Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Going for a Bus Ride

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      There’s a bus stop about a fifteen minute walk from our school. 
       Everyone was excited and walked happily all the way there.
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While waiting for the bus I gave everyone a map to use as the bus tours us through the city.  I modified the transit map by adding little pictures of buildings that we will see.
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We all got excited when we saw the bus come around the corner and
                                drive toward us.
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          The children are free but they paid their grown-ups’ fares.
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                        We filled up the back of the bus.
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Using our maps we kept track of where we were and looked forward to what
                                 was coming next.
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       We had to transfer to another bus half way through our trip. 
                 The second bus was bigger and had two doors.
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Some of the places we passed the children recognized and told me what they do
                           there; like swimming at the pool.
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Introducing the map encouraged us to look for and read signs. Learning that the signs tell us about each store.  We began to look for letters we knew and recognized.
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Our bus ride was an hour long then we were back at the start.  A few of the children started to doze during the ride and needed to be carried back to the school.
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                        Overall this is a great field trip. 
              I think we may need to do it more than once a year.