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What Do Teachers Do: After You Leave School?
This humorous picture book answers the question all kids want to know - �what do teachers do when the bell rings at three? Once the students go home, teachers finally have the run of the school. They skate down the halls, have a food fight in the cafeteria, even mix up wild concoctions in the science lab with disastrous results! All night long, teachers are busy goofing off at school. Kids will never look at their teachers the same way after reading this book!
32 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2006
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October 1, 2015
After reading this my daughter turned to me and said, "I liked the part where they wrote, the principal is a noodle head." Ha, have to love the honesty.
March 15, 2018
My littles think this book is hilarious! They always ask if that is really what teachers do when students leave school for the day. Super cute!
January 31, 2017
What do teachers do (after you leave school?) written by Anne Bowen & Illustrated by Barry Gott. Published by Carolrhoda Books in 2006. Guided Reading: L ; Lexile: 551-600 32 pages.
This book is written from the point of view of the students and answers the question: what do teachers do when they leave school? It addresses the students/ readers directly throughout the story by saying “YOU.” It’s written in poem and on each page it describes what the teachers do in each area of the school that the students use during the day. They do the things that students are prohibited from doing. It ends with the clean up and students attempting to figure out what happened during the night.
This book could be used to teach about poetry and rhyming words. I would teach this as part of a unit with What do teachers do (after you leave school?) where we talk about point of view in story. Both books are perfect for talking about and teaching point of view, or who is telling the story. We’d compare and contrast the books, talk about the point of view of both books (and how they can change based on who tells the story; I may even bring in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as well for further study,) and it may culminate with students re-writing a story from a different character’s POV or writing their own story.
3.RL.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
3.RL.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g. in books from a series) *
3.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
This book is written from the point of view of the students and answers the question: what do teachers do when they leave school? It addresses the students/ readers directly throughout the story by saying “YOU.” It’s written in poem and on each page it describes what the teachers do in each area of the school that the students use during the day. They do the things that students are prohibited from doing. It ends with the clean up and students attempting to figure out what happened during the night.
This book could be used to teach about poetry and rhyming words. I would teach this as part of a unit with What do teachers do (after you leave school?) where we talk about point of view in story. Both books are perfect for talking about and teaching point of view, or who is telling the story. We’d compare and contrast the books, talk about the point of view of both books (and how they can change based on who tells the story; I may even bring in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as well for further study,) and it may culminate with students re-writing a story from a different character’s POV or writing their own story.
3.RL.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
3.RL.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g. in books from a series) *
3.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
September 24, 2009
What do Teacher do after you leave School can give student a fun look into the lives of teachers. Although teachers do not actually have food fights or skate around in the halls it can be used to show them that we have lives outside of school and like to have fun too. I really enjoyed the picture in this book. I thought that the illustrator did a great job of making the scenes come alive and I think that children would love this book too. It has a catchy rhyming theme that makes it fun to read and its silly nature will help to get kids intrigued.
October 5, 2017
This one my kiddos really enjoyed!
July 15, 2008
If my kids pick up random books from the shelf I try not to discourage them and let them bring it home. Most of the time it's a pretty good book. But other times it's one like this.
The pictures were bright but extremely busy. And it was, well, kinda dumb. Rather silly in a bad sort of way. I didn't like it at all and the kids didn't either. You could skip this one without feeling any worry.
The pictures were bright but extremely busy. And it was, well, kinda dumb. Rather silly in a bad sort of way. I didn't like it at all and the kids didn't either. You could skip this one without feeling any worry.
December 14, 2018
I had mixed reviews from students while reading this book. My students were sure that teachers were doing paperwork and having meetings after school, but this book shows them all the shenanigans that teachers might be doing after school instead. Some kids loved the idea, but others did NOT. They did not like the thought that their rule following teachers might be up to no good. The illustrations were a little too busy for me.
April 9, 2008
What a hoot! My Grandma read this to the little ones! As many of you know she was a teacher for 32 years, so she had to be awesome and through in her two cents worth as well. This story had all the kids in the school talking and wondering "could that really happen?"
July 29, 2009
Great book! I loved reading this book aloud. It has great rhyming text that is fun and catchy. The best part about the book is the illustrations that explain the funny verses. Really cute book for little kids.
November 8, 2009
Kids Loved it that I read it to, elementary students from second grade through 5th grade students. It is funny and fantasy but a picture book with great pictures by Barry Gott. These books are fun and prove you don't always need a problem or a rule of 3.
May 6, 2013
Cute. Seven-year old said that she knows what teachers do after school. I asked, "Because your grandmother is a teacher?". No, because she has seen her teacher leaving school at the end of the day. so, they leave... To go to oblivion? Anyway, the book is silly, rhyming fun.
February 2, 2015
The illustrations are a deal-breaker for me. They are sporadic and very difficult to focus in on, especially with a young child. I liked the idea but I believe the illustrations really do it a discredit.
October 3, 2015
This is a great concept for a story. I thought my 5-year-old would totally eat this up, but he couldn't be fooled. He kept interrupting me to point out that that's not what teachers do. Once I explained that it's just a silly story, he let me read without interruption.
April 16, 2019
This is one of my picture books. This book indulges the readers in acknowledging all of the things that students believe about their teachers and their personal lives. The vibrant colors of the art adds to the wide range of activities that the teachers do.
April 11, 2008
So entertaining! It is exactly what I thought teachers did! Although, now I am a little older, I know all they do is more and more work. Thank you to my teachers!
July 20, 2008
As a teacher, I laughed so hard the first time I read this book. It's funny, but children believe some weird things about teachers and kids love to have this book read aloud to them!
August 8, 2008
My students loved this book! Anne Bowen even came to our school!
November 21, 2008
My only regret about this book is that I didn't think of the idea myself. Such fun for kids, finding out what antics teachers "really" indulge in once the buses have left. Hilarious!
December 15, 2009
Picture Book. A fun book talking about what teachers do after the children leave school. The illustrations are fun and could be a good book to read aloud.
November 21, 2010
The teachers don't do funny stuff, they do weird stuff that you're not supposed to do. It was entertaining.
May 22, 2015
cute.
June 22, 2012
Kind of fun, kind of silly.
October 16, 2012
Really funny book with great illustrations
November 28, 2013
A very cute story as children always wonder what teachers do after school is over.
August 2, 2014
This book was okay. I didn't find it too particularly interesting.
August 29, 2015
A funny rhyme book that will make readers laugh....and wonder,
September 28, 2015
This book has great illustrations, and it's pretty funny.
December 11, 2017
This is a fun rhyming story with a lot of craziness.
March 23, 2024
Nothing too original story-wise, mostly playing on the jokes about teachers never leaving school and getting up to all sorts of shenanigans when class isn't in session. However, I can see using this one before a younger crowd doing a slime experiment in our Makerspace or for a STEM storytime. Kinda like using Bartholomew and the Oobleck as a lead in.
October 19, 2021
My kindergarten age niece signed this out of the school library today and we had a blast reading it. My sister is a teacher, so obviously both girls know this is just a bit of silly fun but they really enjoyed the rhyme scheme and the extremely detailed artwork. Perfect for a couple of kids who are just barely 5 years old.
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