Listen & Read Grade 1: Social Studies
11 short nonfiction stories that your early readers can hear and see as they read along.
Transport your 1st graders back in time to a Pilgrim village, behind the scenes with firefighters, and all around the world to celebrate Earth Day with bite-sized educational articles from Scholastic News that include read-along audio and photo support. These 11 quick "Listen & Read" articles boost early reading skills while supporting differentiated reading and ELL students. Explore 47 Listen & Read stories in our complete collection.
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Grade 1 - Firefighter Heroes Help
Find out about firefighters in action as they work to keep people, trees, animals, and children safe from dangerous fires in this short article featuring audio and pictures.
Find out about firefighters in action as they work to keep people, trees, animals, and children safe from dangerous fires in this short article featuring audio and pictures.
Grade 1 - Navajo Ways
Experience living examples of Navajo culture in a read-aloud for 1st graders that presents photographs of traditional Navajo dress, houses, and sand art.
Experience living examples of Navajo culture in a read-aloud for 1st graders that presents photographs of traditional Navajo dress, houses, and sand art.
Grade 1 - The Path of a President
Trace Abraham Lincoln's steps from his humble childhood home — a log cabin with a dirt floor — to the highest office in the land in this audio article for 1st graders.
Trace Abraham Lincoln's steps from his humble childhood home — a log cabin with a dirt floor — to the highest office in the land in this audio article for 1st graders.
Grade 1 - Time for School Safety
What's the safest way to ride on the bus? How should you behave in the hallways? Find the answers in this read-aloud and read words like safety, quietly, and students.
What's the safest way to ride on the bus? How should you behave in the hallways? Find the answers in this read-aloud and read words like safety, quietly, and students.
Grade 1 - Trash to Treasure
See how one New York grade school made a multicolored giant caterpillar from all different kinds of recycled bottles in this article with audio and photographs.
See how one New York grade school made a multicolored giant caterpillar from all different kinds of recycled bottles in this article with audio and photographs.
Grade 1 - A Weather Watcher Answers Questions
Go behind the scenes with weather watchers in this fascinating read-aloud for 1st graders: discover what they do, what tools they use, and how they help people every day.
Go behind the scenes with weather watchers in this fascinating read-aloud for 1st graders: discover what they do, what tools they use, and how they help people every day.
Grade 1 - Welcome to a Pilgrim Village!
Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in a Pilgrim village? Find out what games they played, how they lived, and how they cooked their food in this 1st grade read-aloud.
Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in a Pilgrim village? Find out what games they played, how they lived, and how they cooked their food in this 1st grade read-aloud.
Grade 1 - What Is the Constitution?
Learn all about the U.S. Constitution, including who wrote it, what it says, and why it's important, in an audio article featuring words like country, capital, and guards.
Learn all about the U.S. Constitution, including who wrote it, what it says, and why it's important, in an audio article featuring words like country, capital, and guards.
Grade 1 - What Did Native Americans Do First?
Did you know that Native Americans were the first people to make maple syrup and hammocks? Find out other things Native Americans invented in this informative read-aloud.
Did you know that Native Americans were the first people to make maple syrup and hammocks? Find out other things Native Americans invented in this informative read-aloud.
Grade 1 - What Does the President Do?
Follow the President of the United States as he signs laws, meets with foreign leaders, and heads our armed forces in this audio article for 1st graders.
Follow the President of the United States as he signs laws, meets with foreign leaders, and heads our armed forces in this audio article for 1st graders.
Grade 1 - A World of Earth Day Celebrations!
From South Korea to Costa Rica, celebrate Earth Day all around the world in this environmental read-aloud that features words like parade, trees, drums, and recycling.
From South Korea to Costa Rica, celebrate Earth Day all around the world in this environmental read-aloud that features words like parade, trees, drums, and recycling.
