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The School Bus and the City Bus

Kindergarten read-aloud with two short texts, one about a school bus and one about a city bus. Children tell how the texts are alike and different.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.K.9

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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 8 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell how two read-aloud texts about buses are alike.
  • Students tell how a text about a school bus and a text about a city bus are different.
  • Students sort details by the text that tells them.

How to use

Read Text 1 aloud, then Text 2, and ask students what both buses have. Read each question and its choices aloud, then let students circle, write or sort.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.K.9

With prompting and support, tell how two texts on the same topic are alike and different, such as in their pictures or descriptions.

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The School Bus and the City Bus

Listen to two texts about buses.

Listen to two texts

Your teacher reads Text 1 and Text 2. Listen for how the buses are alike and different.

Text 1: The School Bus

A school bus takes children to school. Most school buses are yellow.

A driver sits in the front. Children sit in the seats.

When children get on or off, red lights flash. A stop sign swings out, so cars stop and wait.

Text 2: The City Bus

A city bus takes people all around town. Riders wait for it at a bus stop.

A driver sits in the front. Riders can sit or stand.

To get off, a rider can push a button. Then the bus stops.

How are they alike?

Your teacher reads each question. Think about both texts.

1.
Use the word bank. Write the missing word.
Word bank: trains · buses · boats

Both texts are about  .

2.
What do both texts tell?
  • A. A driver sits in the front.
  • B. It has red lights that flash.
  • C. Riders push a button to get off.
3.
How is the city bus different from the school bus?
  • A. It has a driver in the front.
  • B. It takes children to school.
  • C. It takes people around town.

How are they different?

Your teacher reads each question. Circle, sort or tell.

4.
Listen to Text 1. Circle the three details it tells about the school bus.

a bellred lightsyellowa polea stop sign

5.
Which text tells this? Sort the cards.
Cars stop and wait.A rider can push a button.Riders can sit or stand.Children ride it to school.
Text 1: The School BusText 2: The City Bus
6.
Listen to Text 2 again. Underline the sentence that tells where riders wait.

A city bus takes people all around town.Riders wait for it at a bus stop.A driver sits in the front.Riders can sit or stand.To get off, a rider can push a button.Then the bus stops.

7.
Which picture would fit Text 2 best?
  • A. children getting off at school
  • B. people waiting at a bus stop
  • C. a yellow bus with a stop sign
8.
Tell one way the school bus and the city bus are different.

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