Hello,
Mrs. Craig emailed you all a week ago about the ASCI Speech Meet (I will include her email below). This time of year we start getting ready for Speech Meet. Your student has an in-class Miss Rickabaugh's 4th grade Speech Meet on March 29th. The students will be graded by a rubric by a pannel of judges (2-3adults). The students will be choosing either a Bible selection, Poem, or Fable/folk story.
I would love the students to begin to look at these selections with you over this long weekend. I have included it in their homework folders: a list of selections, the rubric, and the check-in dates as we begin to memorize. The students must select a piece by the morning of Wednesday, March 22, at the very latest.
They will be given time to study/ memorize in class and as homework.
The in-class speech meet is on Wednesday, March 29th
The TLCS all school speech meet is on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 for those who qualify. Then those who qualify from there will be invited to the ACSI Speech Meet on Saturday, May 13th at Baymonte in Scotts Valley, CA.
The class and I discussed the upcoming Speech Meet. I told them I want them all to select either a poem, Bible selection or Folk/Fable and do their personal best in class for our class speech meet. This will be a part of their grade. As long as they are doing their personal best and having fun they will do great. They are all great speakers. We have over a month to prepare.
Sincerely,
Miss Rickabaugh
The email from Mrs. Craig:
Dear 3rd and 4th grade parents,
Here are some samples of poems, fables, and Bible verses that students can choose from for the Speech Meet. The In-class Speech Meet will be during the week of March 27-31. We will take 6 students from each class on to the All School Speech Meet. Two children from each category/class will be chosen to go on to the All School Speech Meet. For example, Miss Templeton’s 3rd grade class will send two children who present poetry, two who present Bible and two who present a fable to the All School Speech Meet. The All School Speech Meet will be on April 4th from 10:30am-12:30pm in the TLC Main Auditorium. Please look at these selections and find something similar in length. The selection can be from a book or the internet. The next stage after the All School Speech Meet is the ACSI Speech Meet on May 6th at Baymonte Christian 8:00am-12:00pm. Please look at these selections and find something similar in length in a book or the internet. Please send your child to school with a copy of their selection or you can email it to the teacher for approval. Once your child’s poem, fable or Bible verse has been approved, they can start memorizing it. Thank you for your support!
Mrs. Craig
Speech Meet Coordinator
3rd and 4th Grade Fable Samples: These are just examples. Your child needs to find something that excites them
The Honest Woodman — Jean de La Fontaine, adapted from Emilie Poulsson A retelling of Fontaine's adaptation of Aesop's Mercury and the Woodman that teaches that honesty is the best policy.
The Lion and the Mouse —Aesop's Fables One of the oldest and best-loved stories of kindness paid and repaid. From it we learn that the power of compassion has been found within both the mighty and the meek. Kindness is not a feeble virtue.
The Little Red Hen and the Grain of Wheat —Traditional Folk Tale From this longtime favorite, we learn, as it says in the third chapter of Genesis, “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food.”
Little Sunshine —Retold by Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell Bestowing compassion is like offering most other gifts: often it’s the thought that counts.
The Milkmaid and Her Pail —Aesop's Fables Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
The Old Hound —Aesop's Fables No one should be blamed for his infirmities.
The Sheep and the Pig Who Built a House —Retold by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey This Scandinavian tale is a good companion for “The Little Red Hen.” In this story, there’s no shortage of animals willing to pitch in and help.
Someone Sees You —Traditional This folktale reminds us that an act of dishonesty is never truly hidden.
3rd and 4th Grade Bible Verse Samples: (You don’t need to pick one of these.)
1 Samuel 12:1–10 2 Samuel 22:31–37 Psalm 19:7–14 Psalm 37:1–9 Psalm 51:1–12 Psalm 67:1–7 Psalm 103:1–12 Psalm 119:1–8 Psalm 119:9–16 Psalm 145:1–12 Proverbs 2:1–8 Malachi 3:6–12 Matthew 5:3–12 Matthew 7:15–21 Mark 10:17–27 Luke 12:22–28 Luke 19:1–10 John 1:6–14 John 6:32–40 Romans 5:1–11 1 Corinthians 11:23–29 1 Corinthians 13 Ephesians 4:22–32 Ephesians 6:11–18 Philippians 1:12–21 Philippians 3:7–14 Colossians 3:12–17 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17 2 Timothy 4:1–8 Hebrews 3:7–15 Hebrews 4:12–16 1 Peter 2:11–17
4th Grade Poem Samples: (You don’t need to pick one of these.)
A Boy and His Stomach by Edgar A. Guest
A Windy Day by Winifred Howard
Binker by A. A. Milne
Brighten the Corner Where You Are by Helen Steiner Rice
Daddy’s Reward by George Harris
Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield
If I Were a Pilgrim Child by Rowena Bennett
Little Boy Blue by Eugene Field
Mary by Mary O’Neill
My Heart’s in the Highlands by Robert Burns
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Wise Old Grandpapa by Wilbur G. Howcroft
One, Two, Three by Harry C. Bunner
One Winter Night in August by X. J. Kennedy
Relatives by Edgar A. Guest
Sneezles by A. A. Milne
Somebody’s Mother by Mary Dow Brine
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
The Circus Parade by Katharine Pyle
The Daffodils by William Wordsworth
The Flag Goes By by Henry H. Bennett
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