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Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson #1)
The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again. Spitballs stuck to the ceiling. Paper planes whizzing through the air. They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school. So begins this quirky classic, first published in 1977 and still relevant today as a lighthearted reminder to show our appreciation to those we value. The students don’t proffer a shred of respect for th...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 28th 1985
by Sandpiper
(first published September 9th 1977)
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The students in Miss Nelson’s class, Room 207, were misbehaving again. No matter how nicely Miss Nelson asked they won’t stop talking, they won’t do their schoolwork, they were even rude during story hour! Sweet Miss Nelson knew something had to be done. The next day at school Miss Nelson did not arrive in Room 207. The students were ecstatic, until they heard an unpleasant voice hissing down the hall. The substitute teacher had arrived. Her name was Miss Viola Swamp and her mood was as ugly as...more
I remember this book from my childhood and I have always loved it! I think I appreciate it a little more now that I am an adult and a future teacher. This book is a great read and the colorful illustrations will definitely help readers stay engaged and wanting to read it again and again. Miss Nelson is a class teacher in Room 207 where the kids misbehave every day and show her absolutely no respect. She is a very sweet teacher and the students take advantage of her. One day, she gets fed up and...more
This is a story that would be great to teach children about following rules and also you could have a discussion about appreciating the things that they have. Miss nelson was a good teacher and she respected her students and taught them as best as she could even though the students misbehave all the time and break the rules making miss nelsons job a little harder. One day miss nelson is "missing"(absent) and a substitute teacher Miss viola swamp comes to teach them and she is very strict and mea...more
Very good book. I think every child should read this book. I strongly recommed this book to techers children picure lover and short story lover. We all need a book to connecte with so this is why in righting this. But im not done here I need to know how much u guy LOVE this book as much as i do. This has inspierd me to right this long paragraph about what i think about this book. So i rate this book 5 STARS thatn how much i love it and i hope you will love it as much as i do.LOVE THIS BOOK LOVE...more
This book is one of my personal favorites from my childhood.
Miss. Nelson has a naughty class. The children are rude and misbehave. They doodle in their books, and whisper while she is talking. They don't even listen during story time! One day Miss. Nelson isn't at school. The students think they are free to do as they please, that is until Miss. Viola Swamp shows up, the kids new teacher. The students do exactly as they are told because Miss. Viola Swamp, well she is a witch. Or so they think....more
Miss. Nelson has a naughty class. The children are rude and misbehave. They doodle in their books, and whisper while she is talking. They don't even listen during story time! One day Miss. Nelson isn't at school. The students think they are free to do as they please, that is until Miss. Viola Swamp shows up, the kids new teacher. The students do exactly as they are told because Miss. Viola Swamp, well she is a witch. Or so they think....more
Miss Nelson's class was constantly misbehaving, and not listening to her. They would disrupt the class constantly and ignore her rules. One day, another teacher walks in, Ms. Swamp, all dressed in black and with a mean tone in her voice, she was very strict. She told the children what to do, and because they were quite startled by how different she was from their teacher, they obeyed her and listened. After a few days, the children got worried and went out looking for Miss Nelson with no results...more
This book by Harry Allard is a wonderful book. It is one of my favorites I remember from my childhood. The book is about a very sweet teacher who gets taken advantage of by her classroom. None of her students will listen to her or pay attention. Miss Nelson decides something needs to happen so that her class will listen to her again. The next day Miss Nelson doesn't return to the class, which excites her students until they see who their substitute teacher is. The substitute is an awful and scar...more
I can vividly remember my substitute teacher in elementary school reading this book. As a young girl I instantly became terrified that my teacher was never coming back! Harry Allard's book was so fun to read as a child and did not disappoint as a young adult.
Allard's story is about the students of room 207. The students are dreadful; they are simply bad, misbehaving students. Their teacher, Miss Nelson, simply cannot get them under control. It's to their surprise, however, when one day Miss Nel...more
Allard's story is about the students of room 207. The students are dreadful; they are simply bad, misbehaving students. Their teacher, Miss Nelson, simply cannot get them under control. It's to their surprise, however, when one day Miss Nel...more
Miss Nelson is Missing is a story about a teacher going in to disguise to get her students to start behaving and treating the teacher with respect. Miss Nelson was a sweet teacher who was tired of her students running all over her. She creates a magnificent plan to dress as "Miss Swamp," a strict teacher that would not put up with any misbehaving children. The children in room 207 begin to realize that they miss Miss Nelson because of how much harder they had it when Miss Swamp was their teacher...more
"Miss Nelson is Missing" is about Miss Nelsons very disobedient students who take advantage of her kindness and refuse to cooperate. One day a substitute teacher, Miss Swamp, fills in for Miss Nelson and the students are rudely awakened by her strict ways. She loads them up with homework and takes away their story time in class. Miss Swamp stays in the classroom for several days and the children begin to miss Miss Nelson and even go to a detective to try to find her. When Miss Nelson finally ret...more
This is a humorous book about Miss. Nelson and her classroom filled with misbehaving students. The students whisper, giggle, are disrupting during reading time and refuse to do their work. Miss. Nelson knew she had to do something, she had to find a way to make them behave. The next day, Miss. Nelson does not come to class, but instead the students have a substitute teacher, Miss. Viola Swamp. Miss. Swamp meant business. She snaps at the students, puts them to work right away, and gives them a l...more
"Miss Nelson Is Missing!" is a wonderful and hilarious book for children of all ages, and teachers too!!
Miss Nelson is a lovely, sweet and kind teacher...who has the worst behaved class in the whole school! they are rude to her and treat her terribly. One day though, Miss Nelson does not come in to school, she doesn't come in the next day either, or the next or the next! Instead, the children have a supply teacher... the nasty, mean, foul-tempered witch Miss Viola Swamp! She immediately whips th...more
Miss Nelson is a lovely, sweet and kind teacher...who has the worst behaved class in the whole school! they are rude to her and treat her terribly. One day though, Miss Nelson does not come in to school, she doesn't come in the next day either, or the next or the next! Instead, the children have a supply teacher... the nasty, mean, foul-tempered witch Miss Viola Swamp! She immediately whips th...more
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Miss Nelson is Missing is about Miss Nelson and the students in room 207. The students take advantage of Miss Nelson so she decided to go missing for a few days and bring in Miss Viola Swamp. Miss Swamp is the complete oposite of Miss Nelson, Miss Swamp is mean and cruel. The students start to miss Miss Nelson and go on the search for her. They never find her but eventually she shows back up in the classroom one day. After having Miss Swamp for a while the children respected Miss Nelson and neve...more
I truly remember reading this book during elementary school and loving the story as much as I do now. I think that this book is imaginative, fun, and funny to imagine the possibilities through the eyes of a child (if their teacher really was 'missing'). I think the illustrations are descriptive in detail and expressive in complimenting the text, as well as the story line is very creative! I think that this book may be a great idea to analyze in a classroom possibly for a preferance to a teacher'...more
Miss Nelson is Missing is about a class with a sweet teacher named Miss Nelson who they take advantage of. The students in Room 207 constantly misbehave and disrespect Miss Nelson. So finally Miss Nelson "disappeared" and a horrible teacher named of Miss Viola Swamp came in and taught the students in Room 207 a valuable lesson.
The book is very well written and uses all the techniques in chapter two. The characters are well developed, and the setting is one that all students can relate to. The pi...more
The book is very well written and uses all the techniques in chapter two. The characters are well developed, and the setting is one that all students can relate to. The pi...more
This is a wonderful book that I plan to read to my students as a future teacher. Miss Nelson is Missing is about a class with a wonderful teacher named Miss Nelson who they take advantage of. The students in Room 207 constantly misbehave and disrespect Miss Nelson. So finally Miss Nelson "disappeared" and a horrible teacher by the name of Miss Viola Swamp came in and taught the students in Room 207 a valuable lesson.
This story is very well written. The characters are well developed, and the sett...more
This story is very well written. The characters are well developed, and the sett...more
Classroom 207 is filled with rude, disruptive children. The teacher, Miss Nelson, decides something must be done in order to restore stability and good behavior. The next day, a mysterious substitute teacher by the name of Viola Swamp, takes over the classroom. The students all believe that Ms. Swamp is a witch. She wears an ugly black dress, assigns piles of homework, and never reads them any stories! After days of Miss Nelson's absence, the children begin to feel that they will never see her a...more
This book definitely brought me back to my childhood. My initial impression when I saw this book on the list was that I had to get it and write a review on it. I wanted to do this because I wanted to see if I enjoyed it half as much as I enjoyed it when I was younger - I did, more so now than before. The shape of the book is in portrait style because people and kids are being illustrated in the book. However, what is interesting is that the students in the book are short and stubby illustrations...more
The story of “Miss Nelson Is Missing!” by Harry G. Allard begins with a class of ill-behaved and disrespectful children. Miss Nelson the teacher of these children realizes something must be done to change the bad behavior of her students, so Miss Nelson goes missing and a witch of a teacher, Miss Viola Swamp, takes her places. The children realize what a great teacher they had and go to find the missing Miss Nelson. After many days go by they do not find her but she does return. Only she knows w...more
one of my greatest joys as a mother is getting the opportunity to revisit all the books i loved as a child with my daughters. last night (or, more accurately, this week), we've been studying the allard oeuvre (which fiona calls "oubray" and declares "better than camels" - i am not sure what that means, or what she thinks "oubray" is, but i like it).
poor miss nelson, her students stink. they misbehave and goof off during recreational reading hour and are total miscreants.
so she dares to live the...more
poor miss nelson, her students stink. they misbehave and goof off during recreational reading hour and are total miscreants.
so she dares to live the...more
Summary- A sweet teacher named Miss Nelson who everyday deals with the misbehaving students in her class room 207. So she decides to end the madness and dress up as Miss Viola Swamp to teach her students a valuable lesson. She puts them straight to work with no fun or play. The students missed their old teacher Miss Nelson so much that they even hired Detective McSmogg to the case to find there lost loving teacher. Some of the other students had other ideas of what might have happened to her as...more
I find this book to be absolutely hilarious! Miss Nelson's classroom that takes place in room 207, is out of hand once again. And on this particular day she has decided to no longer stand for this behavior. She has never had such a poorly behaved classroom and she schemes up a plan to put the kids in check. She decides she will not return to school the following day as Miss Nelson. Instead, she decides to dress up the next day like a witch and come to school as room 207's substitute teacher, who...more
Miss Nelson is Missing is a realistic fiction story that belongs on the shelf of every early childhood classroom. The story takes place in Room 207 with a class full of misbehaving students and a fun loving teacher, Miss Nelson. She decides to take action when she can't get control of the flying spit balls and paper airplanes. When Miss Nelson doesn't arrive to Room 207 one day the students think they have to the opportunity to act out even more but Miss Viola Swamp, the substitute teacher, has...more
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This is a great story written by Harry Allard that will truly make young children laugh. This book tells the story about a class who cannot seem to get their behavior under control. Just when their teacher becomes fed up with their behavior, she plays the ultimate trick on the class by dressing up as Viola Swamp--an evil substitute teacher. Viola is mean and won't let the class have ANY fun. Once they are scared, the children start to behave in class, but they miss their teacher, who has been mi...more
Miss Nelson is Missing was one of my favorite books as a child. It is appropriate for elementary school students. The children in Miss Nelson’s class are terrible and will not act properly. One day, Miss Nelson goes missing and a new mean teacher arrives. She does not put up with misbehavior. The children begin to act right and wish Miss Nelson would return. They try to figure out what happened to her, but she comes back. Now the children listen and act properly.
I think I enjoyed the illustrati...more
I think I enjoyed the illustrati...more
As a future teacher, I absolutely adore this story. It starts out with a class who is constantly misbehaving and disrespecting their teacher. One day their teacher, Miss Nelson, is absent from class. They thought that this was a wonderful day because they could really misbehave without any punishment. However, their substitute teacher was mean and strict to them and would not allow them to misbehave at all. They started to miss Miss Nelson and wished they had not been so rowdy and rude to their...more
I told myself I wouldn't read any more children's books this year but when I saw this on the shelf, a big grin broke on my face.
It wasn't until I opened the cover that I realized why: I had won it back in 1992 for reading the most books in my local library's summer reading program!*
It seems to me like they don't make good books like this anymore. The illustrations are wonderful, the language is fluent yet simple, and the story is one every child can relate to.
*If you must know, I think the year...more
It wasn't until I opened the cover that I realized why: I had won it back in 1992 for reading the most books in my local library's summer reading program!*
It seems to me like they don't make good books like this anymore. The illustrations are wonderful, the language is fluent yet simple, and the story is one every child can relate to.
*If you must know, I think the year...more
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This was always one of my favorite books in elementary school. When I saw that it was a book I could read again after not seeing it for several years, I jumped at the opportunity. It's the story about an elementary class who do everything they could to misbehave and not listen to the teacher. After not being able to get them to listen to her many different times, Miss Nelson decides to get back at them and trick them into behaving. She leaves one day and returns to school the next day as Miss Vi...more
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