A young boy, faced with the prospect of having to take a music class, thinks about all the terrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.
Break a leg?!? Mrs. Green announces that the class will be putting on a school play. All the kids are excited to audition for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" except for Hubie. The only part that he wants is in the audience! But you can't be famous if you never even step on stage.
Explains how teachers can observe children's progress in the early years of learning about literacy and discusses how they can identify children who need more help with reading.
Offers school leaders practical advice on how they can implement positive changes in their schools and communities through teacher leadership, focusing on the latest research findings, practical applications, and ways to improve student achievement and educational equity.
Miss Malarkey is behaving very strangely, giggling in the halls and teaching lessons about marriage customs, as her students worry that she is quitting teaching.
Miss Parks, a new teacher, is devastated when her cat, Autumn, disappears during a storm, but with the help of her students, she finds not only Autumn but also the man of her dreams.
When Justin Fisher, long-time class clown, realizes that his classmates are growing tired of his misdeeds, he declares war on their fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Tripp, in hopes of regaining his popularity.
In her out-of-the-ordinary reading class, Miss Smith uses her incredible storybook to transport her students to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World," where they have an adventure with dinosaurs.
