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“Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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Published by Tara Smith
I teach Writing Workshop, Language Arts and Social Studies to sixth graders at a middle school in suburban New Jersey. This blog is my attempt to capture all the "stuff" that goes into my teaching life - the planning, the dreaming, the reading, the preparing, the hoping and (above all) the kids.
Please note that the content of this blog is my own. It does not reflect the opinions of my employer.
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Late but I wrote:http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/sols14/
What do you do without internet in the classroom these days?!?
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2014/10/wwwworld-without-web.html
Aunt Carole and Uncle Norman
http://www.thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2014/10/slice-of-life-aunt-carole-uncle-norman.html
http://nanareadtome.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/connected-in-story/
Reflecting on the power of the stories we share.
Lessons Learned: A Tribute to Mr. Conway
Here’s the link, Cathy:
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2014/10/lessons-learned-tribute-to-mr-conway.html
Oops! Thanks, Tara.
My unexpected boy writer. . . keeps growing. http://parentingandpedagogy.blogspot.com/2014/10/growing-writer-human-boy.html
One long day complete. http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2014/10/long-day.html
Thank you to everyone at TCRWP for the gift of Saturday Reunions!
http://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-the-gift-of-words/
Experiencing first graders seeing their first blog comments was powerful. Please consider reading their blog too and leaving a comment for them. http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/2014/10/why-blog-with-first-graders.html
happy to post…working on a more challenging skill…sewing… http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2014/10/sewing-adventure.html
Writing my way through an issue we are having with our reading record in class–Reading not Accounting: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2014/10/reading-not-accounting.html
No time to slice. Well… http://readingteacherwrites.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-…-time-to-slice/
Celebrating the colors of fall…
http://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/rainy-autumn-afternoon/
A student saw I needed help
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2014/10/slice-of-life-help-needed.html
He just wanted to be heard.
http://msssunshine.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-normal/
Did you ever witness something that just made you shake your head and wonder?
http://arjeha.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/really/
Writing about apple pie…who doesn’t have memories attached to a slice of that wonderfulness?
http://whateverings.blogspot.com/2014/10/on-apple-pie.html
A little slice about my sweet, albeit eccentric, dog:
http://memoirsfromthebelly.blogspot.com/2014/10/healing-ourselves-by-helping-to-heal.html
Our second Thanksgiving dinner this past Sunday could have been a disaster.
http://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-tuesday-22/
Has anyone ever asked you to list 10 books that have influenced your life? A tough question.
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2014/10/10-and-some-more-books-that-have.html
Beginning Writers
http://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/beginning-writers/
I sliced about parenting today. I Speak Trauma: http://wp.me/p2Pe2s-11P
A penguin pens my post!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2014/10/percys-poetry-corner.html
As a kid, book report time made me queasy. Here’s a post about how I learned to love reading (and ironically now write stories for kids):
https://jennerporter.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/100-pages-or-less-thats-all-i-got-in-me/
A trip to the store and then this … flashing lights. {wink.}
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2014/10/sol-flashing-lights.html
I started out reflecting on my mission statement and wrote a new one without planning to!
http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2014/10/sol14-my-mission-that-part-in-middleand.html
On How to Steal a Dog
http://csskubik.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/not-alone/
A student’s clever response at my annoyance makes me laugh:
http://useyouroutsidevoice.blogspot.com/2014/10/finding-value-in-our-students-abilities.html
Thank you for this space!
http://csskubik.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/not-alone/
Student feedback on Writer’s Workshop…
http://lisateachr.blogspot.com/2014/10/sol-student-feedback-on-writers-workshop.html
A poem (maybe) for today.
http://awesomelybusy.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/christmas-in-october/
http://dkdougka01.blogspot.com/2014/10/slice-of-life-tuesday-narrative-writing.html
Visiting a third grade classroom as they develop narrative stories, was so exciting!
Some reflections on read aloud in my class
http://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/read-aloud-is-my-superpower/
A couple of SOL poems written last week as fall comes to join us and I flew to South Carolina for a wedding.
http://teachingfrombehind.blogspot.com/2014/10/fall-musings-october-21-2014.html
About our block play
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2014/10/tuesday-sol-lets-play-with-blocks.html
Love is held in all the ordinary things.
http://elle1955.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/the-first-slice/
Ahhh, the joy and exhaustion of reading a book late at night!
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-happy-kind-of-exhausted.html
I started this early Saturday morning.. still tinkering with it.
http://rdgtchr.blogspot.com/2014/10/resilience.html
Thanks to these books – Top 10 books my reluctant readers are raving about! http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2014/10/solsc-books-my-reluctant-readers-are.html
As teachers are preparing to celebrate their first units of study – a time for reflection . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/how-do-we-know-students-are-making-progress-in-writing/
Renewal at a Conference
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/annual-conference-trip.html
Last week I wrote about color coding elaboration strategies. This week, I taught the lesson a couple of times. http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2014/10/teaching-color-coded-elaboration.html
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today I am gushing about my weekend writing retreat today. http://thelatebloomersbookblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/slice-of-life-post-writing-retreat.html
Our neighbors’ wedding brought Korean visitors to the bayou. I included a video so that you, too, can take a ride in a canoe along Bayou Teche. http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/bayou-visitors/
Took my class on a field trip last week, and it was fun!
http://alotalot.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-pumpkin-patch/
Trying out VoiceThread for the first time. Thanks to Anna, Dana, and Kevin for the inspiration.
http://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/firstvt/
Thanks Tara for hosting. I’m slow as a snail with introducing twitter this school year. http://www.teachingin21.blogspot.com/2014/10/slice-of-life-slow-as-snail.html
We were making maps of our neighborhoods as we explored community for the National Day on Writing yesterday.
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2014/10/21/neighborhood-maps-spark-discussions-of-community/
Bonus: see the paper circuitry we did with writing project teachers over the weekend, creating illuminated metaphorical maps for the NDOW.
http://youtu.be/CDd1XH9Jnds
Kevin
Only four more days and I’m off.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2014/10/tuesday-sol-102114-four-days-counting.html
A story about a Rubik’s Cube…
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2042
Clare
Early morning beach walks
http://thebeachpapers.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/inspired-by-others-and-their-gift-to-me/
When the traffic forced me to stop
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post_21.html
BIG celebrations here on my blog today. My 200th post and ONE YEAR Blogiversary! Thanks to all here!!! http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2014/10/200-posts-one-year-of-blogging.html
Saturday’s slice
http://sliceoflifewitherikaaltensee.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/drive-pull-explode-breathe/
Monday morning. I should haves…..
http://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-five-things-i-should-have-said-at-work-today/
On how my plans to be a super hero librarian changed.
http://mary-anderingcreatively.blogspot.com/2014/10/day-22-when-things-dont-go-as-planned.html
Autumn day, playing, remembering, a good time! http://www.teacherdance.org/2014/10/autumn-brings-old-memories.html
Early last Saturday morning:
http://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-tuesday-do-you-know-its-saturday/
On how I came to forgive my house
http://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/i-forgive-you-house/