Miss Nelson is Missing has been a favorite of teachers and students for a long time! We knew we had to great resources to go with this book. It makes for a great read aloud to leave for a substitute teacher because it lends itself to so many activities and will keep students engaged and learning. With these ready to go lesson plans and activities it will be easy for you to take your next sick day. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
The story, Miss Nelson is Missing, is about an unruly classroom of students and a teacher who finds a creative way to teach them a lesson. The students in Room 207 were the worst-behaved students in the whole school. They were constantly acting up and poor Miss Nelson was unable to teach. Then one day, Miss Nelson goes missing and Miss Viola Swamp comes into the classroom. She wears an ugly black dress, never smiles, and loads the students up with homework. It isn’t long before the students miss Miss Nelson and start to look for her. When she returns a few days later the students are thrilled to see her. They no longer misbehave and act like angels in the classroom. In the end, we find out that Miss Nelson was in the classroom all long and she had dressed up as Miss Viola Swamp to teach her students a lesson about being respectful.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
If you are planning on using this book or leaving it for a sub, here are some skills you can use it to teach.
- Practice making inferences and predictions throughout the book.
- Identify the problem and solution in the story.
- Have students write their own story about a missing teacher.
- Integrate poetry by having students write acrostic poems.
- Teach students about italics and what they are used for.
- Identify action verbs.
- Discuss the importance of making good choices.
- Teach students about empathy and how we can show it to others.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
Whether you are using these activities for your own lesson or leaving them for a sub, you can be confident knowing you have comprehensive and engaging activities for you students.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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