First Grade Teaching Resources

Discover books, lesson plans, and free downloadable resources for your first grade classroom. Resources include a unit on building classroom community, recommended read aloud collections, and ready-to-print summer reading handouts.

Reading Ideas

• Building Classroom Community in First Grade
• How to Read With Your Rising First Graders and Kinders
• How to Compare and Contrast in First Grade
• Close Reading in First Grade
• The Right Read Aloud for the Classroom Community You Want
• Integrating Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening in Grades K-1
• 6 Myths About Diversity in Early Childhood Storytime
• Guided Reading with Emergent Readers
• How Bebop Titles Align with Common Core Standards
• Find Summer Learning Opportunities for Your Students
• Using Bilingual Books in First Grade
• 7 Tips for Parents to Read with Children

Read Aloud Collections
• Earth Day Poetry
• Black History Collection, Grades K-2
• Cinderella Around the World
• Elizabeti series
• Thanksgiving and Gratitude
• Multicultural Folk Tales
• Food and Cooking
• Author Study: Carmen Lomas Garza
• Cycle of Seasons series

Guided Reading Collections
• Level D
• Level E
• Level F
• Level G
• Level H
• Level I
• Level J

Assessment Collections
• Bebop Assessment Set
• Teachers College Reading Assessment Kit for Grades K-2

Catalogs
• Bebop Books Catalog