Miss Nelson is Missing!
By Harry Allard & James Marshall
8 min. without interruption
12-16 min. with discussion prompts throughout/after.
Can be spun for all ages, though 2nd through 4th might get the most out of it
Miss Nelson is a sweet, sweet teacher who just wants to teach her rude, mean, DISRESPECTFUL class. So a replacement is called in…Miss Viola Swamp. Someone not fun, or sweet, at all.
Miss Nelson dresses up as Viola Swamp, so the students learn to appreciate what they have. See if the younger kids can figure out who Viola Swamp truly is – side treat is the “Hardy Boys” reading Inspector McSmog, who is genuinely puzzled by Miss Nelson’s, and later Miss Swamp’s, disappearance. Can work for older kids in discussing why Miss Nelson did what she did.
Reading Idea - To make engage a younger audience, ask them to imitate Miss Nelson’s class being bad, being scared, and being incredibly good. Ask that THEY think happened to Miss Nelson. Also a section where the students come up with hilarious ideas about where she could have gone.
8 min. without interruption
12-16 min. with discussion prompts throughout/after.
Can be spun for all ages, though 2nd through 4th might get the most out of it
Miss Nelson is a sweet, sweet teacher who just wants to teach her rude, mean, DISRESPECTFUL class. So a replacement is called in…Miss Viola Swamp. Someone not fun, or sweet, at all.
Miss Nelson dresses up as Viola Swamp, so the students learn to appreciate what they have. See if the younger kids can figure out who Viola Swamp truly is – side treat is the “Hardy Boys” reading Inspector McSmog, who is genuinely puzzled by Miss Nelson’s, and later Miss Swamp’s, disappearance. Can work for older kids in discussing why Miss Nelson did what she did.
Reading Idea - To make engage a younger audience, ask them to imitate Miss Nelson’s class being bad, being scared, and being incredibly good. Ask that THEY think happened to Miss Nelson. Also a section where the students come up with hilarious ideas about where she could have gone.
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