Pat RelfRezensionen

Primary to Intermediate
The magic school bus kids take a field trip and turn into water to learn about the water cycle.
There's not a lot of text features in this book, but the illustrations are helpful in visualizing the water cycle and making it fun. These characters are classic, I'd like to have this book in my classroom

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On show and tell day at school, everyone has brought something fun and exciting to school, and Bert especially wants his to be a surprise.

Like many, I've been fascinated by dinosaurs since I was young. My first trip to the New York City Natural History Museum for a school trip when I was ten, was scary, and amazing.

Looking at the darkened room where elephants were in the middle, surrounded by glass enclosed stuffed animals in their original African surroundings, was mesmerizing. I felt so small.

Yet, I truly felt tiny when the group traveled to the fourth floor where the dinosaur bones were exhibited. I admit to being scared and in awe at the same time.

And, now, these years later, the near complete structure of the world's largest T-Rex calls me back to the days of seeing dinosaurs in a room that echoed the sound of excited voices as we walked in a line to observe what seemed to me to be impossible. Many of those exhibited had white castings were bones were missing.

And, now years later, I read books about the largest, most complete and best preserved T-Rex known to exist. This book contains a plethora of information about Sue, named for Susan Hendrickson, a woman known for uncovering many wonders.

This is not a book about the huge bidding war and the arguments regarding who really owned the T Rex bones. Was it the America Indians whose land it was discovered? Or, did it belong to the people who discovered Sue? Or, did Sue belong to the person whose South Dakota land owned where Sue was discovered in the Bad Lands of South Dakota, USA?

In the end, the cost was 8.36 million dollars, paid by donations, but primarily funded in a joint venture by McDonalds and Disney. Most exciting is that the discovery occurred in our lifetime, and the huge, megaton T Rex is housed at the Chicago Field Natural History Museum. I do hope to see this colossal dinosaur some day!

This book is not about the biding wars, but it focuses on how the bones, once discovered, were sheltered and moved where they could be examined, and amazing here to fore amazing details were discovered.

The process of carefully cleaning by hand with the assistance of tools that when used microscopically, would uncover incredible details. Putting the puzzle pieces together was a grueling process of examining every small and large piece of the 67 million year bones. Making even a tiny mistakeable move could destroy this rare gem forever.

This book is the story of how the T Rex was excruciatingly put together. When the head was way too large to mount on the neck, a model was made, and the original was displayed in a large case for all to see.

Learning about the trucks that were needed to bring the bones from different locations until finally, it was carefully mounted and displayed for many to examine.

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I love how well all the different books in the series go together. The characters and their personalities all remain constant, no matter how long the series goes on. With a lot of books, this is not necessarily a good thing, but I think that since this book's purpose is to share science with kids it works really well. You grow to love the characters and they do develop some, as they are always learning. For the most part, thought, they are static characters. The student characters are very relatable and Ms. Frizzle's character reminds many readers of a particularly eccentric and enthusiastic that they have had in the past.

This was not a Magic School Bus book I had previously read/ watched, so I chose this one to hear a new story in the series. One of the student's brings her pet bullfrog to class, but he gets out. Ms. Frizzle decides that the best way to find a frog is to turn into one, so they all hop into the bus before it changes into a bullfrog! The book teaches about different animals and their habitats as they venture to find Bella the pet bullfrog. This book once again teaches kids about a new science concept in a fun and intriguing way.

The class is learning all about water and then get to take a field trip through the water cycle. This book is based on the MAGIC SCHOOL BUS series written by Joanna Cole.

great story to show students nature.

introduces the different machines and how they can help make amazing things
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There are several reasons why I enjoyed this book. First, the book pushes readers to think about tough issues because on one page, Carlos said, "I can't believe we drink this stuff." In the illustration it shows dirt, bottles, and trash floating around in the water. Even though it continues to say the water goes through filtration process, it pushed the reader to think about how poorly the water is and how much trash goes into oceans or bays. Next, I enjoyed the point of view in the story. It has many people talking not just one; therefore, you have multiple people speaking. There was Carlos, Arnold, Ms. Frizzle, Wanda and so on. This is engaging to see which character is going to speak next. The big idea of this story is to have an understanding how the water cycle occurs and to realize water is a precious source that is on Earth that needs to be taken care of.

the magic school bus students go out to adventure the different seeds, and how they are able to grow
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Genre: Informational
Summary: Ms.Frizzle's class is learning about the water cycle. She soon takes them on a fieldtrip with the famous magic schoolbus. They shrink and turn into water droplets, evaporate, condense, and drop down as rain. These students slide down a waterway and into the ocean. The cycle soon repeats from there. When the students understand the water cycle they go back to the classroom.
Personal Reaction: This vivid and imaginative childrens group takes the reader on a journey along with Frizzle and her class. It teaches the parts of the water cycle, and the key element on how it repeats. Detailed illustrations, and dialogue help the reader understand the water cycle better.
Classroom Lesson: I would have my students write out a science experiment to prove what Ms.Frizzle and the her students learned is true. Then they would create a visual aide of the experiment and walk the class through it.

Magic School Bus books present factual and scientific information to young readers in an exciting format! This is a great book to read to students or for students to read to themselves to learn about food chains and the processes that occur.

Summary: this is another adventure where the kids learn about the life of frogs and what they need within their habitat. The children learn about beavers a little bit as well, but they shrink to frog size in the bus and venture on to find Wanda's pet frog Bella. When they find her she is soon to be eaten by a blue heron, but she jumps into the water before it happens. Bella finds more frogs, so Wanda leaves her in her new habitat.

Reflect: I've always loved the magic school bus! Reading this made it seem like I was back in elementary school watching these during every science period to learn more about things.

Extension: this could always be used as a classroom activity to further explain the life of frogs.

this is a great informational text about plants and seeds. it combines fiction and fact to help engage kids, making the content more interesting.

I would use this book for 3rd or 4th grades. As long as I can remember kids have always love The Magic School Bus series. While none of us will be able to shrink on a bus and experience real life things up close students can relate to the students in the series and expand their knowledge on different topics. This book at the right reading level for 3rd and 4th graders that you could have each of them independently read it or use it as an interactive read aloud and follow up with allowing the students to watch the TV series of this exact book.

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Media: ink,oil paint, pen
Critique: I thought of this book to be a combination of infomational and contemporary realistic fiction because it takes children on adventures in a fun way where kids can explore their imagination and still learn about a variety of science lessons

This is a fun book to read to students in 1st or 2nd grade. The amount of text that is on each page may make it difficult for first graders to read on their own. If you have your 2nd graders read it on their own, I would go over the list of content vocabulary with them before they read it because they may struggle with some of those words if they have not already learned them in science. This is a great book to use during a science lesson talking about plants and how they grow. A popular experiment to do is have your students grow their own plant and have them record data about how their plant is growing. You can teach them about the scientific method using this activity as well. The book has good illustrations to show what is happening in the story and it has character thought bubbles as well that make some of the pictures a little more entertaining. You can have your students identify the main topic from this book and then have them go through the text and find supporting evidence that shows it is the main topic. This helps them to practice backing up their answers with proof. You can also talk to your students about why this book is fictional and how we could not really take a field trip to a garden and shrink down like they do. 1st grade standards: 2, 6, 7, 8 2nd grade standards: 4, 6, 7, 8

I liked the book "The First Day of School" by Patricia Relf. The characters and the illustrations contributed greatly to the success of this book. The main character, Hannah, is originally excited for her first day of school, but does not like it when she first arrives. I believe that readers can relate to this character and make connections to their own lives. Additionally, the illustrations help tell about Hannah's day and how she feels isolated from the class. They show her sitting all the way at the end of the piano bench and standing outside of the circle game. The big idea of this book is that the first day of school can be hard, but you need to give it a try before getting upset.