The classic title that started the award-winning series! Join Ms. Frizzle and her students as they follow the trail of water, from its sky-high source to the school bathroom sink on this wet and wild fieldtrip. After parking the school bus on a cloud and shrinking to raindrop size, Ms. Frizzle's class gets to see the waterworks from the water's point of view.

The class of Ms. Carola learn about how water plants transform the water from the rain into tap water

I gave this book a five out of five star rating. Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a trip to the water works where they learn about water conservation, the water cycle, the water purification system and pollution, as well as the water mains. The book implements story telling elements to a scientific text which makes it easier to follow as well as more fun to read. This book could be a useful guided reading book for teaching sequencing and critical thinking towards water and pollution. ( )

This book could serve as a guided reading book when it comes to discussing characteristic events and sequencing. It also provides group conversation for water conservation and pollution. The author and illustrator choose to include story elements to a scientific text in order to make the book easy to follow and relatable. Because of this, the guided reading group could discuss how the author includes story elements and what kind of connections the reader has to the text and the story. As a guided reading book, I would take more time with it since it is longer and lengthier, however I think it provides multiple discussions for a group which is helpful. ( )

I gave this book a 5/5 star review. I think this is a really good book to focus on comprehension questions. It gives a lot of background information to explain what is going on in the book. As the book moves forward it gives you explicit instructions as to how this happens. It makes it so the students have to critically think about what is happening in the book. I think this is a good way to make sure your students are understanding what is happening in the classroom. I think that I would use this in my class to be sure that students are understanding the concepts. There is a lot of information around the text that students can read to get more information then the story has. There are a lot of smaller bubbles that explain more of the story. ( )

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on the magic school bus to visit the waterworks, where they learn about - and briefly become part of - the water cycle, the reservoir, the water purification system, and water mains. In addition to the main narrative, there are plenty of additional facts, presented as the children's comments or schoolwork. Informative and fun!

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Re-read March 2021 ( )

they discuss the different aspects to how water works and how humans are able to use the water.
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In my opinion this is a great book for children to read if they are interested in finding out about how the waterworks system works. I liked this book because although you are learning about the waterworks system while reading, the book is written in a story form so that it is more interesting to read. I also liked the book because along with the actual text, there are speech bubbles that show the conversation between the children and teacher whilst they are on the school trip. This makes it more interesting for children to read because it is written in the way children speak and therefore in my opinion, makes it easier for children to relate too. ( )

I would use this book for a fourth grade class when talking about the water cycle and how our city gets water. This book is a fun way to give accurate information, and can be used instead of the text book for this section. After teaching the book and the science unit, I would have my students complete the same activity that Ms. Frizzle's class did, and make a water chart.

I believe this book would be appropriate for a lower elementary classroom. This book focuses on the many aspects of the water cycle, touching on evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and accumulation.This book would be a great informational text for a kindergarten classroom as they begin to learn about the weather and climate. After reading this book, students can create their own diorama of a water cycle using a cup, water, and plastic wrap. The students could then record their findings in their journal or create a poster demonstrating the process and outcomes they observed.

This is a fun book that follows the adventure of one class as they go on an adventure in a bus that shrinks to analyze raindrops. This is a great book for students to learn from while getting to have fun and go on an adventure with the class. Throughout the whole series, the students are led to more places on field trips and learn a lot about each subject by doing crazy things similar to this one. I think that these are amazing books that many students can learn from. Media-Pencil ( )

This Magic School Bus story is about the water cycle. This book takes us through the cycle, but in a fun way for students to learn.

I have always liked The Magic School Bus books and the show. My favorite part is how the children are sucked into Mrs. Frizzles adventures. She doesn't do lessons in a normal way, she makes it fun, educational, and whacky. The plot of this book is especially whacky as it is the kids first trip with the Friz. I loved how in depth this book got with how the waterworks plant worked. It shows excellent illustrations of the water cycle and how a waterworks station works. I loved the illustrations. The best part for me though was how the water cycle was summarized through the classes work at the end of the book. The main theme of this book is education, specifically how the water cycle works. ( )

Overall Joanna Cole's books are great informational texts for children. This book, The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, is a great book because of the informational information students can learn about water. For example, when Joanna Cole writes her stories, she combines fantasy and information such as throwing in facts about water. An example would be when she wrote one-third of the human body is made up of water, and that water can be in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas. This pushes readers not only to have fun reading the stories, but also allows the reader to think about the science behind these books. The overall message of this book is the science about water. Joanna Cole introduces this concept about water in a fun and intriguing way.

The story of a class of students who learn the water cycle, starting with evaporation and ending with the water coming out of the faucet with their strange teacher Mrs. Frizzlle and the magic school bus. The students do more than learn the water cycle they actually go through it and once they return to their school the teacher never lets on as whether it was real or not. Illustrations are appropriate for students that this book is aimed at and there are also water facts shown on pictures of yellow paper in some of the pictures.

The story of a class of students who learn the water cycle, starting with evaporation and ending with the water coming out of the faucet with their strange teacher Mrs. Frizzlle and the magic school bus. The students do more than learn the water cycle they actually go through it and once they return to their school the teacher never lets on as whether it was real or not. Illustrations are appropriate for students that this book is aimed at and there are also water facts shown on pictures of yellow paper in some of the pictures. ( )

I enjoyed “The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks” a lot. This is due to the illustrations and the information that is laid out in the plot. Throughout this book the many illustrations enhance the story. Every picture that is in the story is related to the text. For instance when the students are traveling through the water system and trying to clean out the system they are depicted in the pluming system trying to be filtered. Also in the end of the book when the students show there water chart. It is an excellent depiction of the journey that they had gone through. With this illustration it also helps to see the water system in one fluid motion. Also the illustrations of the facts on notepaper are clever. For it allows the reader to be actively engaged in the same learning experience as the students in the book. On the other hand the plot of this text starts off with the children not wanting to go on a trip with Ms. Frizzle. Then they have to research the water system for the trip. Then finally they go and experience the trip then have to do a work up on the trip. With this lay out of the plot it shows hard work and how it is incorporated in the school system and how important it is. The main message of this story is to learn about the water system and how it works through a neighborhood. ( )

The first of Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen's wildly popular Magic School Bus series, which follows Miss Frizzle's class as they take fantastic field trips in the course of investigating various scientific topics, The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks sees teacher and students ascending into the clouds, shrinking down to the size of rain-drops, and experiencing the water-cycle up close and personal. From falling as rain and racing along in a stream, to traveling through a water treatments plant and then into their city's water supply, Miss Frizzle's students learn first hand how water moves through various stages and cycles.

Although I have long been familiar with this picture-book series, which launched in 1985, I had never actually picked one of them up. I'm glad that I finally have, as I now understand what all the fuss is about! Informative and educational, while also entertaining and imaginative, the narrative here combines scientific fact with fantastic adventure, while the cartoon-like illustrations add to the fun. The children's dubious initial response to their teacher, and their various conversational asides, are quite amusing, while the topic at hand - how cities and towns get their water - is one that younger readers may not have considered. Highly recommended to all young scientists, as well as to those who think that science is dull - this book might change their minds! ( )

Ms. Frizzle, an unflappable science teacher, drives the magical school bus into a cloud where the children shrink to the size of water droplets and follow the course of water through the city's waterworks system.***SRC Quiz***

You cannot go wrong with Ms. Frizzle and her magic school bus. These books are so enjoyable, children and parents alike delight in them. I don't know why it took me so long to discover this series, but I'm glad it happened! I cannot say enough great things about it! Do yourself a favor and read a few of these stories; you will not regret it. ( )

Summary: whats seemed to be an ordinary day in class turns out to be the ad venture of a life time for mrs frizzles class.Mrs frizzle takes the class on a field trip on her magic school bus. her magic school buss turns in to everything the children need to be safe like a boat an under water submarine and even a hot air balloon threw out the story the children learn about the water works and take notes on what they learned, and they all get to experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

Personal reaction:
I loved this book I use to read the magic school bus as a child and I would always learn so much and be amazed.

Classroom extension:
1. I can teach the students about evaporation threw this book i can have them sit out a glass of water and we can watch it every day as the water evaporates

2. as the water evaporates the children can use math to measure how much water has evaporated since its starting point. ( )

Genre: Science Fiction. This book is science fiction because the events that took place in the story are imaginary, even though the book is full of scientific information and facts. Throughout the field trip, the class goes through the water cycle and even through the water reservoir and the path water must take to get to the city. We learn a lot about water from the side notes and pictures on each page.

Setting: The setting takes place in water, which is very important to the story, considering this is what the book is trying to teach readers. We learn about water and the places it travels or the cycles it undergoes because the class literally follows the water wherever it goes. This setting helps readers better understand water.

Media: colored pencil

When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside. ( )

Joanna Cole, The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, NY: Scholastic Inc., 1986.

After what seems to be a beginning of a boring school day, Mrs. Frizzle takes her students in the Magic School Bus for a field trip at the waterworks! What is unique about this book is that it seamlessly combines fantasy, imagination, and scientific facts. Not only does the reader learn about water, but is taken on a journey from the source of the water to its final destination at the sink. The illustrations are clear, detailed, vivid, and fun to see - with the Magic School Bus rising with the water as it evaporates into the sky, the children swimming through pipes in scuba gear, and being part of water droplets as they come out of the sink. This book is an excellent read-aloud, perfect for a storytime or a part of a science lesson, and would be appropriate for ages 6-9. A very memorable book that will make children look differently at their next glass of water.

Recommended book from the same decade:
Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. ( )

A teacher takes her students on an exciting field trip to learn about the water cycle. The children become part of the water cycle to gain a better understanding. The children learn different interesting facts about water, and are able to draw the water cycle. The children think there teacher is weird, but they enjoy the field trip. This is a great book for children to read for silent reading. Read aloud for older children: 3rd through 6th ( )