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Catch, Have, and Take Lexical Phrases
In this catch, have, and take worksheet, students fill in the correct forms of catch, have, and take into the blanks. Students fill in the blanks for 21 sentences and fill in 12 words into columns.
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Help the School Bus Driver
In this school bus driver maze worksheet, students assist a school bus driver to route the most efficient way to get through a maze to get the children to school.
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Take a Plane or a Train
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. Instead of a bus, students attempt to sing the song using a different mode of transportation.
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Bus Stop: Read Aloud
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about a woman who will figure out the bus schedule to get to work on time. There are no questions to answer here.
Historical Thinking Matters
Rosa Parks: 5 Day Lesson
What led to the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and how might historians approach this question differently? This rich series of lessons includes a short introductory video clip, analysis of six primary source documents, and...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas: The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds
Students read The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds by Janna Cole. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of plants and seeds. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Third Grade Skills Unit 3: How Does Your Body Work?
A skills unit combines ELA and science with lessons that explore the human body. Lessons begin with a reading, go into skills practice, and offer take-home materials. Skills practice includes listening to and discussing a read-aloud,...
Curriculum Corner
I See a School
Give observational and writing skills a boost with a worksheet that takes scholars on a sight-seeing journey around the school. Learners read sentences and color a corresponding picture, then write their own observational sentence and...
Facing History and Ourselves
Protesting Discrimination in Bristol
Using the Bristol Bus Boycott as a case study, class members examine the strategies and levels of power protesters used to effect change. The two-day lesson concludes with individuals reflecting on the actions they might take in face of...
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Read, Write and Talk
Fourth graders explore electricity by reading a story in their class. For this research technique lesson, 4th graders read a Magic School Bus book together and decide which elements of the story are the most important when asked about...
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Fact or Fiction
Students explore journalism by reading a book in class. In this factual research lesson, students read a portion of a Magic School Bus book and identify parts that seem to be factual and fictional. Students view an episode of the Magic...
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Community Bus Tour
Second graders take a bus tour to discover different businesses, schools, and other buildings located in the community. They then learn about the different types of technology that is used in the community.
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The Magic School Bus Goes on Air
Learners conduct an experiment to determine the properties of air based on a Magic School Bus adventure. They inflate and deflate zipper plastic bags to show that air takes up space and holds objects. They associate this with riding a...
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The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm
Students investigate how warm air from a lamp affects a spiral of paper. They determine how the warm air rises while cooler air moves into take its place which creates wind in this Magic School Bus activity.
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Solar System: Let's Take a Trip
Third graders consider outer space. In this introductory solar system lesson, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will contribute...
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Real Life Math Word Problems: Reading a Bus Schedule
For this math worksheet, students solve 12 real life math word problems pertaining to bus schedules and elapsed time. This page is from the UK and the cities and towns are from that region.
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Bus Graph
Pupils make predictions about which bus takes the most/least students in the classroom. They use KidPix bus stamp for each student who goes home on that bus number and record data and discuss predictions.
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Southwest Bus Ride
In this geography skills practice worksheet, students take a trip through the southwestern United States as they examine maps, information cards, and respond to 12 questions.
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Buckling Up May Not Help Bus Safety
High schoolers discuss the issue of putting seat belts in all school buses. Using the internet, they research how other districts are solving this problem. They interview school administrators about the pros and cons of putting seat...
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Comparing School Bus Stats
Engage in a lesson that is about the use of statistics to examine the number of school buses used in particular states. They perform the research and record the data on the appropriate type of graph. Then they solve related word problems.
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The Magic School bus Inside A Hurricane
Young scholars investigate the concept of a hurricane by using the cartoon series "The Magic Schoolbus" to simulate the fantasy of traveling through a hurricane. The lesson uses a KWL graphic organizer in order to guide student inquiry...
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Walk Two Moons Chapter 41: The Overlook and Chapter 42: The Bus and The Willow
In this Walk Two Moons comprehension check worksheet, pupils respond to 15 short answer questions covering chapters 41-42 of Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech in order to help them better understand the novel.
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Marking Time
Two narrative excerpts tell the same story from different points of view. In the first excerpt (first person), sequencing words and phrases are bolded and learners write down what the bold type does. The second excerpt is in third...
Da Vinci Design
Solving Systems of Equations
It can take a lot of time to create one instructional activity. You're in luck with a set of five systems of equations worksheets! Each version has a first page solving with substitution, elimination, and graphing; followed with an...