First Grade

First grade is the year a child learns to read, and everything else is arranged around that. One math book, one reading and one writing book, a science and a social studies page a couple of times a week, and a lot of books. This shelf holds all of it, including the first chapter books a six-year-old will finish on their own.

How to use it: about an hour, four days a week, with math first while they are fresh. The reading is the part that matters most this year, and the fastest way to wreck it is to make it the hardest part of the day. Read to them well past the point where they can read to you.

The whole year in one place: The Whole Year: 1st Grade. Or answer five questions and we will point you at the right shelf.
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Wolverines (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3)

Melissa Stewart National Geographic Kids
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Hang On, Monkey! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Susan B Neuman National Geographic Kids
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Wolves (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)

Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids
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National Geographic Kids Chapters: The Whale Who Won Hearts!: And More True Stories of Adventures with Animals

  • Life Science
  • Environment & Ecology
  • Expedition / Survival

Why it works: The Whale Who Won Hearts follows explorer-photographer Brian Skerry through three true encounters with marine animals. His unexpected bond with a whale and the challenges of observing animals underwater turn marine behavior and field observation into the events readers want to follow.

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
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Whales (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Jennifer Szymanski National Geographic K
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Animal Tails (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1/Co-Reader)

Rose Davidson National Geographic Kids
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Bugs! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Shira Evans National Geographic Kids
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Jane Goodall (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)

  • Life Science
  • Environment & Ecology
  • Biography / Memoir

Why it works: Jane Goodall's life story carries readers into the observations that changed what scientists knew about chimpanzee tools and emotions. Photographs and an early-reader biography make animal behavior and conservation part of meeting a real person rather than a detached zoology lesson.

Barbara Kramer National Geographic Kids
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Spiders (National Geographic Readers, Level 1)

Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids
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Monkeys (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)

Anne Schreiber National Geographic Kids
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Erupt! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3/Fact Reader): 100 Fun Facts about Volcanoes

Joan Marie Galat National Geographic Kid
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Buzz, Bee! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Jennifer Szymanski National Geographic K
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Glowing Animals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1/Co-Reader)

Rose Davidson National Geographic Kids
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Trot, Pony! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Shira Evans National Geographic Kids
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Bees (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)

Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids
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Caterpillar to Butterfly (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)

Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids
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Ponies (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)

Laura Marsh National Geographic Kids
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Race Day (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Gail Tuchman National Geographic Kids