The Little School The Little School Bus Bus Day One Shared Reading Day Two Amazing Words Day Three High Frequency Words Day Four Letter Practice
Jan 12, 2016
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Day One Shared ReadingDay Two Amazing WordsDay ThreeHigh Frequency WordsDay Four Letter PracticeDay Five Additional Resources
Question of the Day
How do we get to school?
Character
•The people or animals in a story are called characterscharacters.
•Who are some of the characters in The Little School Bus?
Amazing Words
I am rafael
I am Rafael.
A a
Iam
Let’s Write
My name is Robert.
Question of the Day
Why do I ride a bus to school?
My name is bob
My name is Bob.
Shared Reading• Page 3Point to the bus on page 3. What is this?
• Pages 4–5What is the first animal to get on the bus?
What was goat wearing?
• Pages 6–7What is the second animal to get on the
bus? What does the pig wear on her head?
Shared Reading• Pages 8–9What is the third animal to get on the bus? What
was he wearing on his feet? What was he missing?
• Pages 10–11What is the fourth animal to get on the bus? Who took
the fuzzy chick to the bus stop?
• Pages 12–13Where is the bus taking the animals? What is each
animal doing while riding?
Shared Reading• Pages 14–15Which animal gets on at the fifth bus stop? Why
would that be a good name for the bear?
• Pages 16–17After the bus picked up the bear, where did it go?
• Pages 18–19What is the sixth animal to get on the bus?
What does the worm do when he gets on the bus?
Shared Reading• Pages 20–21After the bus picked up the worm, where did it go? What
animals and places do you see in the town?
• Pages 22–23What is the last animal to get on the bus? What did the
sheep do that was very different from the other animals?
• Pages 24–25Where was the next stop the bus made? What
did the animals do when the bus got to school?
Shared Reading• Pages 26–27What did the animals do during the school day?
• Pages 28–29What did the bus driver do when the school day ended? Why do
the animals need to ride the bus again?
• Pages 30–31What did the animals do when they got on the bus? Which
animals are riding the bus home?
• Page 32Where are all the animals going now? Which ones are waving to
us?
Character
Who are the characters in our story?
B b
I am
Let’s Write
The _____ got on _____.
Question of the Day
Can all children walk to school?
I am pam
I am Pam.
Character• How was the fox different from the
sheep?• How was the sheep different from
all the other animals?• What did several animals carry
that was the same?
C c
I am am
I am I
Let’s WriteHow do you come to school?
Bus Car Walk
Question of the Day
Who comes with you to school?
My name is dan
My name is Dan.
Character• Did all the animals dress in the
same way?
• Did all the animals act the same?
• What would you do if you rode a school bus?
D d
Question of the Day
How do we get to school?
Dan and nan ran fast
Dan and Nan ran fast.
E e
I
am
Additional Resources• Alphabet Letter Puzzlewww.kinderplanet.com/alphlett.htm• Letterellawww.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=164&• Alphabet Word Puzzlewww.kinderplanet.com/alphword.htm• Big Count Bayou - ordinalswww.professorgarfield.org/pgf_kbkids.html• School Bus Safety Gameshttp://Itre.ncsu.edu/GHSP/MainMenu.html
Additional Resources• School Bus and School Zone Safety Kid’s Pagewww.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/kids/kid-schl.htm#top• Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (video clip)• http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/ulcase.html• Letter Recognition Games- several to choose fromhttp://teachers.cr.k12.de.us/%7Egalgano/dibelletter.htm• Kindergarten Video on Brainpop,Jr.www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/
kindergarten/zoom.weml• KindergartenKovehttp://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/Kindergarten-
Kove/K.1.1.html
Additional Resources• Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters-www.literacycenter.net/letters_en/match_en_uclc.aspwww.pbskids.org/lions/games/monkeymatch.html• Matching letters in Different Fontswww.pbskids.org/lions/games/skyriding.html