The Magic School Bus
The Wild Leaf Ride
CHALLENGING WORDS
brancheverybody
giant
leaves
magic
Ms. Frizzle
north
poster
south
squirrel
SUMMARY
Uh-Oh! Ms. Frizzle’s class is stuck in a tree. How will they get down? It’s time for a wild leaf ride!--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Recall who the teacher is in our story.(Answer) / Ms. Frizzle.
(Follow Up) / Describe Ms. Frizzle.
(2) / Name the vehicle that Ms. Frizzle takes students on.
(Answer) / The Magic School Bird.
(Follow Up) / Describe the vehicle.
(3) / Imagine that you were one of Ms. Frizzle’s students. How would you feel about going on the bus?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name a time you have felt a little unsure about something.
(4) / Recall the name of the game that the students were going to play.
(Answer) / Leaf hunt.
(Follow Up) / Tell me about a time you had to find leaves and identify them.
(5) / Define “parachute”.
(Answer) / An umbrella shaped apparatus used to retard a fall from a plane.
(Follow Up) / Would you ever want to jump out of a plane with a parachute?
(6) / Recall what Ms. Frizzle and the students did after they got on the “bird”.
(Answer) / They all jumped out of the “bird” by parachute.
(Follow Up) / Recall where they fell.
(7) / After they fell into the tree, what did they find?
(Answer) / A hole with acorns in it.
(Follow Up) / Do you have any trees around your house that drop acorns?
(8) / Recall what was in the hole besides the acorns.
(Answer) / A squirrel.
(Follow Up) / Name a place you find squirrels.
(9) / Name something else that the students found in the tree.
(Answer) / A big bird.
(Follow Up) / What kind of bird do you think it is?
(10) / In the end of the story, what did they find that they were looking for?
(Answer) / A leaf.
(Follow Up) / Who was looking for it? (Ralphie)
Activities
1. / Draw 5 different leaves and write a target word in each one.
2. / Pretend that you are a student in Ms. Frizzle’s class. Write a few sentences about why you do or do not like to go on the Magic School Bus.
3. / Write a few sentences about where you would like to go on a Magic School Bus. Include what you would like to learn.
Introductions
1. / Show the students some leaves. Ask them what time of the year leaves start falling. Today we will read about Ms. Frizzle and her class. Let’s read and find out what they do about leaves.2. / Show the students the cover of the book. Ask them what they think is happening. Today we will read about the Magic School bus…but is it really a bus?? Let’s read and find out!
Book Title: The Magic School Bus—The Wild Leaf Ride
Author: Judith Stamper / Illustrator: Carolyn BrackenISBN: 0439569885 / # of Text Pages: 27 AR: 2.1 LEX: 240L
Building Oral Vocabulary
8 / winter / 11 / huge / 15 / squirrel
Prediction Questions
2 / Where will they go?
6 / How small will they get?
10 / Where will they land?