Teaching with Favorite Read-Alouds in First Grade: 50 Must-Have Books with Lessons and Activities That Build Skills in Vocabulary, Comprehension, and More Book

	Introduction: Formula for First-Grade Success	5
Chapter 1	Welcome Back to School! 10 Must-Have Books to Kick Off the School Year	7
	Mini-Lesson in Action
	Emily's First 100 Days of School	8
	Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10	13
	Yoko	14
	Chrysanthemum	15
	Arthur's Teacher Trouble	16
	Best Friends	17
	Leo the Late Bloomer	18
	David Goes to School	19
	Never Spit on Your Shoes	20
	Thank You, Mr. Falker	21
Chapter 2	Let's Celebrate! 10 Must-Have Books for Rainy Days, Birthdays, and Other Special Days	23
	Mini-Lesson in Action
	Thunder Cake	24
	Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash	28
	A Weekend with Wendell	29
	Arthur's Birthday	30
	The Art Lesson	31
	Owl Moon	32
	Night Tree	33
	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	34
	The Polar Express	36
	Song and Dance Man	37
	Reproducibles	38
Chapter 3	Rocking and Rolling with Words: 10 Must-Have Books with a Beat	42
	Mini-Lesson in Action
	17 Kings and 42 Elephants	44
	Noisy Nora	48
	Feathers for Lunch	49
	Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin	50
	Miss Spider's Tea Party	51
	A Hippopotamusn't	52
	Something BIG Has Been Here	53
	Where the Sidewalk Ends	54
	Good Books, Good Times!	55
	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	56
	Reproducibles	58
Chapter 4	How Much? How Long? How Many? 10 Must-Have Books for Teaching Math and Science	60
	Mini-Lesson in Action
	Knots on a Counting Rope	61
	How Much Is a Million?	64
	Seven Blind Mice	65
	A Chair for My Mother	66
	The Bookshop Dog	67
	The Grouchy Ladybug	69
	Tops and Bottoms	70
	Frog and Toad Are Friends	71
	Stellaluna	72
	Miss Rumphius	73
	Reproducibles	74
Chapter 5	Purple Coats, Purple Purses, Typing Cows, and Talking Dogs: 10 Must-Have Books for Teaching Reading and Writing	76
	Mini-Lesson in Action
	The Relatives Came	77
	Frederick	82
	Dr. DeSoto	83
	Martha Speaks	83
	Author: A True Story	85
	Frog, Where Are You?	87
	Click Clack Moo	88
	The Purple Coat	89
	When I Was Young in the Mountains	91
	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse	92
	Reproducibles	93
	50 Must-Have Books for First Grade	95
	Grade I Learning Skills	96