Thursday, March 4, 2010

After requests from parents on books that would be helpful, I have compiled a list from a couple of sources as suggestions for easy readers that will help with fluency for the 1st grade students.
And I Mean It, Stanley- Crosby Bonsall
Bears are Curious-Joyce Milton
The Best Fall of All-Laura Goodwill
The Big Snowball-Wendy cheyette Lewison
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin-Cheryl Willis Hudson
The Cat That Sat-marie Vinje
City Cats, Country Cats-Barbara Shook Hazen
Corduroy-Don Freeman
Digby-Barbara Shook Hazen
Don't Wake the Baby-Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Happy Birthday, Danny the Dinosaur-Syd Hoff
Hats, Hats, Hats-Ann Morris
Hop on Pop-Dr. Suess
Hot Dog-Molly Coxe
How Many Fish?-Caron Lee Cohen
In a dark, Dark House-Jennifer Dussling
Lots of Hearts-maryann Cocca-Leffler
More Spaghetti, I Say!-Rita Golden Gelman
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish-Dr. Suess
Oscar Otter-Nathaniel Benchley
Picky Nicky-Cathy and Mark Dubowski
Rick is Sick-Daniel McPhail
Sid and SAm-Nola Buck
Splish Splash-Sara Weeks

If these are too easy here are some harder ones:
Amelia Bedelia (Various)-Peggy Parish
Arthur's Reading Race-marc Brown
The Bike Lesson-Stan and Jan Berenstein
Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain-Verna Aardema
Case of the (Various) -Crosby Bonsall
Cat in the Hat-Dr. Suess
Clifford's Pals-Norman Bridwell
Days with Frog and Toad-Arnold Lobel (Various others)
Fox in Socks-Dr. Suess
Franklin and the Thunderstorm-Paulette Bourgeois
Glasses for D.W.-Marc Brown
Grasshopper on the Road-Arnold Lobel
Henry and Mudge-Cynthia Rylant
Kit and Kat-Tomie dePaola
Martha series-Susan Meddaugh
Morris and Boris at the Circus-B. Wiseman
Mouse soup-Arnold Lobel
Nate the Great Series-marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Skippyjo Jones-Judy Schachner
The Mitten-Jan Brett
Tikki Tikki Tembo-Arlene Mosel
Stanley-Syd Hoff

There are many others, but this is a place to start. Also I will be sending home a list of Dolch Sight words that will help with fluency.