Books for first graders still contain simple concepts, picture clues and predictability, but sentences are more complex. First graders like to make predictions about what will happen next, give their opinion about what characters should have done, and make up new endings for stories.
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Month
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Time Per Night |
Nights Per Week |
October
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20 Minutes |
5 |
November
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20 Minutes |
5 |
December
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20 Minutes |
5 |
January
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20 Minutes |
5 |
February
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20 Minutes |
5 |
March
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20 Minutes |
5 |
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- Frog and Toad Are Friends
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Teacher Read-Alouds: |
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Whenever an adult reads to a child, three important things are happening simultaneously and painlessly: (1) a pleasure connection is being made between child and book, (2) both parent and child are learning something from the book they’re sharing, and (3) the adult is pouring sounds and syllables called words into the child’s ear.
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