The Little School Bus
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Shared Reading
Amazing Words
High Frequency Words
Letter Practice
Additional Resources
Question of the Day
How do we get
to school?
Character
• The people or animals in a
story are called characters.
• Who are some of the
characters in The Little
School Bus?
Amazing Words
I am rafael
I am Rafael.
Aa
I
am
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 3
Point to the bus on page 3. What is this?
• Pages 4–5
What is the first animal to get on the bus?
What was goat wearing?
• Pages 6–7
What is the second animal to get on the bus?
What does the pig wear on her head?
Shared Reading
• Pages 8–9
What is the third animal to get on the bus? What was he
wearing on his feet? What was he missing?
• Pages 10–11
What is the fourth animal to get on the bus? Who took the
fuzzy chick to the bus stop?
• Pages 12–13
Where is the bus taking the animals? What is each
animal doing while riding?
Shared Reading
• Pages 14–15
Which animal gets on at the fifth bus stop? Why
would that be a good name for the bear?
• Pages 16–17
After the bus picked up the bear, where did it go?
• Pages 18–19
What is the sixth animal to get on the bus?
What does the worm do when he gets on the
bus?
Shared Reading
• Pages 20–21
After the bus picked up the worm, where did it go? What
animals and places do you see in the town?
• Pages 22–23
What is the last animal to get on the bus? What did the
sheep do that was very different from the other
animals?
• Pages 24–25
Where was the next stop the bus made? What
did the animals do when the bus got to school?
Shared Reading
• Pages 26–27
What did the animals do during the school day?
• Pages 28–29
What did the bus driver do when the school day ended? Why do the
animals need to ride the bus again?
• Pages 30–31
What did the animals do when they got on the bus? Which animals
are riding the bus home?
• Page 32
Where are all the animals going now? Which ones are waving to us?
Character
Who are the characters in
our story?
goat
pig
fox
chick
driver
bear
Bb
am
I
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?
Cc
I
am
am
I
am
I
Let’s Write
How 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?
Dd
am
I
Question of the Day
How do we get
to school?
Dan and nan ran fast
Dan and Nan ran fast.
Ee
D
B
A
E
C
d
b
a
e
c
Additional Resources
• Alphabet Letter Puzzle
www.kinderplanet.com/alphlett.htm
• Letterella
www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=164&
• Alphabet Word Puzzle
www.kinderplanet.com/alphword.htm
• Big Count Bayou - ordinals
www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_kbkids.html
• School Bus Safety Games
http://Itre.ncsu.edu/GHSP/MainMenu.html
Additional Resources
• School Bus and School Zone Safety Kid’s Page
www.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 from
http://teachers.cr.k12.de.us/%7Egalgano/dibelletter.htm
• Kindergarten Video on Brainpop,Jr.
www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/kindergart
en/zoom.weml
• KindergartenKove
http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/KindergartenKove/K.1.1.html
Additional Resources
• Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letterswww.literacycenter.net/letters_en/match_en_uclc.asp
www.pbskids.org/lions/games/monkeymatch.html
• Matching letters in Different Fonts
www.pbskids.org/lions/games/skyriding.html