Saturday, April 15, 2017

The Magic School Bus and the Shark Adventure By: Elizabeth Smith

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Book Title: The Magic School Bus and the Shark Adventure
Author: Elizabeth Smith
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Genre: Nonfiction
Summary: A group of students and their wacky teacher go on a field trip to the ocean as their magic school bus turns into a fish. They explore and learn all the many neat things that live in the ocean. 
ELA Content Standard 1: Grade 2, Text and types of Purpose #2- Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
How it Connects:Students can take the information form the book and use it to help in deeper research.
ELA Content Standard 2: Grade 3, Comprehension and Collaboration #3- Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
How it Connects: Students can listen to presenters on various topics centered around their book (like this on on oceans and sharks) and develop note-taking and research skills among information
3 Tiers of  Vocab: 1) school bus 2) ocean, waves 3) predator
How Children Use Book: Individually
Meets Needs: Gifted students can use this book for research in addition to other nonfiction books as a base before going more in depth

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