On Friday we had an amazing event. I hope the parents had a great time. We had a scoring system that included everyone, because I knew that I would be distracted between hosting and keeping some of the children engaged.
The score sheet gave everyone present (Students, Parents, and myself) the chance to score everyone on 3 categories:
- Was this a good topic for the child?
- Did they present well (Can be heard, eye contact, didn’t read from their speech)
- Did they convince the listener to agree with them.
- Audience Skills (Only I did this one)
Our class parents brought a large amount of snacks for the children. The children would have a lot to eat while they listened.
We would have 5 presenters, then a snack break, and then repeat until we had gone through all of the speeches. This gave the children a brain break, and some time to see their parents between segments.
At the end of the day, I collected the score sheets and copied the scores into the computer. my vote only counted as 1 of the 47 votes. The scores below are a combine all the categories, and are presented by the speaking groups.
- Emily Zou – 86%
- Oscar Lv – 85%
- Audrey Jiya – 86%
- Joy Chen – 86%
- Chris Wen 73%
- Laurence You – 81%
- Daniel Cui – Had Stage Fright.
- Dido Wu – 74%
- Lucas Wang – 79%
- Ethan Wu – 62%
- Meimei Li – 88%
- Vivien Liao – 92%
- Michelle Wang – 96%
- Adam Wang – 84%
- Stephenson Sun – 72%
- Steve Zhang – 75%
- Della Yang – 89%
- Victor Xue – 92%
- Rita Sun – 76%
- Fang Zhang – 86%
- Candice Zhang – 82%
- Abigail Tang – 84%
- Jason Wang – 76%
Now clearly, these are not the photos from the event. You can find those on our Class WeCom Social Group. I am still wary of posting photos of the children due to our school’s Social Media policy. Please understand.
Almost everyone did amazingly, and even those who did not meet the expectations made me proud. They had been working on these speeches for a couple of months, and some students where meticulous in their research and note taking, and others had more difficulty with their organization.
On Tuesday is a Competition pitting Our Michelle and Victor against the other Grade 3 Class winners, to earn the trophy!
The top four students from our class will earn Medals even if they do not win the Grade level contest. On top of this, our “Most Improved” student will win a medal, but I would like to keep that student a surprise until Tuesday. They deserve it and have had a lot of personal struggles to overcome.
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