Chicka, Chicka, Meow, Meow

On Thursday May 5, 2011 Alyssa and the rest of the first graders in Ms. Smith's class were given awards for the books they'd written and illustrated at the Pre-Bill Martin Jr. Symposium Cinco de Mayo Literary Fiesta.  As it turns out the girls and boys split into groups and wrote their own stories complete with illustrations.  Alyssa along with the other first grade girls in the class wrote and illustrated a book called "Chicka, Chicka, Meow, Meow" which was based off of and inspired by the Bill Martin Jr. story "Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom"  At first their teacher was under the impression that neither the boys nor the girls books had won anything but that they had placed and were going to receive certificates of recognition for their works.  As it turned out the girls actually took first place with their book and the boys had second.  Each group was awarded with a certificate and trophy to keep in their classroom and each student was given a pencil labeling them as an A+ Author.  The event was really nice, all of the books that were written throughout the district were on display, and the entertainment was great.  I am so proud of our students for the job well done, I just wish that I would have remembered to bring my camera with me.  So a few photos from my phone will just have to do.