Reading Details
* denotes class set of books
# denotes a book that is an option to be read, but may not be read every year
Ongoing
September
Welcome to First Grade!
Social Studies Connections: Books about Names
Social Studies Connections: Books about the World
Robert McCloskey books
Science Connections: Books about Plants
Science/Math Connections: Books about Ladybugs
October
Social Studies Connections: Books about Homes
Science/Math Connections: Books about Pumpkins
Halloween Books
November
Science Connections: Books about Plants
Social Studies Connections: Books about North America
Writing Connections: Books about Letter Writing
December
Flat Stanley (first chapter book)*
Books by Felicia Bond including
Social Studies Connections: Books about South America
Science Connections: Books about Matter
Winter Holiday Books
January
Social Studies Connections: Books about Europe
Science Connections: Books about Earth Materials
Books about Martin Luther King Jr.
Books about Friendship
February
Books about Friendship
Social Studies Connections: Books about Africa
Social Studies Connections: Books about Abraham Lincoln
Science Connections: Books about Earth Materials
Math Connections: Books about 100
March
Social Studies Connections: Books about Asia
Books About Inclusion
April
Miss Rumphius* (connection to Earth Day)
Science Connections: Books about Eggs and Chicks
Social Studies Connections: Books about Australia
May
Social Studies Connections: Books about Antarctica
Science Connections: Books About Insects
Chapter Book Chosen from the following:
June
Writing Connections: Poetry
Social Studies Connection
# denotes a book that is an option to be read, but may not be read every year
Ongoing
- Junior Great Books* read-aloud series
- Phonics* workbook
- Scholastic News* magazine
- Daily story time of chapter books (examples: The Magic Tree House series, books by Roald Dahl, The Little Prince)
September
Welcome to First Grade!
- Morris Goes to School
- Friends by Helme Heine
- When Kangaroo Goes to School#
- Never Ride an Elephant to School#
Social Studies Connections: Books about Names
- Chrysanthemum
- Andy, That’s My Name
- My Name is Johari
- The Name Jar
- Alma and How She Got Her Name
Social Studies Connections: Books about the World
- What a Wonderful World*#
- Me on the Map
- My Global Address
Robert McCloskey books
- Blueberries for Sal*
- Make Way for Ducklings*
Science Connections: Books about Plants
- Planting a Rainbow*
- The Tiny Seed
- From Seed to Sunflower
Science/Math Connections: Books about Ladybugs
- Ladybug Life Cycle
- Little Buggy
- Spotted Beetles
- Ladybug on the Move
- Are You a Ladybug?
- The Very Lazy Ladybug
- The Grouchy Ladybug
October
Social Studies Connections: Books about Homes
- This is My House*
- A House is a House For Me*
- The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig*#
- The Little House
- A House for Hermit Crab
Science/Math Connections: Books about Pumpkins
- A Day at the Pumpkin Patch
- Pumpkin Circle
- Pumpkins by Ray (fiction)
- Pumpkins by Gibbons (nonfiction)
- Pumpkin Jack
- How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
Halloween Books
November
Science Connections: Books about Plants
- Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
- Autumn Leaves
- A Tree for All Seasons
Social Studies Connections: Books about North America
- The Goat in the Rug*
- The Three Little Javelinas* (fiction)
- Don’t Call Me Pig: A Javelina’s Story
- The Pig That is Not a Pig (nonfiction)
- Boreguita and the Coyote*#
- The Legend of the Bluebonnet*#
- Diego*#
- Whale in the Sky
Writing Connections: Books about Letter Writing
- Toot and Puddle
- Splat Says Thank You
- Frog and Toad (“The Letter”)
- The Post Office Book (nonfiction)
- The Jolly Postman
- Millie Waits for the Mail
December
Flat Stanley (first chapter book)*
Books by Felicia Bond including
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie#
- If You Give a Pig a Pancake#
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake#
Social Studies Connections: Books about South America
- Sailing to the Galapagos
- The Great Kapok Tree*
- Rainforest Secrets*
- Rainforest (big book)
- If I Ran the Rainforest
- On the Pampas
- The Lost City: Machu Picchu
Science Connections: Books about Matter
- Hot Air Henry
- What is the World Made Of?
Winter Holiday Books
January
Social Studies Connections: Books about Europe
- A New Coat for Anna*
- The Mysterious Giant of Barletta*
- The Story of Ferdinand*
- Sleeping Ugly*
- The Littlest Matryoshka
- Angus in Paris
- Various Grimm fairy tales
Science Connections: Books about Earth Materials
- Diary of a Worm
- Hill of Fire*
- Volcanoes
- Pedro’s Rocks
- Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop
Books about Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin’s Big Words
- Martin Luther King
Books about Friendship
- I’m Not Oscar’s Friend Anymore*
- Don’t Squeal Unless It’s a Big Deal#
- A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue#
February
Books about Friendship
- Esio Trot*
- The Enormous Crocodile*#
- Amos and Boris*#
- The Hundred Dresses*#
Social Studies Connections: Books about Africa
- Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock*
- Anansi and the Talking Melon
- Anansi and the Magic Stick
- Galimoto*
- It Takes a Village*#
- The Egyptian Cinderella*#
- Kofi and His Magic
- Bill and Pete
- Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Social Studies Connections: Books about Abraham Lincoln
- Abe Lincoln’s Hat
- Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
Science Connections: Books about Earth Materials
- Rocks in His Head
- When Clay Sings
- If You Find a Rock
- If You Are a Hunter of Fossils
- A Dinosaur Named Sue
- When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
- Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs
Math Connections: Books about 100
- G is for Googol (sections therein)
- Can You Count to a Googol?
- One Hundred Hungry Ants
- One Hundred Days of School
- 100th Day Worries
- The Very Rich Lady and the One Hundred Dogs
March
Social Studies Connections: Books about Asia
- The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from India
- A Grain of Rice*
- One Grain of Rice
- I Live in Tokyo
- A Carp for Kimiko
- Crow Boy*
- The Firekeeper’s Son
- Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
- The Seven Chinese Brothers*
- The Chinese Mirror*#
- Grandfather Tang's Story
Books About Inclusion
- We Are Alike, We Are Different
- Imogene’s Antlers
- The Sneetches
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed#
- The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo*#
April
Miss Rumphius* (connection to Earth Day)
Science Connections: Books about Eggs and Chicks
- First the Egg
- The Hen Can’t Help It
- Chick: Watch Me Grow
- Tillie Lays an Egg
- Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
- Chicken Big
- The Chicken Sisters
- The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
- Chick Life Cycle*
Social Studies Connections: Books about Australia
- Possum Magic*
- Top to Bottom Down Under
- My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch
- Marsupial Sue
- Big Rain Coming
- Tiddalick the Frog
- The Sign of the Seahorse
- Here is the Coral Reef
- Edward the Emu
- Edwina the Emu
- Punga the Goddess of Ugly
May
Social Studies Connections: Books about Antarctica
- A Tale of Antarctica*
- Pinkie Leaves Home
- Without You
- Penguins
- Trapped by the Ice
- Antarctica: A True Book
Science Connections: Books About Insects
- A Butterfly is Patient
- The Butterfly Counting Book
- Animal Defenses
- Monarch and Milkweed
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Butterfly House
- Busy Honeybees#
Chapter Book Chosen from the following:
- The Chocolate Touch*#
- Catwings*#
- Catwings Return*#
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle*#
- A Bear Called Paddington*#
- The Whipping Boy*#
June
Writing Connections: Poetry
- Something Big Has Been Here*
Social Studies Connection
- My Granny Went to Market, A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme
- The Long Way to a New Land*#
- The Long Way Westward*#