The Final SOLSC of the Month
Join us for the final Slice of Life Story Challenge by sharing a slice of your day with us by leaving a comment with a link to your post.
Monthly Archive: June, 2009
Memoir Monday.
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Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Footprints in the Sand.
A week ago, I participated in a scrapbook challenge to document a part of my wedding that has yet to be recorded. I lifted a line from a song sung during the ceremony… Continue reading
Updating Our Website
Have you been to the Two Writing Teachers Website yet? If so, you’ll have noticed that it’s a place where we have some resources for quite a few units of study. However, during… Continue reading
Reflections on the 2008 – 2009 School Year
On Monday, June 29th, we will begin our summer posting schedule. Therefore, I wanted to take some time to reflect, publicly, on my school year, which ended yesterday at 11:00 a.m. Challenges I’m… Continue reading
Grace
“How you climb up the mountain is just as important as how… More you get down the mountain. And so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one big gigantic… Continue reading
A Writing Send-Off
Everyone received one last notebook! Originally uploaded by teachergal I began cleaning out my classroom supply cabinet yesterday. I found 16 leftover notebooks that were donated to my classroom from DonorsChoose. Since items… Continue reading
What are your questions about assessment?
Mark Overmeyer’s new book is available early for your reading pleasure! Just click here to go to the Stenhouse link for full access to the book, as well as a cool writing challenge… Continue reading
Poetry for the Summer Birthday Kiddos
Yesterday afternoon, I was fishing around for permanent markers in my classroom supply closet when I noticed the birthday pencils. I ordered a gross of pencils from a teacher supply company five years… Continue reading
Embrace the Energy of the Essentials.
I’d like to send a big thank you to all those who attended my session today at the All-Write Summer Institute. I’d love to hear the essential area that you are planning to focus on in… Continue reading
Slice of Life.
Looking forward to reading your slices from today. Looking for inspiration for today’s slice? Why not pay attention to the places that are important to your everyday life. Please link your posts in… Continue reading
Ruth’s Slice of Life: Indiana.
When I was in Stacey’s classroom, they opened their day with the poem “This is Indiana” by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. This bit of the poem inspires my slice of life today: This is… Continue reading
The Final Publishing Celebration of the School Year
Cookies? Check! Chips? Check! Juice Boxes Check! Comment Sheet! Check! I’ve often been asked “What do the other students and guests do at your celebrations?” Well, I hold them accountable for commenting on… Continue reading
Memoir Monday
This week I’m thinking about the importance of place. So for my Memoir Monday, I captured some memories from one of my very favorite places of my past. If you are looking for… Continue reading
Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Geneva Center
One of my favorite places in this world is Geneva Center. Here are pieces from my memory that will someday lead to more writing. The smell of the campfire that glows on the… Continue reading
It’s Hard to Believe the School Year Is Winding-Down!
I made my final News & Announcements Charts of the school year this morning. It’s hard to believe that I won’t be making these next year (since I’ll be consulting). I calculated how… Continue reading
Rubric Creation for “This I Believe” Essays
I was at the computer this morning when my students created a pretty basic rubric for their final unit of study’s essays. The following is what they created. They’ll use it to self-assess… Continue reading
End of Year Letters BACK TO My Students
My Hope and Dream Letter Originally uploaded by teachergal I can hardly believe there’s only five school days left even though I’ve been going through my students’ end of the year reflection letters,… Continue reading
Submission
After three – four weeks of crafting, drafting, revising, and editing my “This I Believe” Essay, I finally submitted it for publication tonight! 🙂 It felt great to finally submit the essay, which… Continue reading