chain Stories:

-Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verba Aardema
-YouTube Video of Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Read Aloud
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Author), Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
-YouTube Video of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie Read Aloud
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-If you Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Author), Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
-YouTube Video of If you Give a Pig a Pancake Read Aloud
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-If you Take a Mouse to School by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Author), Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
-YouTube Video of If you Take a Mouse to School Read Aloud
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-If you Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Author),Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
-YouTube Video of If you Give a Moose a Muffin Read Aloud
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-The Mitten by Jan Brett
-Activity 1
-Activity 2
-Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel (Author), Janet Stevens (Illustrator)
-Activity 1
-Why the Sun was Late by Benjamin Elkin (Author), Jerome Snyder (Illustrator)

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Predictable Books Part II: Cumulative Stories

Website of the Week for June 20, 2011: Straight Street...Great Website to Download Symbols

Predictable Books Part I: Circular or Chain Stories

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