[aisle] 1st grade historical fiction

Tue Nov 30 16:23:55 CST 2021

This is an area of need! Authors, here's your chance!

For historical fiction (not biographies) you could try:

*Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails* by Verla Kay ©2000 is an F&P Level J
*Sugar snow  ©1998 *adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls
Wilder F&P Level J but the graded reading level is 3.9
*Smoky Night* ©1994 by Eve Bunting F&P Level K
*Dust for Dinner* ©1995 by Ann Warren Turner F&P Level K
Those are high for first grade, but as low as I could find. They are also
OLD!

You could look at
*The book boat's in* by Cynthia Cotten ©2013 is listed at reading level 1.8
*We March* by Shane Evans Shane ©2012, 1.2.
*Terrible Storm* by Carol Otis Hurst ©2007, 1.7
*Gold Fever* by Verla Kay ©2003, 1.5

I also found the attached list which is leveled by F&P.
Not many historical fiction books available at that reading level.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 2:26 PM Robin Jacob via AISLE <
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> 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.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:30 AM Michelle Harris via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Scholastic's "Rookie Biographies" series is perfect for 1st graders to
> read on their own.
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> ABDO's First Biographies series is also very good for this age group.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:15 AM Nichole Folkman via AISLE <
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> 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.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:12 AM Margo Newtown via AISLE <
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> Thank you, everyone!!  There are two series that will help a lot!!  I
> appreciate your help.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 10:06 AM Tanya Surdick via AISLE <
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> They also have some of the people you listed in the *Ordinary People
> Change the World *series.
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> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:46 AM Margo Newtown via AISLE <
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> Hi All,
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>  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:
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> ·        Betsy Ross
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> ·        Booker T. Washington
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> ·        Clara Barton (we use Clara Barton as the teacher model and
> guided work)
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> ·        Harriet Beecher Stowe
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> ·        Harriet Tubman
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> ·        John Muir
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> ·        Neil Armstrong
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> ·        Rachel Carson
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> ·        Sally Ride
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> ·        Sarah Winnemucca
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> ·        Squanto
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> ·        Susan B. Anthony
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> ·        Thurgood Marshall
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