Back to School Book Study: Miss Nelson is Missing

Need a back to school favorite that is easy to click, print and plan for the beginning of the year? This unit is a quick, but thorough beginning of the year book study on mentor text/read aloud Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall. This unit creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.

Includes 6 ANSWER KEYS to make this an easy quick and print activity to leave for a substitute -or- for advanced readers who are completing an independent book study who are ready for critical and challenging questions.

Featured Pages:

Reading Strategy Worksheets

• Story Retell: Characters, Setting, Problem and Solution
• Story Sequencing: Beginning, Middle and End
• Book Summary: Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
• Central Idea: Identify Central Idea and support with Three Details
• Character Traits: Miss Nelson, looks like, feelings and changes in feelings
• What Will Happen Next: Make a Prediction
• Book Review: Favorite Part and Author's Purpose

Bonus Worksheets

• Compare the Characters: Compare Miss Nelson and Mrs. Green
• Missing Poster: Make a missing persons poster for Miss Nelson
• My Teacher: Learn and write facts about your new teacher

Creative Writing Activities

• Lesson Learned: What lesson does Miss Nelson's class learn?
• One mean Teacher: Make your own story about a mean substitute teacher

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For Texas Teachers, this resource relates to the following 2019-2020 TEKS:

1.6A (K.5A, 2.6A) Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance.

1.6C (K.5C, 2.6C) Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance. 

1.6E (K.5E, 2.6E)  Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

1.7D (K.6D, 2.7D) Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning. 

1.7E (K.6E, 2.7E) Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing. 

1.8B (K.7B, 2.8B) Describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions. 

1.8C (K.7C, 2.8C) Describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently. 

1.9Di (K.8Di, 2.9Di) Recognize the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.

This resource relates to the following Common Core Standards:

RL.1.2(K.2, 2.2) Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

RL.1.3(K.3, 2.3) Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.7(K.7, 2.7) Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

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