Take a Trip
Bonita Bunny " On the Go"
Words below
Transportation is moving people or things from one place to another.
Machines that move need motors, wind, steam, gas, oil or people to make them go.
Cars, trucks, buses, etc. are machines we drive on land.
Airplanes, jets and helicopters transport things and people in the air.
Boats or ships carry people or things across water.
People
who steer most machines are called drivers.
Books
Mr.
Gumpy's Outing
Mr.
Gumpy's Motorcar
John Burningham
Freight
Train
Truck
School
Bus
Donald Crews
The
Wheels on the Bus
Raffi
The
Wheels on the Bus
Marilyn Kovalski
The
Little Engine that Could
Watty Piper
Curious
George at the Airport
Margaret Rey
Gila
Monsters Meet You at the Airport Marjorie
Sharmat
Mike
Mulligan's Steam Shovel
Katy
and the Big Snow
Virginia Lee Burton
Cars
and Jeeps and Things that Go
Richard Scarry
Sheep
in a Jeep
Sheep
on a Ship
Nancy Shaw
Night
Ride
Bernie and Matt Karlin
William
the Vehicle King
Laura P. Newton
Bears
on Wheels
Stan and Jan Berenstain
To
Town
Joy Cowley
The Little Engine that Could
READING
RAINBOW videos:
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport
Tooth-Gnashers Superflash
Bored-Nothing to Do!
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Hot-Air Henry
The Runaway Duck
Kids Songs- Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes
Math
Measure toy vehicles with unifix cubes.
Graph:
Ways We Come to School
How Do You Like to Travel?
Measure actual vehicles (cars, trucks, vans)
Count cars, vans, trucks in parking lot; chart and graph.
Count colors of cars in parking lot; chart and graph.
Have students count and classify their family vehicles by type and color.
Transportation
Guess
Display
pictures of the following means of transportation: truck, bus, car, train,
plane, ship, rocket. Ask the following questions and let the children decide
which vehicle answers the questions.
1. Which one is used for going to the moon?
2. Which one travels on tracks?
3. Which one carries vegetables from farm to city?
4. Which one goes through the air?
5. Which one do we park in our garage?
6. Which one stops in many cities and carries many
people?
7. Which one travels on the ocean?
Discuss occupations that require the use of vehicles; make a chart.
Classify vehicles by land, sea and air; make a mural.
Discuss railroad and shipping occupations; emphasize the importance of delivering foods and goods.
Discuss road signs.
Discuss transportation in the past.
Transportation
Match
Label three boxes with pictures of air, land, water. Provide selection
of pictures of transportation vehicles. Children must match to correct
box.
Science
Sink
or Float?
Provide an assortment of objects in the classroom. Have students predict
whether objects will sink or float: record on chart. Then actually place
objects in tub, make a chart of the results.
Poetry and Songs
Engine,
engine Number Nine,
Running
on Chicago Line.
If she's
polished how she'll shine,
Engine,
engine Number Nine.
A peanut
sat on a railroad track,
His
heart was all a-flutter.
The
five-fifteen came rushing by ----------
Toot!
Toot! Peanut butter.
Little
Airplane
I'm
a little airplane
Above
the clouds I go
Banking
right, banking left
Flying
high and low.
Now
its time for me to land
I see
the airport runway.
Gently,
gently I touch down,
I'll
take you with me some day.
Trucks
Big
trucks
Small
trucks
Fast
trucks, slow trucks
Flat-bed
trucks
And
great big dump trucks
Milk
trucks
Bread
trucks
Moving
trucks
Cement
trucks
Garbage
trucks
Telephone
trucks
But
most of al----
I like
fire trucks!
Take
a Trip
Tune:Twinke,
Twinkle Little Star
Take
a bus or take a train
Take
a boat or take a plane,
Take
a taxi, take a car,
May
be near or may be far
take
a space ship to the moon,
But
be sure to come back soon.
How
Can We Travel?
We can
take an auto trip
Across the countryside,
We can
sail upon a ship
Across the ocean wide,
We can
ride upon a train
Or we can take a bus,
We can
fly up in a plane,
The choice is up to us.
My
Little Red Fiat
My little
red fiat needs more gas
How
many dollars will you ask?
One,
two, three
That's
enough for me.
Clean
the windshield
Check
the oil
I'll
be home
In a
very short while.
Down
By the Station
Down
by the station,
Early
in the morning,
See
the little puffer bellies
All
in a row.
See
the engine driver,
Pull
the little throttle,
Chug!
Chug! Poof! Poof!
Off
we go!
I'm
a Little Airplane
Tune:
I'm
a Little Teapot
I'm
a little airplane,
I can
fly,
Here's
my throttle,
Give
me a try.
When
I get all revved up,
I can
fly,
Off
the runway,
To the
sky!
Other
Songs:
Row,
Row, Row Your Boat
The
New River Train
I've
Been Working on the Railroad
She'll
be Coming 'Round the Mountain
The
Wheels on the Bus
Use the following sentence patterns to make booklets for students to illustrate or to make class books.
A _____
can go.
I would
like to ride in a ________.
Trains
We will
list all the things we can think of about trains. As the students give
their answers, I will write them on
the
white board. When we have finished, I will ask the students to complete
the following sentences. I will list
their
answers.
The
train was as long as a__________.
The
steam engine was blowing smoke as black as a___________.
The
caboose was follow at the end of the train looking like a________________.
The
caboose was as red as a___________________.
The
train was as long as a_____________________.
I love
to watch a train________________________.
I love
to count the___________________________.
I like
to hear the____________________________.
A fast
moving train reminds me of____________________.
The
sound of a train makes me feel happy because_________________.
The
sound of a train makes me feel sad because___________________.
Freight
Train Ideas
Read
this book together as a class using the big book format, if possible.
Discuss the vocabulary words such as... steam engine, tender, box car,
tank car, gondola car, caboose, cattle car, trestle, etc. Compare
freight trains and passenger trains. Talk about how the wheels fit onto
the track. (The children are always curious as to why the train doesn't
just fall off.) Discuss railroad safety and how it is dangerous to
play near railroad tracks.
Freight Train can also be used for matching and recognizing color words. Write the color words contained in the story on cards and match them to the text.
Art
Paint
and Car Wash
Fill
pie pans with different colors of paint let the children drive matchbox
cars through the paint and onto paper. When finished...they can wash their
cars in the car wash!! Just use a tub of soapy water and toothbrushes.
Provide vehicle stencils for students to trace, cut out and color.
Make a large transportation mural, students can cut out vehicles or sponge paint vehicles on the mural.
Cooking
Apple
Sailboat Snack
Have the children make apple sailboats from an apple slice, a triangular
piece of cheese, & a toothpick.
Marshmallow
Trains
Make marshmallow trains. Use pretzel sticks to hook the "cars" together
and use peanut butter to glue cheerios on as wheels and other features.
Go!
Powerpoint
Book
