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The Magic School Bus Science Readers
The Magic School Bus Weathers the Storm
CRASH! BOOM! FLASH! There are stormy skies ahead for Ms. Frizzle and her class. What happens when the Magic School Bus turns into a weather balloon? Take off with the Magic School Bus and learn all about what happens during a thunderstorm.
29 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2008
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November 24, 2011
The Magic School Bus Weathers the Storm is based on the Magic School Bus series of books from Joanna Cole and stars the characters of the award-winning Magic School Bus television show.
In the book, Ms. Frizzle's class of eight students is struggling in the oppressive heat of Walkerville. Their lesson for the day is weather, and Tim wishes it would rain. This is all Ms. Frizzle needs to announce a new field trip.
As the class learns about storms, the magic of their school bus lets them become part of one. They learn about air temperature, storm clouds, lightning, thunder, and rain before the storm ends and they return to school.
It isn't the most in-depth lesson on storms, so while I would recommend the book to fans of the Magic School Bus series, I'd advise complementing it with a viewing of the television episode, "Kicks Up a Storm". It's very similar and certainly not the best episode of the series, but I believe it covers the territory a bit better than this book.
In the book, Ms. Frizzle's class of eight students is struggling in the oppressive heat of Walkerville. Their lesson for the day is weather, and Tim wishes it would rain. This is all Ms. Frizzle needs to announce a new field trip.
As the class learns about storms, the magic of their school bus lets them become part of one. They learn about air temperature, storm clouds, lightning, thunder, and rain before the storm ends and they return to school.
It isn't the most in-depth lesson on storms, so while I would recommend the book to fans of the Magic School Bus series, I'd advise complementing it with a viewing of the television episode, "Kicks Up a Storm". It's very similar and certainly not the best episode of the series, but I believe it covers the territory a bit better than this book.
August 19, 2020
We love the magic school bus series of books, they are very educational!
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November 12, 2020
Date I completed reading the book: 11-11-20
My star rating (1 to 5): ****
The date: 11-23-20
Genre: Nonfiction, Science
Grade range: 1-2
Book review: I read this book while studying weather in my class! My class really enjoys The Magic School Bus series! These books makes science come to life!
My star rating (1 to 5): ****
The date: 11-23-20
Genre: Nonfiction, Science
Grade range: 1-2
Book review: I read this book while studying weather in my class! My class really enjoys The Magic School Bus series! These books makes science come to life!
September 15, 2016
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture book
Awards: No Awards
Summary: Ms. Frizzle is at it again with one of her wonderful adventurous field trips. Of course this adventure starts when she sees that her students are quite board with the inside activities within the classroom. This is because of the weather that is occurring outside. With storms approaching, and moisture in the air, the students are taken onto the magic school bus where it transforms into a vehicle that is perfect for their adventure. Through out the book we see her explain the scientific reasons behind storms! She covers, water drops, hailstones, and even thunders/lightening! It is a remarkable book that encourages students of all types to explore science!
Critique: I felt as if the vocabulary was heavy at times. I wish there would have been more explanation on why we have storms and how they benefit us. I think this would help the students who may be afraid of storms because they would have knowledge on the importance of it. The book mentions how our climate feels after the storms. But, I don't feel a young reader would pick up on the fact that it was because of the storm.
Teaching Prompts: As the story was read, I would ask students if they had ever encountered weather types, such as the ones in the book. I will have them make a text to self connection with how they felt and why they felt a specific way.
Craft Elements: Students will have an opportunity to write and draw about their response to the weather. They can draw the different steps to a thunderstorm and explain what it is they remember from the story. The book will be available for them to flip through and review as needed.
Format: Picture book
Awards: No Awards
Summary: Ms. Frizzle is at it again with one of her wonderful adventurous field trips. Of course this adventure starts when she sees that her students are quite board with the inside activities within the classroom. This is because of the weather that is occurring outside. With storms approaching, and moisture in the air, the students are taken onto the magic school bus where it transforms into a vehicle that is perfect for their adventure. Through out the book we see her explain the scientific reasons behind storms! She covers, water drops, hailstones, and even thunders/lightening! It is a remarkable book that encourages students of all types to explore science!
Critique: I felt as if the vocabulary was heavy at times. I wish there would have been more explanation on why we have storms and how they benefit us. I think this would help the students who may be afraid of storms because they would have knowledge on the importance of it. The book mentions how our climate feels after the storms. But, I don't feel a young reader would pick up on the fact that it was because of the storm.
Teaching Prompts: As the story was read, I would ask students if they had ever encountered weather types, such as the ones in the book. I will have them make a text to self connection with how they felt and why they felt a specific way.
Craft Elements: Students will have an opportunity to write and draw about their response to the weather. They can draw the different steps to a thunderstorm and explain what it is they remember from the story. The book will be available for them to flip through and review as needed.
February 14, 2014
I can't say that I have actually read a Magic School Bus book, but I do remember there being a show. I am glad I decided to pick this book for our assignment. The Magic School Bus is a series of books. I definitely want to make sure I have a variety of them in my classroom library. I think they are great easy reads for students. They are filled with facts and a fun story. I also feel they are great for integrated lesson plans. You can use the Magic School Bus books to help with Science lessons. Not only is it hard enough to get students to read but to read a book about Science is also a task. They are usually very factual and hard to understand. I want to encourage my students to enjoy science and reading and I think this series of books will do a great job of helping my accomplish my goal.
October 7, 2011
I love the Magic School Bus books. Legomeister loved these for years, and now Little Miss is starting to request them.
The Scholastic Readers are nice for bedtime stories because they're shorter, and of course, they're great for early readers. They're more difficult than some easy readers, a little longer with more challenging words. The writing feels choppy; that's a side effect of simplifying it. But I think they do a good job of keeping the story fun and informative. They definitely hold the interest of my Magic School Bus Fans.
The Scholastic Readers are nice for bedtime stories because they're shorter, and of course, they're great for early readers. They're more difficult than some easy readers, a little longer with more challenging words. The writing feels choppy; that's a side effect of simplifying it. But I think they do a good job of keeping the story fun and informative. They definitely hold the interest of my Magic School Bus Fans.
January 25, 2014
A book my 6 yr old loved, a little old for my preschoolers. A solid reading level 2 book, this reader has a good amount of advanced vocabulary words, but not so long that it discourages a new reader. Used it for his read out loud book, which was perfect. It took about 15 mins for him to read and had just enough new vocabulary words to make it challenging. Also, it was a fun and interesting story he could get into. He liked it so much, he asked for more by this author. Great reading book!
April 22, 2012
This book discusses the physical changes of water and ice. This book also goes through how rain is made, so this could be used in a lesson about weather. This book also discusses the water cycle, so the lesson could deal with that as well. I would recommend this book for 2nd-4th grade.
February 8, 2011
The Magic School Bus stories aren't my favorite.
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November 20, 2018Information book -- Ms. Frizzle's class climbs aboard the magic schoolbus again and learns about weather by flying through all sorts of different weather situations
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