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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: My 3 year old LOVES the Miss Nelson stories. When we are out and about he likes to ask me if I remember certain elements from the stories. I get especially tickled when he's 'reading' the story to himself. He's heard the stories so often that he knows them verbatim. The plot and text are simple enough for him to follow with ease. He recognizes most of the words on sight. And, he is familiar with most of the items mentioned in the plots. I don't think it's recommended for his age group but he received the tapes as a gift. They have been one of the best gifts he has ever received.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: My son received this book as a gift when he was 4. He's 6-1/2 now and still loves this book. He was thrilled when his uncle gave him the next book "Miss Nelson is back". Children can definitely relate to unruly kids in school - there are some in every class. Readers love seeing the unruly kids get tricked too. My son still enjoys comparing the differences of Miss Nelson to her alter ego. This is one of those books that really make reading fun for kids. If kids realize reading is fun, they're more likely to do it!
I just read a Q & A on author Dav Pilkey's site where he lists the author of this book as one of his favorites. Like Dav, we love the Miss Nelson books too - as well as Dav Pilkey's books.
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Summary: Having a substitute teacher is not always a good thing
Review: Remember when Joni Mitchell told us "You don't know what you've got 'till its gone"? Well, even if you have never heard about the "Big Yellow Taxi" you will realize that this is exactly what the kids in Room 207 learn when their teacher Miss Nelson goes missing. This was the worst behaved class in school and no matter what Miss Nelson tried the class would not settle down, made faces, giggled, squirmed and refused to do their homework. When Miss Nelson does not come to school the next day, the children are all excited because they think that now they can REALLY act up. But it is the children who are in for a rude awakening when they meet their new teacher, Miss Viola Swamp, a woman in an ugly black dress. After a few hours with Miss Swamp, the kids decide that they really miss their old teacher and wonder what could have happened to her?No parent ever wants to hear that their kids do not like their teacher, but then what teacher wants students who are rude? "Miss Nelson Is Missing," written by Harry Allard and illustrated by James Marshall, teaches children several valuable lessons about appropriate decorum in the classroom without the children recognizing that they are actually learning something reading this book. This book makes having a happy classroom with a pleasant teacher sound like a very good thing indeed. Which, of course, it is! However, I think you will discover that teachers will like this book every more so that children. There are at least two other adventures of Miss Nelson and Room 207 that I know about, plus you can also read this classic children's book in Spanish in "La Senorita Nelson Ha Desaparecido!"
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Summary: One of our favorites!
Review: Sometimes you don't realize how good things are, until theychange. That's what's happening in Miss Nelson's class. The sweet,rosy cheeked teacher is saddled with a class of kids who are taking advantage of her gentle nature. 'Now settle down,' said Miss Nelson in a sweet voice. But the class would not settle down. They whispered and giggled. They squirmed and made faces. They were even rude during story hour. . .'Something will have to be done,' said Miss Nelson. That something arrives the next schoolday, in the person of Miss Viola Swamp -- a witchy-faced, yet rosy-cheeked, tyrant in an ugly black dress. She cancels story hour, loads the class with homework, and warns, "If you misbehave, you'll be sorry." The kids soon long for Miss Nelson. They worry about what happened to her and go to the police for help. They even go to Miss Nelson's house, only to spot Viola Swamp walking down Miss Nelson's street! When Miss Nelson finally returns, she's very evasive when the children ask about her absence, and happily "surprised" by their changed behavior. The former hooligans show Miss Nelson the utmost respect. Later that day, while getting ready for bed, she hangs her coat in the closet, right next to an ugly black dress. James Marshall's illustrations perfectly capture the sweet, rosy-cheeked Miss Nelson, and the mean, but also rosy-cheeked, Viola Swamp. He gives just enough clues for kids to guess the true identity of the substitute. In addition to the ugly black dress in the closet, there's also a wig and a false, pointy nose lying around Miss Nelson's room.
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Summary: Wonderfully silly tale engages children and more
Review: The kids in sweet Miss Nelson's class are rude and obnoxious, until a mean substitute replaces her. By the time Miss Nelson returns, they have learned to show their appreciation by behaving well. A great moral, certainly, but hardly sugar-coated: the children's misbehavior and the substitute's grouchiness are outrageous and delightful. This book is one of the most engaging I've ever read to my kids(ages 4-7)and a great success with my ADD child who normally has a hard time sitting through a story. It provides a great platform for inferencing and theory of mind work.
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Summary: Great ! One of the best children's books I have ever read!
Review: This book is wonderful. It was very funny! My 7 years old thought so too. It helps teah children about behaving when a substutite is teaching the class. It aslo teaches them how to be greatful for a good nice teacher.
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Summary: A book not to forget
Review: This book was read to me when I was a child, and I loved it then. Now that I have my own class, I read it to them. A must have for an unruly class!
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Summary: So fitting!
Review: This is one of my favorite books. I want to be a teacher and I fear having a class like this. Miss Nelson is a nice little teacher adn her students walk all over her. One day Miss Nelson didn't show up and suddendly a mean looking lady appeared before them. It was Miss Viola Swamp. Their worst nightmare! She completely turned them around. When Miss Nelson returned the kids ere so grateful that they didn't give her a hard time ever again. What they didn't know was that Miss Nelson and Miss Viola Swamp was the same person.
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Summary: Wonderful, Every Elementary School teacher must have a copy!
Review: This was my favorite book in first grade. In this story, Miss Nelson's students in Room 207 took advantage of their sweet teacher. They threw spitballs, passed notes, flew paper airplanes, misbehaved during story time, and would not do their assignments. Miss Nelson had had enough so for weeks she dressed as a witch and called herself Miss Viola Swamp and treated the class badly. When she finally came back as herself, she wouldn't tell her class what had happened. And she noticed that thanks to her disguise, her class went from Being the worst behaved class in the school to being the best behaved class she had ever taught. We still quote this book all the time and love it a lot.--Robert Metz
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Summary: Read this book to your class on the first day of school!
Review: Want to get the school year off on the right foot? Read this book to your class on day one. Stop to ask questions about how the children are acting and what is wrong with the classroom. At the end of the story ask what Miss Nelson could have done to prevent all of these problems? This will naturally lead into a discussion of the importance of having RULES. Then have the class brainstorm a list of rules that every classroom should have. Post these rules in your room. Studies have shown that children are more likely to respect rules that they help make. They also will have a better understanding as to why teachers need rules. Don't let what happened to Miss Nelson happen to you!
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