Miss Nelson Is Missing Activities | Back to School Read Aloud | Comprehension

Are you looking for a way to teach classroom expectations and comprehension skills at the same time…without adding more to your already overwhelming beginning-of-the-year plans?

This Miss Nelson Is Missing! comprehension resource makes back-to-school read-alouds meaningful, engaging, and EASY to teach with science of reading-aligned lessons and activities that help students build comprehension while discussing behavior, choices, and following directions.

No more scrambling to plan discussion questions or comprehension activities—everything is already organized for you with clear directions, graphic organizers, recording sheets, and comprehension lessons.

Just print, prep quickly, and teach.

Students will stay engaged with activities focused on predictions, retelling, character traits, problem & solution, and text-to-self connections, all while talking about classroom behavior and expectations.

Even better, this resource works with ANY curriculum, helping you support and meet ELA and social studies standards while making your required curriculum easier to implement and more engaging for students.

Why teachers love this resource:

• ✔️ Perfect for back to school and beginning-of-the-year lessons
• ✔️ Supports classroom management conversations
• ✔️ Science of reading-aligned comprehension instruction
• ✔️ Low prep, print-and-go activities
• ✔️ Helps students build language, vocabulary, and comprehension skills
• ✔️ Blackline pages to save ink and money
• ✔️ Works with any curriculum to support standards and student learning
• ✔️ Makes great and easy sub plans as well

What’s included:

• Directions for Each Activity
• Detailed lesson plans for each activity
• Graphic Organizers
• Differentiated Student worksheets/recording sheets
• Rubrics for Easy Assessment
• Comprehension Questions
• Essential questions

Comprehension skills covered:

• Making Predictions
• Story Elements-story map
• Retelling/summarizing
• Text-to-Self Connections
• Problem & Solution
• Character Traits
• Compare & Contrast
• Writing (3 writing activities)
• Graphing
• Hats
• Art project
• Vocabulary

Students will love the story of Miss Nelson and the naughty class, while you’ll love having a simple, engaging way to build comprehension AND set the tone for classroom behavior at the beginning of the year.

If you want a back-to-school read-aloud resource that saves you time, supports classroom management, and keeps students engaged, this is a must-have!

Grab this resource today and make your back-to-school read-alouds stress-free! Follow my store to be notified when new read-aloud units are added.

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Ashley R. says:  “This is a great resource for Kindergarten! It is very useful and easy to use. Thank you :)”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Natasha S. says:  “My students and I loved it!! Very useful resource!! I love the activities that come with books!!! Please make more!!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Leah J. says:  “A wonderful companion to this read aloud with lots of options to extend students’ learning.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Ruth S. says:  “I love these units from Mr. Greg.  The literature selections are always spot-on and engaging.  This unit makes the literature and those skills accessible to all.”

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Greg & Jason Warren

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