End of the Year Photos

Jun 3, 2011 Here's a few shots of the kids from Room 103. Notice the happy looks of children awaiting summer break!

National Book Challenge Winners!

May 16, 2011 Our book, What Is Peace, Mr. Curry's Class?was one of seventeen books chosen by Studentreasures Publishing as a National Book Challenge winner! We also were nominated for the Community Choice Award, but came up short. We are still AWARD WINNING authors and illustrators though!

Recycling

Apr 11, 2011 Today, our class learned why recycling is important, and the kinds of things that can be recycled instead of being thrown away.

Parr-a-Palooza Week 2

Apr 7, 2011 This week we used The Mommy Book, The Daddy Book, The Family Book and We Belong Together by Todd Parr to talk about our different families. Together, we created FAMILY TOWN and pretended we were neighbors!

Parr-a-Palooza Week 1

Mar 31, 2011 We celebrated the Do's and Don'ts books of Todd Parr this week by making up some of our own!

Henry's Freedom Box

Feb 18, 2011 Henry was a slave who was taken away from his mother as a child, and had his wife and children taken away from him as an adult. One day he figures out how to become a free man.

The Making of Our Peace Book

Nov 9, 2010 See how we went from inspiration to a published book that is a finalist in the National Book Challenge

I Am by Mr. Curry's Class

Nov 5, 2010 We have been reading metaphors all week. We finally decided to think up some of our own and make a mini book out of it. (By the way, Mr. Curry really wasn't mad!)