1. The Little School Bus Day OneShared Reading Day OneShared Reading Day TwoAmazing Words Day TwoAmazing Words Day ThreeHigh Frequency Words Day ThreeHigh Frequency Words Day FourLetter Practice Day FourLetter Practice Day FiveAdditional Resources Day FiveAdditional Resources

2. Question of the Day How do we get to school?

3. Character charactersThe people or animals in a story are called characters. Who are some of the characters in The Little School Bus?

4. Amazing Words

7. I am rafael

8. I am Rafael.

9. A a

12. I am

13. Let’s Write My name is Robert.

15. Question of the Day Why do I ride a bus to school?

16. My name is bob

17. My name is Bob.

18. 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?

19. 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?

20. 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?

21. 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?

22. 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?

23. Character Who are the characters in our story? goatpigfoxchickdriverbear

24. B b

26. I am

31. Let’s Write The _____ got on _____.

33. Question of the Day Can all children walk to school?

34. I am pam

35. I am Pam.

36. 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?

37. C c

39. Iam I I

43. Let’s Write How do you come to school? Bus Car Walk

44. Question of the Day Who comes with you to school?

45. My name is dan

46. My name is Dan.

47. 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?

48. D d

50. am I

54. Question of the Day How do we get to school?

55. Dan and nan ran fast

56. Dan and Nan ran fast.

57. E e

59. DACEB

60. daceb

61. I

62. am

63. 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

64. 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/Kindergarten- Kove/K.1.1.html

65. Additional Resources Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters- www.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