Don't forget to use role-playing, body language, and facial expression in addition to clear meaningful signs when helping readers understand printed concepts. It is vital that children be led to have positive experiences in their first encounters with books. Having positive experiences encourages children to read on their own, and this enables them to continue to learn the language they are expected to use competently on a daily basis. Thus, predictable books foster skills and knowledge that are useful not only in the classroom, but also throughout the students' lives. B.E. Literature for young children.
Books are for talking too.
How to use predictable books for K-2 language arts instruction. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 25. The use of predictable books. Unpublished masters thesis, Utah State University. It takes two to talk.