Miss Nelson Is
Missing/Miss Nelson Is Back - Extension Activities
Math
* Discuss the
different ways that we can classify characteristics about the type of
substitute they would like to have if their teacher were absent. (ex.
Friendly, Funny, Mean, Smart, Caring, Boring)
* Students vote on
what type of characteristics they want the substitute to have.
* Once they have
chosen, they will keep a tally of the data (votes) collected on to a piece of
paper.
* Students will then
make either a vertical or horizontal bar graph with the outcome of the vote
using Microsoft Works/Spreadsheet/Chart.
* Students will come
up with three questions about their graph.
Language Arts
* Students will
pick Miss Nelson and Miss Voila Swamp from the story to compare. Demonstrate
a Venn Diagram (compare & contrast) to the class and the students can go
online to Venn Diagram to look at
the graphic organizer that will help the students see more clearly the
similarities and the differences between the characters.
* In the stories
it shows two types of teachers and two ways a class can behave. Discuss
the differences, then have the students work in groups to do one of the
following writing activities:
- Pretend your teacher will be going away for one month. Write a paragraph
that describes the substitute you would like to have.
- Pretend you are a teacher. Write a paragraph describing the kind of
children you would like to have in your class.
* Students can make up a
story about the best or worst substitute teacher they can imagine.
* At a Learning
Center, you can have questions that the students have to answer when they are
finished with their work.
Science
* One of room
207's favorite ways to disrupt the class is by throwing paper airplanes.
What is aerodynamics? Explore how different shapes move through the air
by making several types of paper airplanes. Which airplanes fly the
fastest of smoothest? What makes some fly efficiently than others?
Students can go online to learn about different paper airplane designs.
Social Studies
* Ask each child to give
two activities that they would like to do on a day when the teacher will be
absent. Make a special file and leave it for them for a day when a
substitute comes.
Art
* Upon completing the
book, provide the students with art paper, scissors, and crayons. Create a
mini Miss Nelson Is
Missing/Miss Nelson Is Back gallery by attaching illustrations to the wall, framing each with one-inch
strips of brown construction paper.
* Have students make two
sided paper-bag puppets of Miss Nelson and her alter ego, Miss Viola Swamp, or
of themselves and their ego.
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