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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