On the bus – Green Book One
On the bus
Sit with us
on the big red bus
and the fox in a hat
Sing with us
on the big red bus
with the long thin dog
and the jumping frog
La la la la
Clap with us
on the big red bus
with the fat red hen
and the pup with a pen
Clap clap clap
Sit, sing and clap
with a fish in your lap
READING:
Children are learning to:
Decode words using letter sounds.
Make sentences using words from the story.
Answer a variety of comprehension and prediction questions.
Show their understanding by matching pictures with key words or phrases from the text.
Show their understanding by drawing pictures to match a phrase.
Comprehend a text by using the correct words to complete unfinished sentences.
WRITING:
Children are learning to:
Use sounds to complete key words from the text.
Write key cvc, cvcc and ccvc words from the text.
Fill the gaps in a story by choosing and writing the correct key word.
Use adjectives and verbs to create more characters.
Use known vocabulary, nouns and adjectives, to write a description of a character.
If you wish, you can print these 2 to a page, making them A5 size, though pages 1, 2 and 15 are better as A4.
Pages 3 – 15 are the children’s work pages, however pages 7 - 10 are a black and white repeat of pages 3-6, I
have done a teachers master colour version of these pages for the children to refer to if they need it.
Select Print.
At the bottom right of the window are the ‘zoom’ options. On the ‘pages per sheet’ option, select 2
pages.
In the ‘page range’ box, select ‘Pages’ and enter page numbers to print as A5 size e.g. 3-10.
Print
On the bus – Green Book One
cat chair black sing
fish fox thin clap
frog hen long sit
pup dog fat with
pen hat red on
bus lap big your
and the green us
On the bus – Green Book One
On the bus – Green Book One
Match the pictures and words
fox
bus
pup
chair
hen
sing
frog
pen
On the bus – Green Book One
Complete the sentences and colour correctly
The ... ... bus
The ̣ ̣__ __ ̣
̣dog
A ̣ ̣ ̣ __ ̣__ cat
The pup ̣ ̣__ a ̣̣̣
black red fat long
with thin pen big
On the bus – Green Book One
Complete the words by filling in the missing letters
p..
.o.
c ̣ ̣p
s ̣__
b. a __
On the bus – Green Book One
Write the word for each picture
...
̣ ̣ __
̣ ̣ ̣__
...
....
On the bus – Green Book One
Match the pictures and words
fox
bus
pup
chair
hen
sing
frog
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pen
Complete the sentences and colour correctly
The ... ... bus
The ̣ ̣__ __ ̣
̣dog
A ̣ ̣ ̣ __ ̣__ cat
The pup ̣ ̣__ a ̣̣̣
black red fat long
On the bus – Green Book One
with thin pen big
Complete the words by filling in the missing letters
p..
.o.
c ̣ ̣p
s ̣__
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b. a __
On the bus – Green Book One
Write the word for each picture
...
̣ ̣ __
̣ ̣ ̣__
...
....
On the bus – Green Book One
Match the phrase to the picture and colour
The black cat in
a red t-shirt
The green and
black jumping
frog
One green fish
in a bowl
A pink pup with
a pen
On the bus – Green Book One
Read the phrase and draw a picture to match
A big red bus
Three green fish
with pink spots in a
bowl
Two fat purple cats
in orange hats
A fox in a yellow coat
and black boots
On the bus – Green Book One
Answer these questions about the story, in full sentences
Example:
What is the fox doing?
The fox is reading the paper
1. Where are the animals sitting?
2. What are the frog and dog doing?
3. Who has the pen?
4. What is the cat wearing?
5. How does the hen clap?
6. Whose lap is the fish on?
On the bus – Green Book One
Use the words to complete the story sentences
sit ____ us on fat
the ____ red bus
in
with the ____ black ____
sing
and the fox ____ a ____
thin
____ with us on the
us
big ____ bus
hen
with the long ____ dog
and the ________ frog your
la la la la on
clap with ____ ____ with
the big red bus jumping
with the fat red ____ cat
____ the pup with a pen and
clap, clap, clap
red
sit, sing and clap
hat
with a fish in ____ lap
big
On the bus – Green Book One
Who gets on the bus next?
1. Draw a picture of the next animal sitting on the bus.
2. Use two adjectives to say what they look like or what they are wearing.
3. What are they doing on the bus?
4. Write the sentences to go with your picture using the same sentence structure from the
story.
