Another Good Writer

Turns out Emma didn't win the writing contest her teacher entered her in before Christmas, but she wanted to surprise her and honor her efforts anyway. So today she invited me to come watch while Emma read her story to her class and then the principal presented her with a certificate from the CCIRA.
The certificate says:
This is to certify that Emma... has submitted an original manuscript to the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association for consideration in the Young Writers' Award and has received this commendation for such effort."

Big words for Job Well Done.

For not knowing about this presentation beforehand, she was very calm, cool and collected, read slowly and loudly and stood when she was supposed to stand and shook hands with the principal. It's like she's been doing this for years.
The kids in the class listened quietly and even answered questions her teacher asked them afterwards about her story. It was cool & I was oh so proud!

Reading her story...

Questions after...

The Principal presenting her award...