The Case of the Class Clown
by James Preller
Grades 2-5; Genre - Mystery; GRL M; AR pts. 1.0
Someone in Ms. Gleason's class is playing practical jokes, and it is up to Jigsaw and Mila to catch the clown.
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Describe what brought on this case. Athena put her foot in her shoe and green slime oozed out making her embarrassed p.3
Chapter 2
- What clues did Athena provide? A brown paper that said “Gotcha”, socks with slime, and the slime tasted like green jello p.9
Chapter 3
- Summarize this chapter. Jigsaw and Mila ran into Jigsaw’s dad who was training a raisin circus p.12
Chapter 4
- What happened in this chapter to support the case? Another prank has been done; fake baloney in a sandwich p.21
Chapter 5
- Do you agree or disagree with Jigsaw that lying is ok sometimes? Listen to your child’s answer p.30
Chapter 6
- Why does Jigsaw and Mila think Ralphie is doing the pranks? He was on cubby; he’s also a jokester p.35
Chapter 7
- What made Jigsaw’s teacher upset in this chapter? How would you have felt? Someone put pink coloring into the fish tank; listen to your child’s answer p.40
Chapter 8
- Describe the magic trick Jigsaw’s dad did? He poured soda water in a container and placed raisins in it; they repeatedly sank to the bottom, then came back up to the top p.45
Chapter 9
- Why is Helen a suspect? She traded Ralphie jobs and was on cubby duty; she also started to tell lots of jokes p.53
Chapter 10
- What was the evidence Jigsaw and Mila found. They went to the library and found a book on practical jokes; in it was a paper that had H.Z. written in balloon letters that matched the GOTCHA letters; in the book were the same practical jokes p.62
Chapter 11
- Summarize the conclusion of this story. Helen was caught and said she did the jokes to be popular and liked; everyone said she’d just needed to be nice, and she felt happy p.71