Amos McGee Misses the Bus is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Amos Mcgee Misses the Bus" is a story about Amos McGee who is so excited for his outing the next day that he is up all night unable to sleep. When he wakes up the next day, he is in a rush to get to work and isn’t thinking clearly, preventing him from getting to work early enough to finish his chores so he can go on an outing. Amos tells the animals that he was so tired from not being able to sleep and very disappointed about missing his outing. The animals let Amos nap and work together to do his chores when he is sleeping. This story is a heartwarming tale that teaches readers a lesson about teamwork, compassion and friendship.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Explore what onomatopoeia is and how authors use it in their writing.
- Encourage students to think about ways they can show compassion.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena
- Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
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