Title:  School Bus Safety
 

Grade Levels:  3-4
 

Subjects:  Language Arts, Health, Art, Music
 

Learner Outcomes:

  Students will recall and state bus safety rules.
  Students will color given picture and write safety rule.
  Students will sing given song.


Duration of Lesson:

1 - 45 minute session
 

Materials:

  Handouts--School Bus Safety Rules, The Wheels on the Bus song
     (modified), and Picture of students waiting for bus.
Bus Safety Song
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
     round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round, 
     All through the town.

The lights on the bus go flash, flash, flash,
     flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash
The lights on the bus go flash, flash, flash,
     All through the town.

When riding on the bus stay in your seat,
     in your seat, in your seat
When riding on the bus stay in your seat,
     All through the town.

At railroad tracks be quiet please, 
    quiet please, quiet please
At railroad tracks be quiet please,
     All through the town.

With windows down keep hands inside,
     hands inside, hands inside
With windows down keep hands inside,
     All through the town.

When riding on the bus obey the rules,
     obey the rules, obey the rules
When riding on the bus obey the rules,
      All through the town.

Let (School Name) kids ride safely, 
      safely, safely
Let (School Name) kids ride safely, 
     All through the town.

                             Adapted by Judy Heater
 

Technology Tools/Courseware:

  Power Point presentation
  Web sites--School Bus Safety Rules & Picture of students waiting for bus.
  Presentation TV or LCD panel
Teacher Notes:
 
  Bookmark necessary sites to save time.
  Get Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) signed by each student and
     parent.
Procedures:
  1. Share the following poem with the students:
    2. School Bus
    Vroom, vroom, vroom-
    Hop on, there's room,
    On the shiny yellow school bus
    That is taking us to school!

    And when the school day ends, 
    We'll ride with all our friends
    On the shiny yellow school bus
    That will bring us home from school!
    --Helen Moore
  2. Use Power Point presentation to introduce and teach school bus safety rules.
  3. Color the picture of the students waiting on the bus.
  4. Students recall safety rules by brainstorming and then writing one rule on the picture.
  5. Teach song:  The Wheels on the Bus (modified).


Modifications:

Teacher will assist special needs students with the spelling of identified bus safety rule for their picture.
 

Enrichment Activities:

In computer lab, allow students the opportunity to explore the Vince & Larry's School Bus Safety site.

Evaluation/Assessment:

Evaluate accuracy of school bus safety rule written in sentence format.
Informal teacher observation of oral review.
 

State and National Standards:

English Language Arts--3.2, 3.6, 3.13, 3.14, 3.40, 4.4, 4.6, 4.11, 4.48
Health--3.1, 3.6, 3.18, 4.1, 4.2, 4.6
Music--3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.4
Art--3.1, 4.12

National Standards

References:

Moore, Helen.  A Poem a Day.  Scholastic, Inc., 1997.
 

Authors:

Burnsville Elementary School

  Brenda Bleigh-bbleigh@access.k12.wv.us
  Sandy Post-spost@access.k12.wv.us
  Debbie Smith-dasmith@access.k12.wv.us

 
Intro. Page
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5