Books To Read Aloud To 1st Graders

Dragonbreath by ursula vernon.

Books to read aloud to 1st graders. Books shelved as 1st grade read alouds. Poetry ages 4 and up 17. Brand new school brave new ruby by derrick barnes.

A pizza the size of the sun by jack prelutsky. Mercy watson is always the first chapter book i read to my first graders. You might also like freddie ramos takes off zapato power by jacqueline jules and miguel benitez.

Charlie and the chocolate factory by roald dahl. He just makes poetry fun. The majority of these books are books teachers can read aloud to students though this list features some early readers.

First grade is when many children put it all together and begin to read independently. The hundred dresses by eleanor estes. They have short sentences and picture clues help first graders decipher words all by themselves.

The story is about auggie pullman a 10 year old boy with a severe cranial facial anomaly. Prelutsky is the perfect poetry entrée. It encourages longer attention spans children can focus on a page of images and words for longer periods build their understanding of the connection between speech and print.

Palacio is a must read for every student entering the middle school years. Chapter books to read to first graders. But reading aloud with first graders remains not only a pleasurable but an important activity.