[aisle] 1st grade historical fiction

Tue Nov 30 14:25:47 CST 2021

EPIC is a great resource for nonfiction biographies. With the Read-to-Me feature it is very accessible for first graders. I usually create a collection and send them to students’ mailbox so I know they are a good reading level range in addition to teaching them how to use the search bar.

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For students who are advanced readers or are just really fascinated by a particular person, the "Who Was...?" series is a great resource with a very large number of titles. Might be better for read-at-home or read-aloud options though, because if I recall correctly they'd be leveled closer to 3rd or 4th grade.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:30 AM Michelle Harris via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Scholastic's "Rookie Biographies" series is perfect for 1st graders to read on their own.
ABDO's First Biographies series is also very good for this age group.

Michelle Harris
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:15 AM Nichole Folkman via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I also really like the Little People, Big Dreams series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. I use it with kids a lot and they love it.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:12 AM Margo Newtown via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Thank you, everyone!!  There are two series that will help a lot!!  I appreciate your help.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:06 AM Tanya Surdick via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
They also have some of the people you listed in the Ordinary People Change the World series.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:46 AM Margo Newtown via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:aisle at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Hi All,
 I'm really stumped. Our first grade team is looking for books at a first grade level for their historical fiction unit.  Every year we struggle to find resources.  PebbleGo is one resource that helps, but they would like print books.  I have the Ordinary People Change the World series, but they need more.  Do you have any suggestions for a series of biographies or other books that would fit their need?  They are now also hoping to add a kid perspective....kids who have changed the world.  I'm quite stumped!  Very difficult finding anything that 1st graders can independently read on this.  These are the people they would like:
·        Betsy Ross
·        Booker T. Washington
·        Clara Barton (we use Clara Barton as the teacher model and guided work)
·        Harriet Beecher Stowe
·        Harriet Tubman
·        John Muir
·        Neil Armstrong
·        Rachel Carson
·        Sally Ride
·        Sarah Winnemucca
·        Squanto
·        Susan B. Anthony
·        Thurgood Marshall
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