“Birthdays, Spiders, Graphs and More” Week 9 First Grade Birthdays (Fiction, Levels A-J, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley What Would You Like? (Fiction, Level E) by Joy Cowley Spider, Spider (Fiction, Level E) by Joy Cowley Reading a Graph (Non-fiction, Level E) by Margie Burton We really enjoyed all of the books in the AlphaSkills…

“Monkeys, Roosters, Frogs, and Numbers” Week 8 First Grade Three Little Monkeys (Fiction, Level A-J) by Tracey Shilling I’m Bigger Than You! (Fiction, Level E) by Joy Cowley How Do Frogs Grow (Non-fiction, Level E) by Judy Neyer Numbers Are Everywhere (Non-fiction, Level E) by Margie Burton We really enjoyed all of the books in…

“Healthy Stuff, Scrubbing, and Peanuts” Week 7 First Grade Good for You (Fiction, Level A-J, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley The Scrubbing Machine (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley George Washington Carver (Non-fiction, Level D) by Lynea Bowdish From Peanuts to Peanut Butter (Non-fiction, Level D)                  …

“Pairs, Sharks, and Mrs. Muddle What?” Week 6 First Grade Mrs. Muddle Mud Puddle (Fiction, Level A-J, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley Shark in a Sack (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Our Street (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley What Comes in Twos (Non-fiction, Level D) by Margie Burton This week we met the…

“Birds, Ice Cream, Gas, and Jobs” Week 5 First Grade Duck and Hen (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Water Change (Non-fiction, Level D) by Brenda Parkes People are Working (Non-fiction, Level D) by Carol Hosking Ice Cream (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley What first grader gets to read about birds becoming friends, water…

Chook Chook (Fiction, Level D) Traditional Rhyme I Can Jump (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Magnets (Non-fiction, Level D) by Brenda Parkes Animals and Their Babies (Non-fiction, Level D) by Margie Burton When I pulled out this week’s first book with a Mama hen and her baby chicks on the front cover, my little…

Big and Little (Fiction, Level C) by Joy Cowley Counting Seeds (Non-fiction, Level C) by Margie Burton Skeletons (Non-fiction, Level C) by Jane Buxton I’m Brave (Fiction, Level C) by Pauline Cartwright To Town (Fiction, Level C) by Joy Cowley This week with AlphaSkills was definitely an adventure. From counting the seeds in different types…

Little Brother (Fiction, Level B) by Joy Cowley The Astronaut (Fiction, Level B) by John Lockyer Three Little Ducks (Fiction, Level B) by June Melser and Joy Cowley What’s Alive (Non-fiction, Level B) by Lisa Trumbauer Needs and Wants (Non-fiction, Level B) by Margie Burton Last weekend my first grader informed me that he wants…

I Can Fly by Joy Cowley Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley The Weather Chart by Ann Wilson Where I Live by Mary Cappellini Down to Town by Joy Cowley It’s the first week of first grade for us, and I have to admit that this Mama was a little nervous when Monday morning rolled around…