Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Author: Barbara Park

Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Park, Barbara, and Denise Brunkus. Junie B. Jones. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: 20th- v     
           anniversary Full-color Edition. New York: Random House, 2012. Print.

Annotation
When its your first day of school things may seem a little scary at first, especially when you don't know anything. Julie B. Jones is so scared of the school bus and the people on it that when it is time to go home, she doesn't.

ELA Content Standards
Key Ideas and Details- Kindergarten
1.) With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

How it Connects: Students will be able to talk about the different emotions that each character goes through. They could also discuss Junie's experience on the bus and how she felt on the first day of school.

Key Ideas and Details- Grade 1
Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

How it Connects: Students can discuss the relationship Junie has with her parents, teachers, and peers on the bus and in the classroom. They could also talk about the similarities they experience at school that Junie experiences in the book.

Tier 3 Vocabulary
hollered, screeched, grouchy, accident, polish

Classroom Usage
Independent Reading: Read silently to themselves, work on comprehension. They could also work on reading skills such as using their finger to follow the words as they ready, or highlighting key words.

Small Groups: Each student can take turns reading a page from the book. If this is too advanced for their age the teacher can read a few chapters to them, and have them discuss the character traits and ask any questions that they had.

Centers: Students can discuss the characters, settings, and events that happened in the story.

Differentiation
This book would help ELL students read more advanced texts. This book is a chapter book, so it is different from the short stories they are used to reading. The teacher can read a book like this one everyday if there is extra time at the end of class. It would help all types of learners gain a different view on chapter books.