What Are We Learning This Week?
There are many ways to travel in our neighborhood.
This Week’s Big Questions
How do you travel in your neighborhood? How do you travel to school? How do you travel to the grocery store?
Out on the Town
Take a walk around your neighborhood. Look around and identify the ways people are traveling. Describe your favorite way to travel.
Show Me! Our Words of the Week
Say It:
Bus
Explain It:
A bus is a very long vehicle with many seats that can carry many people from place to place.
Talk About It:
Why are there bus stops all around our city?
Say It:
Taxi
Explain It:
A taxi is a car that carries people who pay to ride.
Talk About It:
What does a taxi driver need to do to be good at their job?
Say It:
Train
Explain It:
A train is a very long vehicle made of railroad cars connected together that carry people or things from one place to another on tracks. The first part of the train is called the engine. The engine pulls or pushes the other train cars along the tracks.
Talk About It:
Can trains travel on the roads with cars? Why or why not?