This is the Teacher by Rhonda Gowler Greene (2004-07-22)

Not your teacher's or kid's ordinary day at school, the funny graphics of the accounts of this active school day l keeps the young reader wondering what will happen next and how it all ends. Elementary teachers can relate to the foibles.

This fun and colorful book uses rhyming poetry to describe a teacher's nightmare of school day misfortune. The silly, repetitive story progresses from the beginning of a school day to its end--including a long series of ridiculous events gone wrong that are almost believable to all who have had a challenging day at school. It is definitely a day gone badly for the teacher, but one that most students would relish. In reading this book, I was excited for each turn of the page to see what could possibly happen next. The text and illustrations are engaging and tie together well. While the book is definitely fun and has many elements of entertainment, it also includes many educational elements as well. The rhyming can be used to demonstrate poetry in a fun way. The repetitive progression of the tale is also a useful tool for teaching children sequencing of events within a story. This yarn is thoroughly enjoyable in its goofiness, but includes a wealth of teaching opportunities. It is definitely worth the read.

Some pages flowed better than others, but overall this was a good addition to our "This is the House that Jack Built" collection.

This story makes my favories list for several reasons. The story told in rhyme and the collorful action filled illustrations make it hold kids attention better than the old favorite of Miss Nelson is Missing. It also portrays a day where everything goes wrong for the teacher, a grown up version of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. All teachers should read this book :)

Not as good as I’d hoped

I got this book not too long ago at the Scholastic book fair. I am very glad I got this book because it is entertaining and fun to read. My nieces love to read it! Every teacher/student teacher should have one for their collection :)

This book arrived in excellent shape. Very good description of condition from seller. I am well pleased with the product.

We enjoyed this book. I read it to 3rd and 4th grades. We discussed all the things that go wrong at school and what they can do to make it better -especially about being nice to their teacher and staff at the school