1st Grade ELA

A Chef’s Easy Chicken Recipe A chef named Alissa loves to cook. She has been a chef for more than 15 years! She likes to teach people how to make yummy food. One of her favorite things to make is roast chicken. Roast chicken is a warm, cozy dinner that families can eat together. A […]

Making Food Healthy and Tasty Hi, friends! Today we are going to talk about healthy eating. A long time ago, a smart scientist named Kevin Hall learned something important. He learned that some foods we buy at the store are called “ultra-processed.” These foods are made in big factories. Sometimes, if people eat too many

A Dream House for Guests A few years ago, in 2022, two sisters named Kristen and Kathryn did something very special. They bought a big, old house. This was not just any house. It was a manor that was over 100 years old! They had a big dream. They wanted to turn the house into

Banks and Smart Computers Right now, big banks are using something new and exciting called Artificial Intelligence, or AI for short. AI is like a very smart computer helper. It can learn, think, and help people do their jobs. The banks started using a lot of this new AI in the last few years. Banks

A Big Tennis Game in Australia Right now, in January 2026, there is a big tennis game happening. It is called the Australian Open. Tennis is a fun sport where players hit a ball over a net with a racket. This game is in a country called Australia. Many people all over the world like

A Friendly Robot Gets a New Name Hi, friends! Today we have a story about a helpful computer robot. This story happened not long ago, in the year 2026. A man named Peter made a friendly robot helper. The robot could do fun things, like help people plan dinner. Peter named his robot Clawdbot. The name

A News Show Needs New Ideas Last week, a lady named Bari Weiss talked to the people who work at CBS News. CBS News is a company that makes news shows for TV. Bari Weiss is the boss there now. She told everyone that things need to change. A long time ago, people watched the

A Special Friendship Across the Ocean A woman named Kelly has a very special friend. They met at an airport three years ago. That was a long time before today! Her friend lives very far away in a place called Europe. Kelly lives in the United States. A big ocean is between them. It is

Talking About Problems to Stay Safe Sometimes, people in our country have big disagreements. They have different ideas about important rules. When people disagree, it is best to talk about it calmly. This helps everyone stay safe and happy. Recently, in the month of January, some sad things happened. In a city called Minneapolis, two

Smart Way to Think About Computers Last week, a smart man named Jim Chanos talked about computers. He knows a lot about money and how people buy parts of companies, called stocks. He said something important about new, smart computers called AI. AI is like a computer brain that can learn and think. To make