What Books Can Your K'er/1st Grader Read by Him/Herself

[Anonymous]

DD is in K and is doing those leveled reading books and is at level I (somewhere along 1st grade reading). But I never know what that translates into in "real" books that we could get from the library. I either pick too young or too old.

What can you Kindergartener or 1st grader read by him or herself?

thanks!

[Anonymous]

Ask your kid's teacher or a librarian.

[Anonymous]

Big Nate. Magic Treehouse.

[Anonymous]

You can find some book levels on Scholastic Book Wizard, but they're not always accurate. If her instructional reading level is I, that is the level she can read with some support. It's a little challenging, but just the right challenge for her to develop. For independent reading, you want a book that is a little easier. She'll understand it without help and read more fluently with practice at her independent level.

[Anonymous]

My son's a "J" level reader and likes Henry and Mudge, Frog and Toad, Mr. Putter and Tabby.

[Anonymous]

Try using the Scholastic Book Wizard - level I should be about DRA 16 (end of first grade).

DRA levels: http://www.riverview.wednet.edu/curric/elemglance/readingbenchmark/DRA-BookLevelChart.pdf

Book Wizard: http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

It's ok to have some books be too easy (for comprehension/fluency) and others be more difficult and you can read together.

[Anonymous]

The first and second Harry Potter in first grade, for DS.

DD can barely decode at the same age. Oh well. She'll get there.

[Anonymous]

You can search by that reading level. Use the "guided reading" search. Search for books from a couple of levels below and above (so for I, search F through K).

http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The first and second Harry Potter in first grade, for DS.

DD can barely decode at the same age. Oh well. She'll get there.

Please do not have your child read anything like Harry Potter at that age. So many parents act like that is some badge of honor. Putting aside the fact that a child would miss a tremendous amount of the text, the child also then doesn't read picture books, which is how some wonderful vocabulary is gained. My second grader, who is an advanced reader (DRA of 28 at the end of first grade, which is as high as they test for that grade), just read a picture book last night that had "eye of the storm," "barometric pressure," etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The first and second Harry Potter in first grade, for DS.

DD can barely decode at the same age. Oh well. She'll get there.

Please do not have your child read anything like Harry Potter at that age. So many parents act like that is some badge of honor. Putting aside the fact that a child would miss a tremendous amount of the text, the child also then doesn't read picture books, which is how some wonderful vocabulary is gained. My second grader, who is an advanced reader (DRA of 28 at the end of first grade, which is as high as they test for that grade), just read a picture book last night that had "eye of the storm," "barometric pressure," etc.

Was it Freddy the Frogcaster?! My Kindergartener loves that book.

[Anonymous]

My old set of Hardy Boys books.

[Anonymous]

1st grade DD is currently reading Matilda.

[Anonymous]

Flatfoot Fox, Magic tree house.

[Anonymous]

Magic Tree House in K, then Magic School Bus in 1. Charlotte's Web.

[Anonymous]

Ivy & Bean
Frannie K Stein
Zapata Power
Cam Jansen
Henry and Mudge
Flat Stanley

Plus LOTS of picture books. She still loves good picture books even now, two years later, when she's reading Harry Potter solo. Picture books can get great, even as they get older.

Non-fiction, too. Loved the Book of Why and Book of Who at that age. And all sorts of Weird But True books, too.