Entering Grade 1

Entering grade 1

Independent reading: Keep a list of the ones you read

Berenstain – Bears on wheels (D)

Capucilli – Biscuit (series) (F)

Carle – The very busy spider (I)

Christelow – Five little monkeys jumping on the bed (E)

Eastman - Go, dog, go (E)

Hutchins – Happy Birthday Sam (I)

Keller – A bed full of cats (H)

Krauss – The carrot seed (G)

Lopshire – Put me in the zoo (H)

Maccarone – Soccer game (F)

Martin – Fire! Fire! said Mrs. McGuire (F)

Mayer – All by myself (E)

McPhail – A bug, a bear, and a boy (F)

Minarik – A kiss for Little Bear  (J)

Moran – Six silly foxes (D)

Seuss – The foot book (E)

Wells – Noisy Nora (I)

Williams – I went walking (C)

             Picture books     

All the books below are written by major authors and they’ve written many other titles 

~ they are appropriate for all ages to read together.   

Asch – Happy birthday moon

Brett – The umbrella

Carle – The very busy spider

Cronin – Click, clack, moo: cows that type

De Paola – Strega Nona

Dean – Pete the cat

Ehlert – Planting a rainbow

Henkes – Owen

Klassen – This is not my hat

Lionni – Swimmy

McCloskey – Make way for ducklings

Munsch – The paper bag princess

Polacco – Thunder cake

Rey – Curious George

Seuss – Horton hatches the egg

Shannon - No, David!

Steig – Sylvester and the magic pebble

Van Allsburg – Jumanji

Wells – Bunny cakes

Willems – Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus

Yolen – How do dinosaurs eat their food?