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Miss Nelson Has a Field Day (Miss Nelson #3)
The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 24th 1988
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published January 1st 1985)
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The students at Horace B. Smedley School were at it again! Only this time, the kids acting up weren't in Miss Nelson's Room 207, but on Coach Armstrong's football team - a team that hadn't won a single game (or scored a single point) because they refused to practice. The Smedley team were the worst in the whole state of Texas, and an embarrassment to the entire school community, from Principal Blandsworth to old Pop Hanson the janitor. When Coach Armstrong has a nervous breakdown, it falls to sw...more
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I actually i didnt read the book yet i would LOVE to read it if there was a website or a site that i go on to read all the miss nelson books i'm 11 but i read them to my 6 year old sister ella so if you can make a website or there is ALREADY one please contact me or write back or something i have hotmail nancynoor@hotmail.com okay or you can inbox me on facebook just write in nancy uleiwi then if you see a picture of a girl wearing those dudes hat the hat is blue and she is holding a black phone...more
Ronyell
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“Miss Nelson has a Field Day” is the third book in James Marshall and Harry Allard’s popular “Miss Nelson” series and this time, the Smedley Tornadoes football team gets some unexpected help for their big Thanksgiving game. “Miss Nelson has a Field Day” is a hilarious book that children will read over and over again for many years.
James Marshall and Harry Allard makes a great team (literally) in this third installment of the “Miss Nelson” series. Harry Allard and James Marshall mak...more
James Marshall and Harry Allard makes a great team (literally) in this third installment of the “Miss Nelson” series. Harry Allard and James Marshall mak...more
I picked this book as my read aloud. This was because I felt as if it had good pictures, and great oppurtunities to use many voices. I also like how it is also football season, and the school's football team is not very good, and so is ours. This book is about the school's football team, which isn't very good, and Miss Viola Swamp makes an appearance as the new coach, and whips that team into shape for the upcoming rivalry game. Maybe Viola Swamp needs to come coach UK's football team. This is g...more
This book was a good/ funny read. I read it to a child that a babysit and she loved every minute of it. She loved the twist of the book and the end. Also, the illustrations go well the story. The illustrations are full of color and make the story more amusing. I like the point these books make. Students need to understand the importance of working hard. A lot of people do not realize that slacking off leads to bad things. This story shows children that it is good to work hard and not slack off.
it was a good book about a bad football team that hadnt won a single game all year. they havent even scored a point. everybody was deppressed and was ashamed. but then coach swamp came along to coach the football team. one thing about miss swamp that she didnt play. she was the first coach to make the team win the game. after the team had won they all went out for hotdogs. also miss nelsons twin sister had came in for her while she was sick and the children thought it was miss nelson.
In this story, the team is led by Viola Swamp which returns to run a chill up children spines while getting them in shape for the Thanksgiving game. An unruly football team is amazed at the obedience and achievement it gains under her lead. Harry Allard puts a twist in the plot to make this third Miss Nelson offering as fresh and fun as the first. I will definitely utilize this story for grades 3-5. It is full of imagery, comprehension building and extended responses.
One of my friends told me about the Miss Nelson books and after reading, Miss Nelson is Missing, I was hooked on this series! This book is funny just like the others but the part that cracked me up was seeing Ms. Nelson's sister at the end! I love that the boys on the football team were not fooled by the imposter Viola Swamp but when they were confronted with the real thing, they got straight to business!
Miss Nelson has a Field Day by Harry Allard is a classic children's book. It is a book that young children will enjoy reading and having read to them. I would use this book as read aloud in my classroom. I would use it as a "Think-Pair-Share" lesson. A think-pair-share lesson is when you read the story aloud to the students, as you are reading you stop at certain spots and ask the children to "think-pair-share" with a partner about what they think is going to happen next,...more
When I became overwhelmed by children's books we tried to read a bunch and keep only books that we rate 5 stars. We ditched about 2/3 of the books we read. This was a keeper. The kids always like it and it's funny. I personally love it too because some of the phrases Eric uses are in this book ("let's really give him the business" and "pipe down").
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day (Miss Nelson #3) by Harry G. Allard, illustrated by James Marshall is the third in the Miss Nelson seris. This time Miss Viola Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School in time to whip the winless football team into shape and help them win the big game. The obvious need for Miss Swamp occurs to the principal as well as Miss Nelson, so we have a fake Viola Swamp appear before the real deal shows up as Coach Swamp.
The text is funny as usual. The hilar...more
The text is funny as usual. The hilar...more
-funny yet suspenseful
-children will wonder throughout the book who is Ms. Swamp, and then at the end they can guess (can be used as a prediction game in reading)
-everyone needs to remember to always give their best, like the team-and they won the football game
-work up to your full potential to be a winner (literally and metaphorically)
-children will wonder throughout the book who is Ms. Swamp, and then at the end they can guess (can be used as a prediction game in reading)
-everyone needs to remember to always give their best, like the team-and they won the football game
-work up to your full potential to be a winner (literally and metaphorically)
The Horace B. Smedley School Tornadoes (football team) are the worst in the state - and it is up to the infamous Viola Swamp ("the meanest substitute teacher in the world") to turn them around.
Another great book by Allard! Filled with fun and laughs. Also teaches a valuable lesson....don't ever doubt the substitute.
Another great book by Allard! Filled with fun and laughs. Also teaches a valuable lesson....don't ever doubt the substitute.
Compared to Miss Nelson is Missing I thought this book was a stinker. Oh well. Kids liked it OK. But, as a teacher, I think "OK" is the kiss of death. I never, ever want my students to respond to a book as "Eh" or so-so. A book needs to evoke a response. Hatred is better than OK.
This book was alright...I didn't really like the illustrations. It had a good meaning behind it, though. I think that having a book about motivation would be good to add to an elementary classroom. It is a book with a surprising ending and a good meaning to it!
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This book shows that sometimes you need a little extra incentive/fear to get people motivated. I love the way almost all the children are drawn as generic children, but the adults in the book have exaggerated features that really fill in their perosnalities.
Cute story - our oldest loves the Miss Nelson stories, although she's been calling Viola Swamp, "Ms. Boil and Swamp." Not sure which is funnier! This edition of the book came with an audiocassette which our girls like listening to in the car.
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The children are depressed in the beginning but are happy when ms. viola swamp shows up to coach the team. When the real coach returns, he finds that the team is playing and happy once again.
Heidi
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I got this one at a school book fair. Gave it to Joseph when he was a year or two. Couldn't help but laugh every time we would read it to him and he would giggle and repeat to us about the Linebacker trying to pussyfoot away.
8/12/10 I thought this length would be too long for a preschool group, even though I'm sure they would love the storytelling of it. So I tried it out in the fun storytelling "theme" of school-age and brought out all my family habits of reading it. A hit...more
8/12/10 I thought this length would be too long for a preschool group, even though I'm sure they would love the storytelling of it. So I tried it out in the fun storytelling "theme" of school-age and brought out all my family habits of reading it. A hit...more
Miss Nelson has to pull out Viola Swamp to get the football team into shape for the big game. Great for talking about teamwork and discipline in the classroom.
Miss Nelson disguises herselp as the Swamp again to help whip the football team into shape. This helps kids to appreciate the hard work their teachers do.
Another follow-up to Miss Nelson Is Missing! Again, this picture book would be great to read to your kids.
Viola Swamp strikes again, whipping the Smedley School Tornadoes into shape so they can win the big game.
I like this one almost as much as Miss Nelson Is Missing. Fun to read with kids.
Claire
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Viola Swamp is a personal hero of mine. Love this book- it reads aloud great!
Not quite as good as the original, but still a very lovable story.
JE-All
the students were surprised that there were two of miss nelson and that the whole idea of mrs swamp could be carried by another
Miss Nelson and Viola Swamp are at it again - but if Miss Nelson IS Viola Swamp, then who is teaching in her classroom?!! We love all the Miss Nelson books at our house.
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