First Grade Kit
Lessons for Levels A–K
The Literacy Footprints First Grade Kit provides teachers with 130 different titles (6 copies of each) designed to support small-group literacy instruction. Authentic, original leveled text, lesson plans, and materials are designed to foster and expand students’ literacy processing skills. The Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System was developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne and is a powerful part of a comprehensive literacy solution for today’s culturally diverse classrooms.
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First Grade Kit Classroom Includes:
First Grade Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 130 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
First Grade Kit Classroom Includes:
First Grade Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 130 Titles
- Book Labels for All Titles
Description
Literacy Footprints is a Guided Reading system designed for classroom teachers, intervention, ELL, Special
Education teachers, and support staff who are teaching children to read and write. Each of the guided reading
kits contains sequenced, high-quality leveled texts in a variety of genres. Students will encounter traditional
tales, realistic fiction, fantasy, and informational text. The lesson cards that accompany the books follow Jan
Richardson’s Next Step
lesson format (Richardson, 2009 and 2016). Each lesson includes word study and
phonics instruction based on The Next Step Forward in Word Study
(Dufresne and Richardson 2019). Each guided reading kit also includes component materials designed by Jan
Richardson and Michèle Dufresne to consistently support teachers throughout the lessons.
Kit Titles Per Level
130
A - K
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
Level A
Choose a Pet
Find the Kittens
Insects
Look at This Mess
Looking Out
My Community
Snowboarding
Super Sam Has Fun
Level B
Animal Race
Baby Animals and Their Mothers
Can We Play
Counting with Rosie
Fruit Salad
How Many?
Marvin Dresses Up
Opposites
Snow Fun
Vehicles
Where Are We?
Where is My Dog?
Level C
A Carpenter’s Tools
A Dinosaur Snack
A Season of Trees
Bella’s Dinner
Colors
Come Here, Puppy
Fabulous Frogs
Fun in the Snow
Jasper the Fat Cat
Making Pizza
My Dog
Oliver Has a Snack
Stargazers
The Chicks Are Hatching
The Gingerbread Boy
The Three Little Pigs
The Water Park
We Love to Swim
Level D
A Hungry Puppy
Basketball
Bella’s Bone
Big Trucks
Georgie Giraffe, the Detective
Giraffes
Hermit Crabs
How to Grow a Carrot
In the Forest
Jack and the Bean Stalk
Jack the Cowboy
Lost in the Jungle
Nap Time for Gilbert
No Cookies Before Dinner
The Loose Tooth
The Missing Earrings
The Missing Puppy
Where Are the Baby Chicks?
Where is My Hat?
Level E
A Birthday Present for Spaceboy
A Walk for Jasper
Bully Dinosaur
Castles
Fireflies
Gilbert the Pig Wears a Dress
Jack’s New Skates
Lost in the Woods
Our Senses
Santa’s Suit
Shooting Hoops
Spaceboy Finds a Friend
The Sky is Falling
The Space Fort
Whitewater Rafting
You Can Save Energy
Level F
A Tower of Pillows
All About Cars
Bella and Rosie Love the Fall
Gilbert Goes on a Picnic
Help for Santa
How to Catch a Fish
Little Dinosaur The Hero
Making Maple Syrup
Pickles Helps Out
Quack Goes Camping
Sea Stars
Swimming in the City
Level G
A Mouse in the House
A New Friend at the Beach
Cookies for Santa
Fantastic Fish
How to Give Your Dog a Bath
Puppy Trouble
Rosie Feels Sick
Sleep Tight, Spaceboy
Spiders
The Fishing Adventure
The Lost Valentines
Too Cold
Level H
A Cape for Daisy
Dinosaurs and Fossils
Pencils for Tidbit and Morsel
Petting Gilbert
Riding Bicycles
Space Fairy
The Seashell
The Shoemaker and the Elves
The Story of the Three Bears
Where Does Your Pizza Come From?
Level I
Adventure in the Purple Forest
Firefighters
Gilbert the Pig Has an Adventure
Going to School
In the Ocean
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
Math Tricks
Robots
Seasons
Space Monster’s Birthday Party
The Ugly Duckling
Level J
A World of Squirrels
All About Soccer
Apples for Santa
Cats
Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars
Daisy’s Airplane Trip
The Thunderstorm
Trouble for Jasper
Level K
Daisy to the Rescue
Keeping Watch
Quack the Brave Duck
The Princess and the Pea
Lesson Cards
- Accompany each book.
- Our lesson plans are designed to support teachers in providing dynamic small-group instruction that engages students in reading, writing, and word study/phonics. Each component of the lesson supports students in developing strong reading, writing, and decoding skills, while building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
Our Books
- High-quality award-winning fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres
- Rigorously sequenced and leveled to provide gradually increasing text complexity that builds reading proficiency
- Supportive photography and illustrations
- Characters and topics that reflect the diversity of our world
