Choosing Books for Your Child I will share your child’s current independent reading level with you. This level takes into account fluency as well as comprehension! Here are some appropriate books by level for your first grade reader. You can also check out the Scholastic Book Wizard to find books that are “just right!” http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/
DRA Level 6-8: • It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw • Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman • Footprints in the Snow by Cynthia Benjamin • Go, Dog Go! by Phillip Eastman • The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
DRA Level 10 • Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch • In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming • Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins • Teeny, Tiny Woman by Jane O’Connor • Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots by Edith Thacher Hurd
DRA Level 12 • If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff • Brand New Pencils, Brand New Books By Diane DeGroat • I’m a Caterpillar by Jean Marzollo • More Spaghetti, I Say! By Rita Gelman
DRA Level 14 • Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson • A Kiss For Little Bear By Else Holmelund Minarik • Curious George by Margaret Rey • Fat Cat Sat on the Mat by Nurit Karlin
DRA Level 16 • Small Pig by Arnold Lobel • Color of His Own by Leo Lionni • Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus • Little Cloud by Eric Carle • No Matter What by Debi Gliori • The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
DRA Level 18-20 • Swimmy by Leo Lionni • Uncle Elephant, Mouse Tales, Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel • Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant • Young Cam Jansen by David Adler • Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant • Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel • The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
DRA Level 24-28
PICTURE BOOKS • Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor • Lyle the Crocodile, Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber • How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon • Fish is Fish, An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni
DRA Level 24-28
CHAPTER BOOKS IN A SERIES: • Nate the Great (24) • Frog and Toad (24) • Cam Jansen (28) • Magic Tree House (28) • Amelia Bedelia (28) • Horrible Harry (28) • Rainbow Fairies (28) • Junie B. Jones (28+) • Ready Freddy (28+)