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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Off-to-School Bus

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine what school buses look like, their uses, and school bus safety issues. They discuss their experiences with school buses and identify the safety rules for riding on a school bus. Students then create a mini-school bus...
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Worksheet
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School Bus

For Students K - 1st
In this coloring and printing worksheet, students trace one dotted example of the words "Back to School" in Zaner-Bloser printing. Students practice the words on the blank lines and then color a picture of a school bus.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Going to School Coloring Sheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this going to school coloring worksheet, students color the picture of a school bus and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
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School Bus Dot-to-Dot

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this dot-to-dot puzzle worksheet, students connect the numbers one to twenty-four to form a sketch of a school bus. Students color the sketch with appropriate colors.
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Lesson Plan
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Multicultural School Bus

For Teachers K
Students begin the lesson by discussing the various cultures found in their classroom. Individually, they cut out a pre-drawn school bus and color it the appropriate colors. Inside the bus, they place a variety of cultures within the bus.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: On the School Bus: Martinsburg, Indiana 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
It's an early winter morning in rural Indiana, and Russell Bishop is getting ready to drive his school bus route. His daughter Mary Lou is with him, and his double-deep orange school bus is parked outside the family farm's barn. An...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: School Bus Strike Hurt Kids With Disabilities Most

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the effects of a four-week school bus drivers' strike in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: New Lives for Old Buses

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an African country that uses old school buses for public transportation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Marcus Millsap: School Day Afternoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This one-stanza poem describes a farmboy's thoughts before, and especially, after school.
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Graphic
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School Bus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
school bus
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Graphic
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Beacon Learning Center: School Bus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cartoon image of an orange school bus.