Less than $5 1st Grade Literature Guided Reading Books (by date, oldest first)

~ Stink Solar System Superhero is a wonderful book to reinforce a solar system/planet study. Students will use their background knowledge about our solar system and gain new understandings about our planets. This literature unit is a great guided reading group study. ~Questions are based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and use higher level thinking skills. Many questions also elicit story recall responses. ~Included in the unit: -comprehension questions for each chapter -word work activity for each chapter ~ I use this unit with one of my guided reading groups. The unit will last about a week or two. Sometimes the guided reading groups set their own expectations/assignments for completing their books. ~ Stink Solar System Superhero is an AR level 3.4 book.

Guided reading group time has always been a favorite time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them! Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid is the first book in the Stink series. This great book would be a wonderful connection to a math measurement unit and/or President’s Day. The format is half page (my students LOVE the booklet format). Copy front/back, staple and you’re ready to go. Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -short word work review task for five chapters (nouns, verbs, adjectives, possessive nouns, compound words, and cool words (word choice). Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid is an AR level 3.0 book. I hope your students enjoy this Stink book! Please leave your comments and feedback, I enjoy hearing from you. Also, I would love to have you follow me to receive notifications about my new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out my store! Judy

~ The Case of the Marshmallow Monster is perfect for guided reading groups. The 12 page packet can easily be differentiated. ~Included in the unit: -vocabulary for the book -comprehension questions for each chapter -extension project – The Marshmallow Monster Chase game ~ When I use this unit with one of my guided reading groups, the unit can last from a week to two weeks depending on how often the group meets. My guided reading groups also set their own expectations/assignments for completing their books. Sometimes students work with partner to complete assigned chapters. ~The extension project is a wonderful culminating project for the book. Students use the game board and guidelines to create their own original Marshmallow Monster Chase game. ~ The Case of the Marshmallow Monster is an AR level 2.8 book.

It is almost Valentine’s Day and so much is happening in Emily’s classroom. Your students will enjoy the antics of Emily, Sherri, Beast, and the other students in Ms. Rooney’s class. The Valentine Star is the perfect book for students just beginning their chapter book reading journey. The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book. As an added bonus a full page version is included! Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -answer key for chapter questions The Valentine Star is an AR level 2.5 book. We hope your students enjoy this Patricia Reilly Giff book. Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~

Guided reading group time has always been a favorite time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them! This chapter by chapter reading guide is perfect for your groups or independent student work. The Case of the Disappearing Dinosaur finds Jigsaw and Mila in the middle of another case. Join them as they piece together the clues. The format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -vocabulary development, define the words -short word work review task for many chapters -art connection opportunity -story sequence -answer key for chapter questions The Case of the Disappearing Dinosaur is an AR level 3.2 book. We hope your students enjoy this Jigsaw Jones adventure! Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~

Frog and Toad Are Friends poke cards are a great independent, partner or guided reading group comprehension activity. Frog and Toad Are Friends is a just right beginning chapter book for my second grade students. Students in my small groups quickly make connections to the characters and their unique friendship. The poke cards are self checking. After reading each chapter, students will answer each question by selecting one of three choices. Using a pencil, straw, or pipe cleaner, students will poke through the hole to choose their answer. The correct answer will have a mark above or around the hole. The poking process quickly engages the students and provides immediate feedback to them. Cards have chapter titles on them for ease of organization. Teacher Preparation: -Print on card stock for durability. -Using a hole punch, at each * punch a hole. -Identify the correct answer and draw a circle around the hole or mark an X above the hole. -Laminate for durability.

It’s the night of the big game! Will the entire night be ruined because of a missing basketball? Not with super-sleuth Cam Jansen on the case. Students will enjoy reading about Cam and her amazing photographic memory. Cam Jansen The Basketball Mystery is the perfect book for students at the beginning of their chapter book reading journey. The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book. As an added bonus a full page version is included! Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -answer key for chapter questions Cam Jansen The Basketball Mystery is an AR level 3.3 book. We hope your students enjoy this David Adler book. Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~ iTeach 2nd

~ Day of the Dragon King literature unit can be used with a guided reading group or as a whole class novel study. ~ Questions use higher level thinking skills. ~Included in the unit: -comprehension questions for each chapter -Chinese inventions research activity -bingo vocabulary game -cut and paste the vocabulary words to the card each student makes their own card; when a player has bingo they select one of the words and tell why it was important to the story; the game can also be played prior to reading the book to develop vocabulary -compound words activities -word sort – person, place, thing, adjective, time -print off two sets to play memory ~ I use this unit with one of my guided reading groups. The unit can last from a week to two weeks depending on how often I meet with the group. ~ Day of the Dragon King is an AR level 3.3 book.

Owl At Home poke cards are a great independent, partner or guided reading group comprehension activity. The poke cards are self checking. Students will answer the question by selecting one of three choices. Using a pencil, straw, or pipe cleaner, students will poke through the hole to choose their answer. The correct answer will have a mark above or around the hole. The poking process quickly engages the students and provides immediate feedback to them. Cards have chapter titles on them for ease of organization. Teacher Preparation: -Print on card stock for durability. -Using a hole punch, at each * punch a hole. -Identify the correct answer and draw a circle around the hole or mark an X above the hole. -Laminate for durability.

Sharing a book with a close group of friends is a special time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them! Magic Tree House Dinosaurs Before Dark is book #1 in the series. The format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -vocabulary -short word work review task for many chapters -art connection opportunities -answer key for chapter questions Dinosaurs Before Dark is an AR level 2.6 book. We hope your students enjoy this Magic Tree House adventure! Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~

Izzy-wizzy fuzzy-wuzzy!  Can Mr. Magic pull a rabbit out of his hat?  Read to find out the fun that follows those magic words.

Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. Magic is the perfect book for students just beginning their chapter book reading journey. 

The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format).  The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book. 

As an added bonus a full page version is included!

Included in the packet:

  -comprehension questions for each chapter

  -13 vocabulary words 

  -magic word collector page

  -answer key for chapter questions

  -magic trick culminating project

Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. Magic is an AR level 2.7 book.

Other books in the collection:

Mrs. Moody in the Birthday Jinx

Searching for Stinkodon

Triple Pet Trouble

We hope your students enjoy this Megan McDonald book.  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

~ Night of the Ninjas literature unit can be used with a guided reading group or as a whole class novel study. ~ Questions use higher level thinking skills. ~Included in the unit: -vocabulary sheet -end of the book project, students create a game based on the characters, vocabulary, and questions ~ I use this unit with one of my guided reading groups. The unit can last from a week to two weeks depending on how often I meet with the group. Extra time may be needed to complete the game activity. ~ Night of the Ninjas is an AR level 2.7 book. Enjoy! Visit my blog for more ideas http://iteach2nd.blogspot.com Judy

Sharing a book with a close group of friends is a special time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them! Magic Tree House Pirates Past Noon is book #4 in the series. The format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format). Included in the packet: -comprehension questions for each chapter -vocabulary -short word work review task for many chapters -art connection opportunity -answer key for chapter questions Pirates Past Noon is an AR level 2.8 book. We hope your students enjoy this Magic Tree House adventure! Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you. Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies. Thanks for visiting and checking out our store! ~ Judy & Rachel ~

Pets are fun!  At various times owners have to figure out what is wrong with their pet or what would be best for their pet.  In Triple Pet Trouble trouble just seems to follow Judy.

Triple Pet Trouble is the perfect book for students just beginning their chapter book reading journey. 

The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format).  The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book.  Full page format is also include. 

As an added bonus a full page version is included!

Included in the packet:

  -comprehension questions for each chapter

  -11 vocabulary words 

  -answer key for chapter questions

  -Tic-Tac-Toe Learning Menu for culminating project

Triple Pet Trouble is an AR level 3.1 book.

We hope your students enjoy this Megan McDonald book.  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

My Teacher For President is the ideal book to make connections with the election process.  This fun, easy to read book will entertain and start your students thinking about YOUR great qualities for president.

Students write about their teacher’s presidential qualities  and show off their artistic ability as well.

Included in the packet:

  -7 vocabulary word cards and definition cards

  -letter writing activity

  -student drawing page

We hope your students enjoy Kay Winters’ book.  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

Kids love digging in sandboxes or even the backyard.  Find out what happens when Stink digs up the backyard.

Searching for Stinkodon is the perfect book for students just beginning their chapter book reading journey. 

The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format).  The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book. Full page format is also include. 

As an added bonus a full page version is included!

Included in the packet:

  -comprehension questions for each chapter

  -9 vocabulary words 

  -answer key for chapter questions

  -dinosaur research project page

Searching for Stinkodon is an AR level 3.3 book.

We hope your students enjoy this Megan McDonald book.  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

Your students will quickly connect with the thought of having a bad birthday.  Everyone has an idea of a bad birthday.

Mrs. Moody in The Birthday Jinx is the perfect book for students just beginning their chapter book reading journey. 

The product format is half page (my students LOVE the smaller booklet format).  The half page packets can be easily tucked inside the book. Full page format is also include. 

As an added bonus a full page version is included!

Included in the packet:

  -comprehension questions for each chapter

  -11 vocabulary words 

  -answer key for chapter questions

  -snowy owl research project page

Mrs. Moody in The Birthday Jinx is an AR level 3.0 book.

We hope your students enjoy this Megan McDonald book.  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

The Infamous Ratsos  live in the big city, where there is always something to do.  What do Louie and Ralphie do? You’ll enjoy the kindness twist in the story!

Sharing a book with a close group of friends is a special time in my classroom. Students love the closeness of the small group and reading a book chosen just for them!

Included in the packet:

 -comprehension questions for each chapter

 -vocabulary word/s for most chapters (9 total vocabulary words)

 -answer key for chapter questions

The Infamous Ratsos  is an AR level 3.5 book.

We hope your students enjoy this tale of kindness!  Please leave your comments and feedback, we enjoy hearing from you.  Also, we would love to have you follow us to receive notifications about our new TeachShare products, sales, and freebies.

Thanks for visiting and checking out our store!

~ Judy & Rachel ~

This packet is a literature response to Judy Moody Saves the World.It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. This book is at a Level M. Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed- - Predicting - Visualizing - Short Answer Response - Questioning - Story Mapping - Grammar - Character Analysis - Text Connections - Compare and Contrast For literature response packets for Levels J-M, click here: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Response-to-Literature-Packets-Levels-J-M-Guided-Reading-2935703

This packet is a literature response to Judy Moody Saves the World.It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. This book is at a Level M. Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed- - Predicting - Visualizing - Short Answer Response - Questioning - Story Mapping - Grammar - Character Analysis - Text Connections - Compare and Contrast For literature response packets for Levels J-M, click here: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Response-to-Literature-Packets-Levels-J-M-Guided-Reading-2935703