Maggie Tales: Mommy, Where's Heaven?

Maggie Tales: Mommy, Where's Heaven? by C.S. Lockley

Maggie asks her mom where heaven is?  Her mom tells her what might be in Heaven.  She tells her about cotton candy in heaven.  Talks about kids playing and laughing.  There is special places for animals.  Maggie's grandma is in heaven as an angel.  Her mom says Jesus loves to keep his treasures all around.  She tells Maggie not to be sad because Heaven is a good place. 

--ZK, 2nd

We're Back!

The 2013-2014 school year has gotten off to a great start!  We just finished our first quarter, and we started this year's reading program in October.  We've "borrowed" the name of this year's reading program from Dr. Seuss:

BE AWESOME!  BE A BOOK NUT!

You'll be seeing some more paragraphs, drawings, and other creativity from our students as the year goes on.  Please feel free to comment on any blog post--the kids love to know you're reading these!

To start us off, here are some pictures from the first quarter:

The principal and the student body bless those who have a birthday each week.

Rotarians regularly come to read to classes, like this second-grade class.

Learning at St. Peter Claver can happen anywhere!

Many students enjoyed the Georgia National Fair this month!

Welcome to the new school year!

Billy Cosby

Billy Cosby

In the beginning, they played basketball.  In the middle, he was jumping on his bed.  In the end, "I held out my hand and Michen gave me one high five!"  My favorite part was when they were playing basketball.

--Joongr2

All hands on Deck

All Hands on Deck!

In the beginning, the harbor is filled with ships.  In the middle, All hands were on deck.  In the end, "Thanks for the hand."  My favorite part was when they were swimming.

--Joongr2

Froggy Plays T-Ball

Froggy Plays T-Ball, by Jonathan London

Froggy had a dream about playing t-ball.  Then they were eating breakfast.  Then Froggy ran a homerun!

--Joongr2

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney

In the beginning, he said First of all let me get something straight. In the middle they had a program.  In the end someone screamed.  My favorite part was when they had the cheese touch.

--Joongr2

Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy

Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy, by Barbara Park

In the beginning, she changes her name.  In the middle, she opened and closed her shiny scissors real fast.  In the end she said it was the cutest hair I've ever seen.  My favorite part is when she said her new name.

--Lamohu2

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, by Jeff Kinney

The boy was playing his video games with the lights off with some bags of chips and two cans of power juice.  His mom came into his room and said: You should really let some sunlight in here... So he went to his friend Rowley's house.  Rowley's family was starting a country club.  I liked the part when he was playing the video game.

-Trnyja2

Football

Football!

My book is about football.  My favorite part is when Johnson runs for the game-winning two-point conversion but Johnson made the touchdown and that is the end.  It is about football players that are in the Super Bowl and that is the beginning.  On page 8 is when the Steelers have been in the NFL and that is in the middle.

--Joongr2

Milk Snakes

Milk Snakes, by Heather Feldman

The milk snakes are not called milk snakes because they give milk.  They are called milk snakes for a reason.  A farmer saw a snake go inside the farm and he thought the snake was looking for some mice but when the farmer went to get some milk from the cow and the cow was empty, he thought the snake drank the milk and he called the snake a milk snake.  My favorite part was when he saw the snake.

--Xaacsm2

Horrible Harry and the Dragon War

Horrible Harry and the Dragon War, by Suzy Kline

It is about a boy named Doug.  He is in Room 3B.  Usually Doug writes stories about his best friend.  The next hour was deadly.  Nobody laughed or talked.  My favorite part was when they made the dragon.

--Chlaal2

The Hockey Girls

The Hockey Girls, by Scott Corbett

The beginning of the book is where two girls don't want to be in a sport program.  The middle is when they think about it and then they sign up and then they have first practice.  In the end they're in their first hockey game.  I thought it was good and funny.

--Kinimc2

Lilly's Big Day

Lilly's Big Day, by Kevin Henkes

I like Lilly's Big Day a lot.  Lilly is trying to practice being the flower girl.  She practiced all day and all night.  She thought it will be the biggest day of her life.  So when it was time for dinner, her dad asked, "Who are you pretending to be tonight?"  Asked Lilly's mother and father at dinner.  "I'm not pretending," said Lilly.  "I'm a flower girl."  "Who's getting married?" asked her father.  "Mr. Slinger."  And this is the end of the story: Mr. Slinger got married.  The end is that the story is about Lilly practicing to be a flower girl.

--Kejaga2

No Matter What

No Matter What, by Debi Gliori

Small was feeling really grumpy and not happy.  Small was pretending to be a crocodile in the tub.  Small and Largie both look at the stars before bedtime.  My favorite part was when Small asked Largie, "Does love wear out?"  What I thought about the book was it was really really AWESOME because it taught me a lesson about LOVING my family.

--Ledamc2

How Rocket Learned to Read

How Rocket Learned to Read, by Tad Hills

How Rocket Learned to Read is fiction.  It's not real.  A bird can't talk and a dog can't talk and that is what makes it not real because animals can't talk.  How Rocket Learned to Read is fiction.  It is not non-fiction.  Rocket saw a sign and Rocket couldn't read the sign.  A bird comes and teaches Rocket to read.  Rocket learns to read.

-Marora2

Room One

Room One, by Andrew Clements

Ted was going up a small hill to town.  He whispered that they were close.  The phone at the Hammond home was ringing.  The story is about a kid finding the clues to get closer to the mystery.

-Thbrca2

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, by Jeff Kinney

My book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.  It is the most funny book I have ever read.  My book is fiction.  My setting of this book is inside.  I think it is good.  The beginning is when Gregory is at swim practice.  The middle is when they sit on a ball.  The end is when they sell candy.

--Lamohu2

Rosa

Rosa, by Nikki Giovanni

What happened first: Rosa was a little girl.  She had moved.  In the middle of the story, she had met Raymond.  Last, slavery was free and black people can have a choice.  My favorite part was when everybody was free.  I am so glad what she did.  And she stood up for her rights.  I liked the story!

-Kejaga2

The Kids' Cat Book

The Kids' Cat Book, by Tomie de Paola

The beginning of the book is very funny.  I like the beginning of this story.  The beginning of the book has a lot of kittens.  Many cats were killed in the middle of the story by a witch.  Some people killed the cat so the witch was not the only one.  The girl has 13 cats and her father didn't let her keep them.  Her mother said, you can only keep one.  My favorite part was when the girl had 13 cats and they didn't let her keep but one.

-Lamohu2

The Butterfly Book

The Butterfly Book, by Cynthia Overbeck

The monarch butterfly comes out of the chrysallis in the spring.  Painted butterflies migrate.  The mourning cloak eats tree sap.  My favorite part was when they hibernate.

-Kinimc2