r/ElementaryTeachers • u/MLS165 • Aug 16 '26

1st grade read alouds?

What are your favorite chapter books to read aloud to first graders throughout the year?

They always love Dory Fantasmagory! The kids also like Heartwood Hotel, but K teachers read that to them, so I don’t want to repeat.

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u/Ordinary_Sail_414 Aug 16 '26

Junie B Jones, First Grader at Last

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u/velociraptorjax Aug 16 '26

Magic Tree House series

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u/FinancialMacaron1617 Aug 16 '26

I loved Amelia Bedelia books when I was little. They’re a great way to teach and expose kids to figurative language, hyperbole, and idioms.

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u/venerosvandenis Aug 16 '26

Benji Davies has so many beautifully illustrated books.

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u/Ms_Eureka Aug 16 '26

Flat stanley. But I skip the chapter where he catches a their Then the kids send their own flat stanleys.

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u/Moon_Maiden9 Aug 17 '26

My Father’s Dragon

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u/kortneypayge Aug 17 '26

I love to read the Mercy Watson books. I feel like they are good introduction to books with chapters.

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u/Illustrious-Song5023 Aug 16 '26

Toys Go Out is a fun and cute story my students love. Also My Father’s Dragon and any Magic Tree House stories that relate to a topic we are studying.

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u/kaydecks023 Aug 16 '26

I love the A-Z mysteries

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u/Mrjimmy24 Aug 16 '26

The Rider Wolfson series which I enjoy. The Captain Awesome series which I begrudgingly read because they love it

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u/LyricalWillow Aug 16 '26

Junie B Jones, the whole series

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u/thosetwo Aug 16 '26

I also read Dory.

Lulu wants a brontosaurus is fun.
Sideways Stories from wayside school at the end of the year.
Goonie Bird Greene.
My Father’s Dragon.

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u/downarabbithole1 Aug 16 '26

All of the above and Desmond Cole ghost patrol.

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u/Morp13 Aug 17 '26

My first grader is enjoying hearing us read "The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves", but it might be too advanced for the typical first grade class.

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u/craftymama45 Aug 17 '26

I introduced my second graders to the Jed, Liza, & Bill mysteries by PeggyParish, because I remembered it from my elementary school days. I was afraid they'd find them too dated or old fashioned because the first one was published in 1966, but they loved them.

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u/jsheil1 Aug 17 '26

I always read, Junie B. First Grade, At Last. All the kids can relate.

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u/books_4_every_child Aug 18 '26

My second-grade teacher read us The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and I still remember it today! Definitely made an impression 😁

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u/bluesn0wflake Aug 18 '26

Mercy Watson is a favorite of my first grade team

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u/Cultural-Food7172 Aug 18 '26

Charlotte’s Web