Mr. Klutz is Nuts Chapter 1

Mr. Klutz is Nuts!  You might be right! Does Mr. Klutz do silly things?   Where is this school?  Maybe I would like to teach there as well!!

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Questions:
Look at the pictures at the beginning of the book. Who are the students in the class?
How does Mr. Klutz get to school today?
What is unusual about it?
What are most prinipals like?
What happened to Mr. Klutz? Why?
What was he wearing on his head?  Is this a good idea?
What about on his arms and legs?
Who walked by?  What did she say to him?
Why doesn't she try to help him? 
What did Mr. Klutz do next?


Homework: Describe the prinicpal of your school.  What does he or she do everyday?  How does your principal get to school?  You can draw a picture of your prinicipal.

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Mr. Klutz is Nuts, Chapter13

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Mr. Klutz is a funny guy.  A.J. would feel that school would be a drag without him! What about you?

Questions.
What happened in Chapter 12?
Do you agree with the kids to stop Mr. Klutz from jumping off the roof?
How did the other kids feel about what A.J. and his friends did?
What is the new incentive?
Would you like to go there?
What happened three days before vacation?
What would happen if the students didn't reach the goal?
Where did the school go?
How did A.J. feel about it?
How are the kids going to cure Mr. Klutz from doing crazy things?




Homework: Write a descriptive essay about an amusement park that you have been to. Be like a video and describe what it looks like as you walk in, go inside and end up at your favorite place there.

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Mr. Klutz is Nuts, Chapter 12

  

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Did you ever meet someone like Mr. Klutz?  His name means Clumsy in Yiddish! Did you know that?
Questions:
What happened in Chapter 11?
What did the kids want to talk to Mr. Klutz about?
What was he doing in  his office?
 Is this usual behavior for a principal?
What deal do the kids want to make with Mr. Klutz?
Why to they want to stop Mr. Klutz from jumping off the roof?
What does he agree to in the end?

What job should Mr. Klutz do instead of being a school principal?


Homework:
Write a cartoon strip about this chapter.   Draw each character and what each person says in the boxes.

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Mr. Klutz is Nuts, Chapter 5

Mr. Klutz is Nuts Chapter 5.

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Questions:
Why is A.J. ashamed of his big mouth?
Why do A.J. friends want to get sent to the prinicpal's office?
How does A.J. manage to get Ryan in trouble?
How did things turn out?  Did Miss Daisy get upset?
How does Andrea ruin the fun?
Why did Ryan immediately speak up that he did it?
Who else wants to go to the principal's office?
Did Ryan get a candy bar?  What happened?



Homework:
Write a response essay about this chapter.  Write what these events remind you of.  You can use more space to write your answers.

: Fill in the blanks:
The chapter My Big Mouth is about ___________________________

My favorite part is ________________________________________

I think that the author wrote this chapter because _________________

________________________________________________________





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Mr. Klutz is Nuts Chapter 4

A.J. got a candy bar from Mr. Klutz, and he had a big mouth. . . 

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Questions
What did Ryan predict about A.J.'s visit to Mr. Klutz's office?
How did Ryan manipulate A.J. to tell him about the present?
What does A.J. usually eat for dessert at school?
What reason does A.J. give to his friends to explain why he got the chocolate bar?
Why is Andrea mad?  What did A.J. say to her?
What does A.J. do to show how he feels about going to the prinicipal's office?


Homework:
Write a Name poem for Mr. Klutz.  Each line starts with a letter of his name:
M
R
K
L
U
T
Z












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Mr. Klutz is Nuts, Chapter 3

Mr. Klutz Chapter 3.  A.J. got in trouble and got sent to the prinicpal's office.  This would be scary for any kid, but is A.J. scared?  Read Chapter 3 to find out!

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Questions:
Why is the word pal in the work prinicipal?
Why does A.J. keep changing his mind about what he wants to be when he grows up?
What does Billy say is in the basement of the school?
How does A.J. feel about going to the prinicipal's office?
Where does he go first?
Why doesn't he go through with his plan?
Why does A.J. exaggerate about the time he spent waiting for Mr. Klutz?
What was Mr. Klutz doing when A.J. entered the office?
Why was Mr. Klutz doing that?
Why did A.J. put his head down? Does it work?
What did A.J. think he was being sent to talk to Mr. Klutz?
What was the truth?
Was Mr. Klutz a good student when he was in school?
What metaphor does A.J. give for the word "motivation?"
What does Mr. Klutz give to A.J.  Why? Will it give A.J. motivation?
Why does he run out of Mr. Klutz's office so fast?



Homework: You are writing for the school newspaper.  You are going to describe Mr. Klutz's office so that other students won't be too surprised if they get sent there.  What does his office look like? What posters are on the wall?  What does the furniture look like? What is on the ceiling?

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Mr. Klutz is Nuts Chapter 11

Does Mr. Klutz do the normal things that principals do? 

What is different about Mr. Klutz?

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Questions
Talk about all the incentives that Mr. Klutz came up with in order to get the kids to do better in school.
Which one do you like best?
What is the explanation that Andrea says about Mr. Klutz?
Does this make sense to you?
What was fun about Mr. Klutz's painting his head orange?



Homework:
Mr. Klutz writes about his life. Where was he born?  What work did he do in the past?  Does he enjoy being a principal?


Maybe if Mr. Klutz listens to this music he will calm down and not be so nervous?




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Mr. Klutz is Nuts Chapter 10

Have you ever shimmied up a flag pole?  Well, not me neither, but I used to like to climb the rope in Gym class.  This is what happened in the last chapter!  What will Mr. Klutz do next? Why does he do these things?

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Questions
Why did Mr. Klutz have a bandage wrapped around his head?
What problems did he find in the essays?
How does Mr. Klutz suggest to solve this problem?
What will he do this time?
How do the students feel about this?
Why is Andrea upset? What does she do to herself?



Homework: Write about an imaginary event in Mr. Klutz's life that made him want to take lots of risks.

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