Reminder:
Our TWT family is expanding. If you are interested in sharing your love for writing workshop, working with kids and inspiring others through your teaching we hope to hear from you. Here is a reminder of what it entails as well as the link to the post with more information including a questionnaire.
Here’s a list of co-author responsibilities:
- Write four to six blog posts per month*.
- Host Slice of Life Tuesdays one to two months each year.
- Participate in and lead a portion of the March Slice of Life Story Challenge (i.e., co-hosting part of the adult or classroom challenges, as well as helping out with coordinating the volunteer team, obtaining prizes)
- Engage in four blog series and Twitter chats annually.
- Attend a Google Hangout with the rest of the TWT team once/month (usually at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on a weeknight).
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How would you answer these questions? Listen to the sharing from some preschoolers.
https://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/how-about-you/
I need that book!
https://myreadingreflections.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/this-week-i-celebrate-books-sol15/
meandering, http://vcvaile.blogspot.com/2015/04/april-28-tuesday-sola-rhizo15-meander.html
Last minute late is better than skipping it, huh?
http://wp.me/p3cml8-lf
Illness strikes again.
http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2015/04/sick-of-sick.html
It’s one of those days … and one of those weeks … with everything going on! But I managed to squeeze in a little writing …
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2015/04/life-sol15.html
Reflecting on grief on my dad’s birthday
http://abregan.blogspot.com/2015/04/island-of-grief.html
After a long day, a short poem:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-april-haiku/
Road trip last week: http://morebooksthantime.blogspot.com/2015/04/tuesday-slice-there-and-back-again.html
A late post because I kept deleting and rewriting them. What do you remember in high school? I bet it wasn’t the tests. I’m trying to remind myself that they have a million things on their minds, none of them being Spanish vocabulary.
http://srtawright.blogspot.com/2015/04/staying-positive.html
Priorities–The Test or the Child? It’s not what you think–this is about trying to be present for my daughter during testing time. https://meanderingmaya.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/priority-the-test-or-the-child/
Relief.
http://thechroniclesofateacher.blogspot.com/2015/04/sol-april-28-2015.html
Almost forgot today!!! You will see why…
https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/another-abc-poem/
A few thoughts on rubrics and deeper reading
https://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/april-28-2015/
PS Am reading FISH IN A TREE and loving it! More next week!
Just my thoughts https://sarahfrelix.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/it-is-time/
busy busy busy = short slice! But, it’s poetry. Kind of….. http://onathought.com/2015/04/28/slice-time/
For the Love of Baseball (and my grandma) http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2015/04/poetry-month-for-love-of-baseball-28-of.html
What to Do on a Day When There Is No Slice
https://stepsintheliteracyjourney.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/what-to-do-on-the-day-there-is-no-slice/
Thoughts about my daughter, a songbird.
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/lydia/
Just some thoughts I’ve had today about living in the same place your whole life as basically I have.
http://www.demonsonpaper.com/2015/04/same-old-town.html
http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2015/04/3-thoughts-on-tuesday.html
Just 3 random thoughts on a Tuesday…
It’s time to see what students learned this year! So exciting! http://wp.me/p3eVyl-9Y
In order to understand my students, I sometimes need to remember what it felt like to be a kid…not just the fun, carefree moments, but times when friends hurt my feelings or when I felt left out.
http://www.galleystreet.blogspot.com/2015/04/fair-weather-friend.html
I’ve been feeling a little yucky lately, so I found inspiration in seeds….
http://memoirsfromthebelly.blogspot.com/2015/04/finding-my-way-out-of-mud-and-muck.html
We live 75 minutes north of Baltimore so my eyes have been on the riots happening there. And while that’s really top-of-mind right now, I left the real world behind for an hour this afternoon and took my daughter to our local botanical garden. Therefore, instead of sharing something heavy, here’s a short and light slice of life:
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/tulips/.
A return to poetry! http://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-maudlin-poem.html
Changing winter to all season tires shouldn’t cost $1800!
https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-tuesday-37/
Working with my Teaching Resident
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2015/04/tuesday-sol-how-much-can-you-change.html
We have all had days that just don’t flow…this was my morning!
http://dkdougka01.blogspot.com/2015/04/slice-of-life-tuesday-what-morning.html
librarians as change agents http://thesassybibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/04/librarian-as-change-agent.html
Calling tree hugging friends to help me identify this (blooming?) evergreen.
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2015/04/look-what-i-found.html
Rmemebering Joan: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2015/04/remembering-joan.html
My slice this week is a series of snapshots of my parenting week last week as my son works through some of his adoption trauma: http://wp.me/p2Pe2s-1kE
A little poem to close out poetry month and honor the beautiful tree in my backyard.
http://www.mentortextswithlynneandrose.com/blogging-with-rose
Lots of Activity http://wp.me/p3Gehh-Am
A slice from a creative thinking workshop
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2015/04/rabbit-and-prunes.html
“We Could Have Done More.” It’s What Teachers Think When Kids Fail in Life and in School.” This post is prompted by a student’s suicide four years ago and the way a well-meaning person’s words have been used to vilify an entire school community. http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2015/04/we-could-have-done-more-its-what.html
Telling my story today! Lessons from flying a kite for the first time
https://teachtoinspire.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/lessons-from-flying-a-kite-for-the-first-time/
spring has sprung – how green it is:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/never-quite-enough-solsc-tuesday/
A slice of life poem–
https://writeanotherone.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/april-28-slice-of-life-story-challenge-parking/
Gardening! Springing into change, acceptance, and beauty. Happy Tuesday! http://makeithappenwriteaway.blogspot.com/2015/04/slice-of-life-4.html
Ignorance is bliss .. but no more wild birthday rides
https://arlsvera.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/the-wild-birthday-ride/
Thank you Rose Cappelli and Lynne Dorfman for today’s post.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/an-evening-with-rose-cappelli-and-lynne-dorfman/
A rough week is over and a new on has dawned
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/what-a-difference-a-day-makes/
Borrowing a line from Shakespeare today https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/wherefore-art-thou/
The trees (from last week’s post) won’t be removed until the birds move out. I’ve included a picture of the baby birds.
A Wicked Afternoon – http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2015/04/slice-of-life-wicked-afternoon.html
How do you organize your classroom books? Here’s what I’m doing. Would love to learn new ideas! http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2015/04/solsc-organizing-book-room-42815.html
I Wish You More
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/sol-april-28-2015-i-wish-you-more/
I sliced about seeing blue lights in my rearview mirror.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/blue-lights-sol15/
Some thinking about wanting to be a student again. https://agurneyblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/loving-learning/
My students and I put our rough drafts in a drawer, just like Stephen King, with interesting results! http://morningmusing.weebly.com/morning-musing/putting-it-in-the-drawer-with-stephen-king-sol
A plane ride, a mom and a two year old inspired this slice…
http://inspire-lynn.blogspot.com/2015/04/moms-toughest-job.html
A slice of life from Baltimore today: http://jackieregales.com/2015/04/28/watching/
Just a small portion of my notes from #theedcollabgathering
http://oneschooldayatatime.blogspot.com/2015/04/sol15-ed-collab-gathering-notes.html
I have been meditating for a long time and I am still stymied about mindfulness.
http://haddonmusings.com/2015/04/28/mindful/
The use of the word yet. http://1stinmaine.blogspot.com/2015/04/optimism.html
My students are in a FAMILY/HOME unit and are reading/writing memoirs in various formats. I try a memoir poem today…http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2015/04/slice-of-life-memoir-poem.html
Take advantage of spring to fuel your passion . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/sol15-passion-finding-your-voice/
Are we prepared for an emergency? A storm tests our system. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/stormy-weather/
Dark Energy & God’s Steady Breath
#SOL15
Thinking about stories and measurement
http://www.maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2015/04/dark-energy-gods-steady-breath.html
A Spring walk in the middle of the school day:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-tuesday-twenty-minutes-of-spring/
All about my 5th Grade Memoir Publishing Party
http://mywritingstoriesbysally.blogspot.com/2015/04/memoir-publishing-party.html
A wonderful surprise spotted on my walk last night. Just what I needed to see:
http://sweetwritinglife.blogspot.com/2015/04/sweet-surprises-sol-4-28-15.html
A short poem about Spring
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2015/04/tuesday-sol-42815-spring.html
https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-celery/
Side note: Are any of your using “Making Thinking Visible”? I want to chat with someone who has some experience. 🙂
http://rwtlive.blogspot.com/2015/04/breaking-down-door.html
The year isn’t over yet, and it’s never too late to reach one. . . .
Thinking about the importance of fun and voice in curriculum.
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2542
Restless
https://adeserteducation.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/restless/
Advice from 15 years ago that rings true today: “To be enthusiastic, you must act enthusiastic.”
http://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2015/04/to-be-enthusiasticsol15.html
Reflections on a recent assembly.
http://thirdandrosedale.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-living-miracle.html
I’m writing about one of the signts of spring in my area: bulk trash pick up time. http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2015/04/sol-bulk-trash-pick-up.html
Students write amazing poetry, “I am more than the test…” Love it! http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2015/04/i-am-more-than-test.html
This is not out home
http://thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2015/04/slice-of-life-this-is-not-our-home.html
Nudging students to not know.
https://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-not-knowing/
I need your help! Now what will be my excuse?!?
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2015/04/now-what-will-be-my-excuse.html
Betsy, I love the image you posted today. I am so excited to read the lives of our stories at Two Writing Teachers. My offering is called Optimism. It can be accessed at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/04/optimism.html.
Play Your Own Drum is good advice from an author. I’m still playing mine!
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/play-your-own-drum/
So busy, but did post. Taking a break after the weekend, leaving on a trip with the class. The excitement could probably light a lightbulb! http://www.teacherdance.org/2015/04/final-slice-for-april-poetry-trip-coming.html