Welcome back to a new year at Wayside School – where things are as strange and eccentric as ever. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor, and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria's mushroom surprise; and all the others who help turn each day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. Part of Louis Sachar's much-loved Wayside School series, this is an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from the bestselling author of Holes.

Wayside School Is Falling Down

The zany world of Wayside School will delight your students while the activities in our lit link guide their learning. Novel by Louis Sachar. Chapter-by-chapter questions and additional activities in vocabulary, word study, and personal development are designed according to research-based education principles to improve literacy skills in communication, critical thinking, social studies and more. A story summary, author biography, and answer key. 64 pages. About the Novel: Meet the wacky world of Wayside School. The school has thirty classrooms but instead of being built in a row, they are built one on top of the other. There are twenty-nine students in Mrs. Jewls' class and this book follows their wacky adventures with Louis, a hobo, a dead rat, Mrs. Waloosh, a world famous dancer, and many more zany characters. Enter the doors of Wayside school and learn lessons about pigtails, freedom, and Mulligan stew; your life will never be the same again...

Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar Gr. 4-6

Twenty-eight kids, two teachers, a ghost, and a dead rat... Yup, sounds like a normal day at Wayside School. Wayside School has some of the wackiest classes in town, especially on the thirtieth floor. That's where you'll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president ever; and Sammy, the new kid-he's a real rat. Enjoy your time with Siways stories of the Wayside School!

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