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I've been soaking up some inspiration from the thread How does one provide a classical education? Circe Institute lovers? and I'm thinking now about being more prepared for what literature we will tackle in 1st grade. I had been thinking to just "go with the flow" so to speak, but it's probably better to plan ahead.

 

So...any suggestions for good quality literature for 1-student to read to self and 2-read alouds/discussions?

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I have been working on this too after reading that thread, so far I have pulled from AOs free read list and the angelicum list, for read alouds, for ds to read I really don't know, we are working through SL readers 2 now, but I have no idea where to go for next year at all. He seems to want more non fiction right now, so I guess I will see where he leads me on that.

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Our favorites for first grade were Charlotte's Web, James and the Giant Peach, Pinnocchio, and the Little House Series by Wilder.

:iagree:Also, Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little, and the Misty of Chincoteague books.

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As read alouds-

 

The Red Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, and all the other such books in that collection

 

The Chronicles of Narnia books

 

Charlotte's Web

 

Stuart Little

 

Pooh Bear books

 

Alice in Wonderland

 

Peter Pan

 

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

 

Mr. Popper's Penguins

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Our K/1st Grade Read-Aloud list include:

 

Books:

The Winnie-the-Pooh series by A. A. Milne

The World of Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter

Billy and Blaze: A Boy and His Horse series by C.W. Anderson

Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle

Raggedy Andy Stories by Johnny Gruelle

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater

James and the Giant Peach by Lane Smith

All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Aesop's Fables with illustrator Milo Winter (through ancient history)

 

Poetry:

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Steveson

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Favorite Poems Old and New by Helen Ferris Tibbits

The Original Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright

 

And lots of classic picture books! :001_smile:

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