First Grade - Genre Study
Book List
Personal Narrative
 Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
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When I Was Nine by James Stevenson
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Some Birthday by Patricia Polacco
Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Little Nino’s Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
My Little Island by Frane Lessac
When I was Five by Arthur Howard
All About Books
 The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons
 Apples by Gail Gibbons
Author Study
 Jan Brett (detailed plans in framework as an example) www.janbrett.com
 Leo Lionni www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni
 Kevin Henkes www.kevinhenkes.com
 David Shannon www.scholastic.com/titles/nodavid/davidshannon
 Audrey Wood www.audreywood.com
Friendly Letter
 Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
 Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague
 Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin
 The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
 Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
Poetry
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Kids’ Poems: Teaching First Graders to Love Writing Poetry by Regie Routman
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Kids Pick the Funniest Poems by Bruce Lansky and Stephen Carter
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Toasting Marshmallows- Camping Poems by Kristine O’Connell George
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Realistic Fiction
 The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
 Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
 The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
A Chair for my Mother by Vera B. Williams
When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang