Haley Jackson

Title: The Magic School Bus Inside A Beehive  Genre: Science Fiction  Author: Joanna Cole  Major Awards: None Age Group: 4 - 11 year olds  Summary:  This book, The Magic School Bus Inside A Beehive starts off with Ms.Frizzle taking her class on a field trip to go study bee hives. Ms.Frizzle accidentally knocks a little lever and suddenly the bus turns into a little beehive and the students and Ms.Frizzle turn into bees! They all fly around as a class and discover different bees,facts, places, and things that bees do. As they fly around they are faced with having to defend a beehive from a bear and act as bees do when it comes to defense. The class finally finds their way out of the situation and flies back to the classroom where they all turn back into their normal selves. Once their all back in the classroom the day isn't over and they bake honey buns to end their crazy day. I would love to use this book in my classroom when discu...

Title: The Magic School Bus Makes A Rainbow  Genre: Science Fiction  Author: Joanna Cole  Major Awards: None  Age Group: 4 - 11 year olds  Summary:  One day in class the students are discussing the different colors and the rainbow. The class finds Ms. Frizzle playing pinball in a  closet but it’s not an ordinary pinball machine but one that is played with light pulses, not steel balls. Ms.Frizzle tells the students to line up and she poofs them right inside the pinball machine! The students start looking around at all of the different mirrors, colorful objects, and prisms. After some discovering, answering questions, and learning about how colors/rainbows are made the kids finally create a rainbow inside the game and help Ms.Frizzle win. There is only one issue, the kids can't figure out how to get out and Ms.Frizzle is busy talking to the principle. After some time the students find their own way out and blast out of the pi...