predictable pattern books

Hort, L. (2000). The seals on the bus
Henry Holt and Company:
New York, New York

ISBN# 0-8050-5952-0

   This story is about the seals and different animals that are all aboard on the bus all around the town. The sounds make by different animals scared the people on the bus, who jumped out and asked for help.

    Using this book for children, they will learn and recognize the sounds make by the different animals.It's fun and enjoyable for the children if they will imitate the different animals' sounds.

    The illustrator used the pencil gouache, acrylic medium and cut paper to create illustrations and it's hard cover.

    To set provocations, have a picture of a bus with passengers of people and animals. Ask the children," what do they feel if they are in this scenario?"

3 ways of presenting the story:

A. Felt Story- make felt board and cut out animals and people that you are going to use while telling the story.Your own creativeness can be applied in making the different animals to be used in the story. Tell the story in the manner where you can get the attention of the children, and let them guess what animals they think will hop on the bus next ?

B. Reading Story- You need the book, chunk and stop. Ask the students about what will happen next? Use the different voices or sounds pattern make by different animals.

C. Audience Participation- Have a big cut out of  a bus. Ask the children who will be a certain character who wants to hop on the bus while you are telling the story.

Extensions:

1. Bus safety bulletin board
       Make a huge bus on the bulletin board with childrens' faces in the windows. Have speech bubbles above their head with bus safety rules in the bubbles.

2.Musical chairs
      Set your classroom chairs up like the seats on the bus and sing" The Seals on the Bus",sing along with motions or sounds make by character animals in the story.

3. Outside game
      Play" Red Light, Green light." One student is the traffic signal and stands well in front of the class who's lined up shoulder to shoulder. The student in front turns his back to the class and says," Green Light ". The class starts to move towards the student in front turns back around and yell, " red Light". The class must freeze. Any one caught moving is out of the game. The person to reach the student in front first, is then allowed to be the traffic signal.