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Miss Nelson Is Missing!
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
28 posts | 97 read | 2 to read
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a substitute. "Rarely has the golden rule been so effectively interpreted for children." -- Booklist
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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I consider this an intro into becoming a consumer of all things dark and spooky. I adored this series as a kid and the fandom lives on with my 2nd grader. #scarathlondailyprompts #missing #teamslaughter

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MaddieBrown3
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Date of Publication: October 28, 1985
Genre: Fiction
Brief Summary: Miss Nelson‘s class is not behaving how they should. Miss Nelson was a sweet and caring teacher. The class never appreciated their teacher till their sub Mrs. Viola Swamp shows up and gets the class in line. The class never takes advantage of Miss Nelson again!

MaddieBrown3 Name of Award (if applicable): Georgia Children‘s Book Award for K-4
Purpose of Award (if applicable): to allow the students of Georgia to love reading
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alisiakae
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Who remember the kid‘s book, Miss Nelson Is Missing?

The Honors Drama class at Maya‘s school is performing the play this week. Tonight was opening night, and MJ was a rockstar in her role as Elvis!

It‘s been a looong 2 years since she was last on stage and for a while we thought this show would be cancelled as well. The smiles and pure joy on her face (under a mask) to be performing again made this mama‘s heart VERY happy.

mom2bugnbee YES! So glad that kids are getting to perform again! My girl is rehearsing for her first musical in two years. What a cute book to adapt! Break legs, everyone! 3y
SayersLover Ooh, Miss Nelson is Missing was one of the books at my grandma‘s house. I always found it a fun one. A play of that sounds like a great idea for kids 🤩 @4thhouseontheleft 3y
Clare-Dragonfly I loved that book! How fun to have it on the stage! 3y
Bookzombie I would love to see the play! I love Miss Nelson Is Missing. 3y
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mrp27
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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#falltreasures

A couple of favorite back to school picture book reads featuring teachers.

Eggs ❤️❤️Miss Nelson💗💗 3y
Megabooks Agree @Eggs !! 3y
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twolittlefeetreads
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Who remembers Miss Nelson!? Decided to take a trip down memory lane with these classics this cold afternoon. Miss Nelson's class is out of control until the scary Miss Swamp steps in and takes over the class for a bit. Miss Nelson comes back to a much better behaved classroom! Such fun books!

#missnelsonismissing

TheKidUpstairs LOVED these when I was younger! 4y
twolittlefeetreads @TheKidUpstairs Yes!! I love kids books. I'm trying to collect all my old favorites! 4y
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LibrarianRyan
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Today for #20series20day we look at my #top20series pic the Miss Nelson Books, There are a total of 4 books, and i love them all. A staple or read over and over and over again from my childhood.

It feel like modern times forgets about these books but I'm bringing them back baby!

Book 4 looks like it was published later in life as a kindle only book.

TheBookHippie I still use these EVERY YEAR!! 4y
catebutler These were some of my favorites too! Excellent choice! 👏🏼 4y
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Ryan_R
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My mom was a teacher and she always loved reading this book to her kids on the first day of class. It taught them respect for their teacher and was also a lighthearted story/joke. This book reminds me of many other classic stories as well. I think kids will be able to use text to world connections when they finish reading it.

Ryan_R https://www.audible.com/pd/Miss-Nelson-is-Missing-Audiobook/B002V0AH7S Audiable has a great adaptation of this story! Check it out! 5y
DrSpalding I listen to Audible books consistently! This is an excellent idea. If you were to align universal design and English learner strategies, you would see that audiobooks definitely assist students with special needs and English learners. 5y
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Tinks
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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This is one of my childhood favorite's. I enjoyed reading this book from beginning to end and thought I should share it with you. This sweet picture book should be included in every elementary classroom library for every boy and girl to read.
“Miss Nelson is Missing“ by James Marshall is a light-hearted and adorably written picture book full of cartoonish and hilariously colorful illustrations allowing the reader to become enthralled in the story

Tinks This quirky classic is a good-humored reminder on how to show appreciation to those we value. It is a book about respect/disrespect, control, behavior, and ultimate change not only with the students in room 207, but change within the teacher herself. I would tag this book best under RF because I feel this could happen in real life. The UDL principles 9.1 regarding promoting expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. #UCFLAE3414F19 5y
Tinks The UDL principles mentioned is also in conjunction with E.L. 3, 4 & 22 for encouraging self-talk (positive thinking), link lesson topic to students' prior knowledge and give enough time for second language learners to respond to questions. All can be met and accomplished through this picture book. I highly recommend this book to all. It is a must-read! #UCFLAE3414F19 5y
kgarzon This does seem like a really nice book for practicing positive thinking, as you mentioned, and addressing classroom behavior and management from what your description says. 5y
sbombasi I like how you mentioned this book was your childhood fav! I think it‘s really nice to share with your students how you grew up with this book and what you can do to promote positive thinking of a classroom! 5y
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Gina
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Memememememe, I dooooo♡

EKonrad Loved that book! 5y
bookishkai I love the Miss Nelson books! 5y
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kateschaeffer
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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from spitballs to paper airplanes to general loudness classroom 207 is out of control. so easygoing teacher miss nelson decides to go undercover as strict substitute viola swamp and the results are funny.

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madamereadsalot1
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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My day 1 of#boardbookbonanza is a toughie! How do you pick just one!? I went with this one because the dynamic duo of Harry Allard and James Marshall made SO many of my childhood faves. I adored the Miss Nelson books, The Stupids books, and the George and Martha books! This is the only one of theirs I actually own. I really should correct that. I love reading this one to my kids. We never get sick of it!

@ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress

KristinaRay This was one of my first favorite books as a kid. I also loved when Reading Rainbow would feature this author. 6y
MStew Loved this book!! 6y
madamereadsalot1 @KristinaRay I was a Reading Rainbow junky too! 😆 They really need to reboot it. There aren't enough shows about books... or any that I'm aware of actually. 🤔 6y
madamereadsalot1 @meghan2714 it's still really enjoyable! There are some kids books I loved as a kid, that when I read to my kids now, there's no magic to it. But this one didn't lose any! 6y
jbhops Oh!! I had forgotten about these!! Great book! 6y
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GatheringBooks
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#ABBAInAugust Day 2: When Miss Nelson was replaced by the terrible Miss Viola Swamp after the kids in Room 207 misbehaved yet again, the kids couldn‘t wait for Miss Nelson to return, so much so that it was almost like a #WhenIKissedTheTeacher moment when she finally came back. My full review here, complete with downloadable teacher resources: https://wp.me/pDlzr-1mK

BittersweetBooks Love this book!! 💕 6y
emilyhaldi Omg this is a blast from the past!!! I had totally forgotten about this book ❤️❤️ loved it when I was younger! 6y
Reviewsbylola Loved this book as a kid!! 6y
morgan_lionheart One of my childhood favorites! 6y
Mdargusch Great choice! 6y
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emilybanne
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Miss Nelson is missing is a MF book by Harry Allard and James Marshall. I love this book and I read it to my nieces all the time! It is about a class who is getting into a lot of trouble. Miss Nelson decides to come to school the next day as Miss. Viola Swamp. The kids completely make a 360 change in their behavior and realize they took Miss.Nelson for granted. This is a great RA book or even a fun PR if they are able to read at this level.

emilybanne An activity I found is here at: https://www.teachwithme.com/blogs/getting-to-the-core/item/4457-miss-nelson-is-m... It is an activity where the kids make a drawing of Miss.Nelson and then another drawing of Miss.Viola Swamp. They then glue each picture on a popsicle stick. The teacher will read aloud different personality traits. The student will raise the person he or she thinks matches the trait read aloud. 6y
emilybanne This is a great activity for comprehension. A UDL strategy is 3.2 which refers to highlighting patterns, critical features , big ideas, and relationships. The students will be able to compare the relationship of the students and how the kids act. An ESOL Strategy would be 30 which is to encourage the use of diagrams and drawings aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships. This is what they will be doing when they have the popsicle sticks. 6y
DianaHerrera I love the idea of having the students use images from both teachers and raise which one of the two matches to the personality being told. It sounds like a game that i bet students will love. @emilybanne 6y
DrSpalding Minor errors. I too enjoyed the idea of having children draw Miss Nelson and Miss Swamp. 6y
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Austen_Nerd
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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1. Miss Viola Swamp
2. Great Expectations
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Yes, I received a few gifts, from my students whose mom‘s are teachers.
@CSeydel #weekendchat

mabell Miss Nelson is missing! 👏❤️ 7y
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KhyaraN
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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This a comical fiction picture book that portrays how unruly students appreciate their teacher when a stern substitute arrives. It is a funny, cute, and surprising book to read to one‘s students. Perfect for RA, DR, RT in class. This link provides to an in class activity to do with the class: http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literature_guides/missnelsonmissing.html

#UCFLAE3414SP18

KhyaraN UDL STRATEGY: 5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance. ESOL Strategies 14. Simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant. 7y
JenniferMc This book was a favorite when I was a child and still relevant today. I can‘t wait to add it to my classroom library. 7y
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EliNeedsMoreShelves
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Had a very fun night with the kiddos watching our local community theater's production of Miss Nelson is Missing. I loved talking to the kids afterward about the differences between the book & the play. We love the theater!

lynneamch ❤Iowa! 7y
AmyG I remember reading this to my kids. ❤️ 7y
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TheKidUpstairs
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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My choice for today's #MonsterMadness2017 is a favourite from my childhood. Someone who puts on a creepy disguise to terrorize children? It's Miss Viola Swamp! #KillerKlown

@LibrarianRyan

Lacythebookworm Love this book! 😍 7y
Blaire This post took me straight back to childhood. Loved that book. 7y
IamIamIam My kids love that book!!!! 😂😂 7y
LibrarianRyan Such such a good choice. 👍🤓👍👍🤓👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️👻👻 7y
Andrea4 ❤💚💛💜💙 7y
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booksandsympathy
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Who else remembers this book? My teachers liked to have us watch the cartoon too. Every year, lol. And for some reason, my best friend has no memory of it. #publishedinthe1970s #jubilantjuly

mcipher I love this book!!! (edited) 7y
RowReads1 Read it as a kid. Read it to kids as a teacher. 7y
JackOBotts Loved this book! My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Nelson, but she never pulled a stunt like this (though I always hoped she would)! 7y
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booksandsympathy @JackOBotts That's funny! It's probably a good thing that she didn't feel the need to do something like this though. 7y
booksandsympathy @RowReads1 If I were a teacher, it would definitely be a book I'd read to students. 7y
Chelsibno I loved this book! My first grade teacher read it to us. 7y
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Jeg
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This came in the mail today. My copy was falling apart. Had to have a new copy. When I was teaching I loved reading this to the kids. We had so much fun with it. I've given away a lot of my books but can't part with this. It will be on my shelf forever.

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MarticaMustRead
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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❤📖🤓☻ #ChildrensBook

This book brings back such wonderful reading memories. A huge favorite from childhood!😍

Reviewsbylola Great book!!! 8y
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MicheleinPhilly
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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#riotgrams A small sampling of my #FavoriteChildrensBooks. ❤❤❤❤

Jas16 Yay Grover! 8y
MicheleinPhilly @Jas16 That was the book I learned to read with so he will always have a special place in my heart. ❤ 8y
beaniebankbeth The Monster at the End of this Book is adorable and the best and I just want to hug Grover when I read it! 8y
TieDyeDude I got so excited when the Grover book came across the library desk one day. So many memories came back! 8y
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Susannah
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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A few months ago, @Readaholics posted about Miss Nelson Is Missing, and I started thinking about all the books I read and loved when I was young. So today, I'm kicking off #NostalgicNovember, a challenge I've set myself to add at least one post every day this month about the books I remember from the first ten years of my reading life. 📖❤️👧🏻

Reviewsbylola Yesssssssss loved this one! 8y
megt Such a great book! 8y
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Hornsby78
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I LOVED this book when I was a kid. It scared the crap outta me. THEY HAD A WITCH FOR A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!! AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR REGULAR TEACHER??!! ACK!! @LibrarianRyan #octbookchallenge #Day14 #BooksSetInASchool

Shortstack I completely forgot about this book! Lol 8y
missjenniferlowe This book is so awesome!! 8y
Donna_sBookMinute Sounds entertaining. 8y
LibrarianRyan 😎🤓 8y
LauraBrook This book was so great! Maybe I can snag my library copy for a reread before Halloween. 8y
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Bookzombie
Miss Nelson Is Missing! | James Marshall, Harry Allard
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Day 11 #octphotochallenge Maybe not the most #disastrouskids but I immediately thought of sweet Miss Nelson's rowdy class. Then I thought about how much I loved Reading Rainbow, where I first heard about this book. "But you don't have to take my word for it."

LibrarianRyan Love this book! 8y
Desha Ahhh Miss Nelson is Missing! A favorite of teachers everywhere! 😜 8y
BeththeBookDragon We still have my old beat up copy of this book!!! ❤️ 8y
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BrooklynBookGirl
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Well, they've officially turned the heat on in my building which means Book Character Day is coming!! Who should I be this year?? #tbt to when I was Miss Viola Swamp from Miss Nelson is Missing!!

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Readaholics
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Who didn't love this book growing up? Beautiful sweet Miss Nelson is sick and mean cranky Viola Swamp is the class substitute. Will they survive? The horror!!!

[DELETED] 2232195534 Read this one so many times to my daughter. She loved it and so did I. But...she took our copy with her when she grew up. Sigh. 8y
HotTeaGoodBooks I remember this! :-) 8y
Reviewsbylola I forgot about this book until now! 8y
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SoniaC Fond memories. 8y
BittersweetBooks One of my faves as a kid!! 8y
Susannah Oh, I think I might have to steal this idea. Is that ok with you? I love a healthy dose of book nostalgia! Loved Miss Nelson Is Missing. I don't recall all the visual references to Texas, though. 😄 8y
Mayread This may be heresy, but I always preferred this to Miss Frizzle & the Magic School Bus 8y
Novelgossip Loved this as a kid! ❤️ 8y
shanebeth I love reading this to my students! 8y
Pamtherunner Loved this as a kid!! 8y
JackieSmith This is a classic! 8y
AmyG Ha! My kids loved this book. 8y
Alytrue My daughter's first grade teacher read this to her class - then dressed as Viola! Favorite teacher ever! 8y
LivinginaLibrary Yes! Loved this book! 8y
bookishkai Oh my god, I loved this series! 8y
Roselyn_Reads @Alytrue my third graders love that book!! They always get so excited. 8y
Megabooks I can't believe I forgot about this gem! 8y
Vblancsbooks Omg this was one of my fav books as a kid!!! 8y
ForestAvenuePress I missed this one growing up but it's a favorite with my daughters! 8y
Shelby.Henderson A teacher friend of mine has an identical twin...guess what they did? She had the best time having her evil twin teach the class on April Fools Day! 8y
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