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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
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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TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
Late but I wrote:http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/sols14/
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What do you do without internet in the classroom these days?!?
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2014/10/wwwworld-without-web.html
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Aunt Carole and Uncle Norman
http://www.thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2014/10/slice-of-life-aunt-carole-uncle-norman.html
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Reflecting on the power of the stories we share.
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Lessons Learned: A Tribute to Mr. Conway
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Here’s the link, Cathy:
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2014/10/lessons-learned-tribute-to-mr-conway.html
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Oops! Thanks, Tara.
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My unexpected boy writer. . . keeps growing. http://parentingandpedagogy.blogspot.com/2014/10/growing-writer-human-boy.html
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One long day complete. http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2014/10/long-day.html
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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/
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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
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happy to post…working on a more challenging skill…sewing… http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2014/10/sewing-adventure.html
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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
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No time to slice. Well… http://readingteacherwrites.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-…-time-to-slice/
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Celebrating the colors of fall…
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A student saw I needed help
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2014/10/slice-of-life-help-needed.html
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He just wanted to be heard.
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Did you ever witness something that just made you shake your head and wonder?
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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
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A little slice about my sweet, albeit eccentric, dog:
http://memoirsfromthebelly.blogspot.com/2014/10/healing-ourselves-by-helping-to-heal.html
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Our second Thanksgiving dinner this past Sunday could have been a disaster.
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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
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Beginning Writers
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I sliced about parenting today. I Speak Trauma: http://wp.me/p2Pe2s-11P
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A penguin pens my post!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2014/10/percys-poetry-corner.html
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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):
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A trip to the store and then this … flashing lights. {wink.}
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2014/10/sol-flashing-lights.html
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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
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On How to Steal a Dog
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A student’s clever response at my annoyance makes me laugh:
http://useyouroutsidevoice.blogspot.com/2014/10/finding-value-in-our-students-abilities.html
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Thank you for this space!
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Student feedback on Writer’s Workshop…
http://lisateachr.blogspot.com/2014/10/sol-student-feedback-on-writers-workshop.html
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A poem (maybe) for today.
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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!
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Some reflections on read aloud in my class
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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
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About our block play
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2014/10/tuesday-sol-lets-play-with-blocks.html
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Love is held in all the ordinary things.
http://elle1955.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/the-first-slice/
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Ahhh, the joy and exhaustion of reading a book late at night!
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-happy-kind-of-exhausted.html
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I started this early Saturday morning.. still tinkering with it.
http://rdgtchr.blogspot.com/2014/10/resilience.html
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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
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As teachers are preparing to celebrate their first units of study – a time for reflection . . .
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Renewal at a Conference
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/annual-conference-trip.html
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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
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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
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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/
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Took my class on a field trip last week, and it was fun!
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Trying out VoiceThread for the first time. Thanks to Anna, Dana, and Kevin for the inspiration.
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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
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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.
Kevin
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Only four more days and I’m off.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2014/10/tuesday-sol-102114-four-days-counting.html
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A story about a Rubik’s Cube…
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2042
Clare
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Early morning beach walks
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When the traffic forced me to stop
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2014/10/blog-post_21.html
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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
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Saturday’s slice
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Monday morning. I should haves…..
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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
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Autumn day, playing, remembering, a good time! http://www.teacherdance.org/2014/10/autumn-brings-old-memories.html
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Early last Saturday morning:
http://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-tuesday-do-you-know-its-saturday/
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On how I came to forgive my house
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