1st Grade Reading List

1st Grade Reading List

Historical/Fiction

William Penn Founder of Pennsylvania - Syme

The Sign of the Beaver
First Adventure - Coatsworth
John Billington Friend of Squanto- Bulla

A Lion to Guard Us - Bulla
Buttons for General Washington - Roop
The Joke's on George - Tunnell
Pilgrim Courage - Smith & Meredith
George Washington's Mother- Fritz
George Washington's Breakfast - Fritz
Amos Fortune- Elizabeth Yates

Science
A First Look at Rocks - Selsam
Raccoons Scavengers of the Night - Landau (for special studies in library)
Raccoons -Kite (for special studies in library)
The Pumpkin Book - Gibbons
The Pumpkin Patch- Elizabeth King
Squirrels - Murray

Read alouds
Sarah, Plain and Tall - (MacLachlan)
Skylark -(MacLachlan)
Caleb's Story (MacLachlan)
The Miraculous  Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo
Farmer Boy (Wilder)
The Trumpet of the Swan (White)
Strawberry Girl - Lenski
Old Yeller

Holiday Reading 
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving - Alcott