Listen & Read Grade 1: Animals & Food
15 short nonfiction stories that your early readers can hear and see as they read along.
Audio and photos help early readers read along as they learn about how animals like alligators and kangaroos grow up or how an apple transforms from a blossom to the fruit they eat. These 15 short, high-interest, nonfiction stories from Scholastic News boost early reading skills and support differentiated reading and ELL students. Explore 47 Listen & Read stories in our complete collection.
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Grade 1 - Animal Moves
Jump like a frog, flap your arms like a bird, and move like a fish — while learning words like swim, jump, and caterpillar — in this energizing read-aloud.
Jump like a frog, flap your arms like a bird, and move like a fish — while learning words like swim, jump, and caterpillar — in this energizing read-aloud.
Grade 1 - Arctic Foxes
Find out how arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article for 1st graders that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
Find out how arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article for 1st graders that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.
Grade 1 - Don't Be Scared of Bats!
Discover why bats are so helpful and amazing — and not at all scary — in this 1st grade read-aloud that includes words like fruit, groom, harmful, and nocturnal.
Discover why bats are so helpful and amazing — and not at all scary — in this 1st grade read-aloud that includes words like fruit, groom, harmful, and nocturnal.
Grade 1 - Frogs of the World!
The Mexican dumpy frog, the blue poison frog, the Vietnamese mossy frog, and the African bullfrog all come to life in this article with audio for 1st grade readers.
The Mexican dumpy frog, the blue poison frog, the Vietnamese mossy frog, and the African bullfrog all come to life in this article with audio for 1st grade readers.
Grade 1 - Grow, Apple, Grow!
Witness an apple's growth from a small, white blossom to a juicy snack in this article with audio that features words like blossom, petals, green, and eat.
Witness an apple's growth from a small, white blossom to a juicy snack in this article with audio that features words like blossom, petals, green, and eat.
Grade 1 - From Tree to You
Apples grow on trees, but what happens next? Follow a favorite fruit from the tree to the truck to your table in this tasty and informative read-aloud.
Apples grow on trees, but what happens next? Follow a favorite fruit from the tree to the truck to your table in this tasty and informative read-aloud.
Grade 1 - Hello, Baby Panda!
Most pandas live in China, but 1st-grade readers will visit a baby panda born right here in the United States with this audio article with photographs.
Most pandas live in China, but 1st-grade readers will visit a baby panda born right here in the United States with this audio article with photographs.
Grade 1 - How Alligators Grow Up
What happens after a baby alligator hatches? First graders will listen and read along as baby gators grow into adults and get ready to live on their own.
What happens after a baby alligator hatches? First graders will listen and read along as baby gators grow into adults and get ready to live on their own.
Grade 1 - Loudest, Strongest, Longest!
Take a look at world-record setting insects like the cicada, the stick insect, the harvest ant, and the rhinoceros beetle in this fascinating read-aloud.
Take a look at world-record setting insects like the cicada, the stick insect, the harvest ant, and the rhinoceros beetle in this fascinating read-aloud.
Grade 1 - Night Animal Noises
Which animals can you listen to at night? Can you hear the owl, opossum, frog, and cricket? Here, 1st graders will read and listen for words such as sky, pond, and leaf.
Which animals can you listen to at night? Can you hear the owl, opossum, frog, and cricket? Here, 1st graders will read and listen for words such as sky, pond, and leaf.
Grade 1 - Pocket Babies
Follow along as a tiny, pink baby kangaroo — or joey — grows up into an active yearling and leaves its mother's pouch for good in this engaging read-aloud.
Follow along as a tiny, pink baby kangaroo — or joey — grows up into an active yearling and leaves its mother's pouch for good in this engaging read-aloud.
Grade 1 - Snow Monkeys
Travel to Japan to see how snow monkeys live — and how they got their name — in this playful read-aloud for 1st graders featuring the words monkeys, snowball, and cuddle.
Travel to Japan to see how snow monkeys live — and how they got their name — in this playful read-aloud for 1st graders featuring the words monkeys, snowball, and cuddle.
Grade 1 - A Team of Panda Helpers
A lot of love goes into raising a panda cub at the zoo. Find out how zookeepers, doctors, gardeners, and, most of all, the panda's mom take care of a baby panda.
A lot of love goes into raising a panda cub at the zoo. Find out how zookeepers, doctors, gardeners, and, most of all, the panda's mom take care of a baby panda.
Grade 1 - Terrific Tide Pools
What are tide pools and what kinds of animals live in them? Discover when you read and listen to this grade 1 article that features words like anemones, shell, and hermit.
What are tide pools and what kinds of animals live in them? Discover when you read and listen to this grade 1 article that features words like anemones, shell, and hermit.
Grade 1 - Where Are Bears?
Go from the rainforest to the mountains to visit bears in their natural habitats — and learn how they survive the winter — in a read-aloud for 1st graders.
Go from the rainforest to the mountains to visit bears in their natural habitats — and learn how they survive the winter — in a read-aloud for 1st graders.
