[mphillips2]

I am a first year teacher in a second grade classroom... we do a short read aloud time/book study as part of our day before lunch time. I am desperately looking for ideas on more chapter books to read to my kids! Does anyone have any suggestions of good chapter book reads that we can dive into? Or maybe of where I could find a book list? Thanks!!

[ladybug_88]

You could read Junie B. Jones!! Most kids LOVE them!!!

[cvolcteacher]

some of the old Beverly Cleary classics about Henry, Ribsy and Ramona!

Kerry in BC

[TootSweet]

I also teach 2nd. Here's a list of some of the chapter books I use as read alouds:
Box Car Children Series
A-Z Mysteries
Little House on the Prairie
Sarah, Plain & Tall (the whole series, actually)
A Mouse Called Wolf
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Thunderpup
Charlotte's Web
Magic Tree House series

[1956BD]

Christopher Mouse
Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Toys Go Out
Matilda

[Socks]

Here are some more!

Trumpet of the Swan
Pippi Longstocking
My Father's Dragon - There are three different books, they now sell it as one book though.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Ralph S. Mouse

I can't remember the other's I've read! I'll post tomorrow when I get back in my classroom with more!

[AD]

My first graders love:

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Mouse and the Motorcycle (along with the other books about Ralph the Mouse: Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. Mouse
Socks

Their very very favorite is The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane. We are reading it right now, and they LOVE read aloud time. I've read this book for the last 3 years, and I love it as much too.

[reesespieces]

Have you ever heard of The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trealease? He has a whole "treasury" of great read-aloud books!

I teach third, but kids of all ages LOVE "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. It's my students' favorite read aloud each year!

[momteach310]

My kids in 2nd love the Gooney Bird series. You can even incorporate writing with it as Gooney Bird tells stories.(you'll see what I mean if you read them). We are now reading Gooney the Fabulous and learning about writing Fables with it. I just ordered the newest one - but haven't told my class yet or they'd drive me crazy asking when it was coming!! I ditto a lot of the books previous posters have mentioned.

[Socks]

Okay, last year I also read:

Tale of Despereaux
The Lemonade Trick
James and the Giant Peach
The Wizard of Oz (the Illustrated Classics version)

All the others that I read have already been listed.

Enjoy reading to your kiddos!

[Moana Mel]

There are many good suggestions here, so I won't create a list. However, I do want to urge you to think carefully about your choices, so that you're providing a balance of genres. I think fantasy (even judging from the suggestions here) is often overdone, for example. Besides covering a variety of genres, also give equal treatment to strong male/female characters, and consider race and even age (find stories with strong elderly characters).

[mphillips2]

Thank you so much for all of the great suggestions!!!

All of these are great books. To make your life easier in general, if you aren't using bookwizard you need to be. You can search by topic, type of book, reading level, etc. Make a list and refer to it throughout the year.

bookwizard.scholastic.com

[TeAcHeRinFL]

I teach K-2 and they love Junie B. Jones. I have also been reading some of the books from the Ready Freddy series (about a first grade boy).