The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Comprehension Questions & Reading Journal
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The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks has 6 chapters · 39 pages
Book 1 of the The Magic School Bus series
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Inside the journal: 6 chapter pages, one question each · 3 example answers · a cover for your reader’s name
Written for this book Questions about this story, good after any chapter.
So far, what have Ms. Frizzle and her class learned about where drinking water comes from before it reaches a faucet? Explain the steps you understand from this chapter.See all 6 questions ↓
About the book
Facts, fun and wacky humor abound when Senorita Carola takes her students on a field trip to the waterworks in this Spanish language edition of The magic school bus at the waterworks.
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The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks questions by chapter
We know the book, its characters, setting and story, but not what happens in each chapter. So every question is written for this book, and any of them works wherever your reader has just stopped. One question per chapter, across all 6 chapters, and every one is editable before you print. The example answers under 3 of the chapters are the ones printed at the front of the booklet.
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Chapter 1
So far, what have Ms. Frizzle and her class learned about where drinking water comes from before it reaches a faucet? Explain the steps you understand from this chapter.
Example answer: So far, I learned that water does not just magically appear in the sink. It comes from a water source and has to travel through parts of the waterworks before people can use it. The chapter helped me understand that pipes and machines are important because they move water to homes and schools.
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Chapter 2
Based on what you have read so far about the Magic School Bus trip through the waterworks, what do you think the class might discover next about how water is cleaned or moved? What clues make you think that?
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Chapter 3
How does Ms. Frizzle help her students learn during this part of the trip? Describe one thing she says or does and how it affects the class.
Example answer: Ms. Frizzle helps her students learn by taking them right into the place they are studying instead of only telling them facts. She acts excited and curious, so the class pays attention and asks questions. I think her way of teaching makes science feel like an adventure.
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Chapter 4
This book teaches that water is an important resource people share. How does the chapter you read show why people need to take care of water?
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Chapter 5
Choose one water-related word from this chapter, such as reservoir, pipes, treatment, filter, or evaporation. What do you think it means, and how did the text or pictures help you figure it out?
Example answer: I chose the word “filter.” I think a filter is something that helps clean water by taking out dirt or other things that should not be there. The pictures and sentences helped me because they showed water going through something before it was ready to use.
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Chapter 6
What part of this chapter was most interesting, surprising, or confusing to you? Tell why and include a question you still have about waterworks or the water cycle.
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How to use this The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks reading journal
At home, as a discussion guide
After each chapter your reader writes a few lines on that chapter’s question. Read the answer together at bedtime: it shows what they understood and gives you something real to talk about, without a quiz.
In class, as a novel study
Print a class set (booklets fold from plain letter paper) and use one question per chapter as the reading-response or literature-circle prompt. The example answers at the front show what a full answer looks like.
Homeschool
One booklet covers the whole book, 6 chapters, so it doubles as the reading log for The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks. Reword any question before printing to match your reader.
Printing
The booklet PDF prints on ordinary 8.5 × 11 paper: print double-sided (flip on the short edge) at 100%, fold the stack in half and staple on the fold. There is also a one-page-per-sheet PDF and A5 binder pages.
Where the questions come from
Questions about this story, good after any chapter. We know the book, its characters, setting and story, but not what happens in each chapter. So every question is written for this book, and any of them works wherever your reader has just stopped. The questions were drafted with AI from what is known about the book and checked before publishing; every one is editable before you print.