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Up late, can’t sleep, thought I’d get my blog done! 🙂 Keeping the classroom positive……
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2018/05/01/keeping-the-classroom-positive-sol18/
“Currently” https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/tuesday-slice-of-life/
My new coral reef dress! https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/fat-talk-fit-modeling-and-clothes-shopping-while-fat/
So sorry if this is double posted… I’m having some commenting issues!
https://onathought.com/2018/05/01/on-the-deck-just-e-and-me-a-slice-of-life/
It truly felt like a relief to not write poetry today: https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2018/05/shower-curtain-joy.html
Sixty-two days of writing! Phew! http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2018/05/slice-of-life.html
Here are my thoughts on lesson planning at the last minute but with a purpose (what a mouthful! ha!)
stylishteach.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/fomo-lesson-planning/
Walking a new older puppy can be tricky with benefits
https://enjoy-embracewriting.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-walk-slice-of-life.html
My students are turning into poets, even though some didn’t think they could be! http://ihabloespanglish.blogspot.com/2018/05/every-writer.html
So I swore I would not take a long term sub position this year, but…https://deb-day.blogspot.com/2018/05/just-like-riding-bike.html
Brief encounters welcome
https://writeontime00.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/brief-encounters/
A little breakfast surprise
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/yum-sol18/
Lovely spring weather means more outdoor learning! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/slice-of-outdoor-learning-life/
Graduation happened, and we all almost froze.
https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2018/05/slice-of-life-graduation-wascold.html
Fragmented – trying to put pieces of my life together in whatever way I can. http://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2018/05/01/fragmented/
I love investing in new teachers! Read my post to find out more.
https://onewritersjourney.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/coaching-and-the-next-generation/
Sometimes you just have to remember to breathe.
https://mrsbrunowrites.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/breathe/
Thirty plus years
https://wordpress.com/post/ginaswritingexperience.wordpress.com/86
Could this be my big break? https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/my-big-acting-debut-soltuesday/
Pros and cons of teaching the young!
https://teachforabetterworldblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/old-days/
Wrong link on previous link post:https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/sol18-wordcraft/
Reflecting on writing and Naomi Shihab Nye: https://wordpress.com/post/deowriter.wordpress.com/11388
A little fun with student-made rubrics: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/rubrics/.
Celebrating May Day in Hawaiʻi!
https://themomwhowrites218859923.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/may-day-is-lei-day-in-hawai%CA%BBi/
A worthy day
https://pamlingelbach.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/worthy/
May beckons! There’s something to love about a new calendar page.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2018/05/sol-fresh-start.html
It’s been 3 months of writing daily. Where does inspiration come from?
http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2018/05/moments-of-inspiration.html
Today I focused on my thoughts about the ending of school. http://tazhbs86962.ipage.com/teacherwithanopinioncom/2018/05/01/slice-of-life-may-1-2018/
Heather — Can you post again? Your links aren’t working. Thanks!
The kindness of strangers and tulips
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/the-kindness-of-strangers-and-tulips/
To tell a story sometimes you need to change things
https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/story-telling/
An interesting pick-up leaves our son needing to choose…oh, and the moment of realization=priceless. https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/double-trouble/
Sometimes you just don’t know how something happened.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/i-dont-know-how-it-happened/
We mourned the loss of a small animal yesterday . . .
https://lannyball.com/2018/05/01/a-small-memorial-a-tuesday-sol/
A little walk.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com.ee/2018/05/slice.html
A little boy with balloons, a keen perception, and big imagination.
https://readwritetravelrepeat.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/a-ride-on-balloons/
I wrote about what’s gone into my notebook over the last two months of daily blogging/writing challenges: https://thedirigibleplum.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/whats-in-my-notebook-slice-of-life-sol18/
Thoughts on two months of daily blogging:
Writing Journeys
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2018/05/writing-journeys-sol18.html
Excited by ants!
http://kfilewych.edublogs.org/
Have you ever visited Arches National Park? That’s where I will take you today.
https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/this-land-of-ours-part-1/
More recycled blog post titles: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/sol-18-tuesday-once-upon-a-time/
I am SO excited for May! It’s here! It’s here!
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/may-day-sol18/
A colleagues chicken pox has me reminiscing.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/chicken-pox-chicken-pox/
Observations about inclusion in a format inspired by someone here and I can’t remember who.. but thank you!
https://vanessaw2007.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/inclusion-vs-not-inclusion/
Sophomore Year: No Longer a Turning Point
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/no-longer-the-turning-point/
Writing and sharing for 89 straight days? That’s just crazy! https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/89-days-straight-im-exhausted-sol18/
Student teacher dilemma…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/giving-up-control/
Feeling unbalanced . . . so much reading . . . so many great books . . . total fan girl of Sara K Ahmed!
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/sol18-being-the-change/
I was lucky enough to participate in my local site’s NWP using the C3WP framework: https://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2018/05/sol-tuesday-takeaways-from.html
Accomplished a big goal for me this past weekend
https://reflectwriteshare.com/2018/05/01/did-it-sol18/
My daughter isn’t a fan of poetry.
I’m on a mission to change that.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/a-poetry-mission/
My final poem for April is ekphrasis about music at the festival. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2018/05/01/npm2018-poetic-festival-music/
After school yesterday I met Kwame Alexander on his Rebound Bus Tour!
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/kwame/
May Day & remembering Mom: https://doingtheworkthatmatters.com/2018/05/01/sol-may-day-memories-of-mom/
Feeling uncomfortable about an encounter–When did I become so suspicious?
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/wary/
32, 32 more days of lunches to pack https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/sol18-lunches/
Getting ready for next year by analyzing library survey data with third graders: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2018/05/tuesday-slice-young-analysts.html
I want to encourage teachers to take back their teaching – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/own-your-teaching/
This is my daughter: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/four/
Who are you listening to?
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/the-voices-in-my-head-sol18/
April’s Daily Poems
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2018/05/01/slice-of-life-aprils-daily-poems/
Kevin (with thanks to Bud Hunt)
you never know where an idea will come from…
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/dear-rebecca/
A writer is an observer of the world, a noticer of details … especially those that stir the human spirit at its deepest. An unplanned variation in my morning routine led to such a moment:
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2018/04/28/divine-appointment/
I declare May to be the month of the notebook!
https://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2018/05/i-am-declaring-this-notebook-month.html
The 4/29 Experiment- making the most of our time here
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/the-4-29-experiment/
Feeling the need to vent in the company of educators.
Testing angst/anger. https://jarhartz.com/2018/05/01/you-are-more/
A busy Monday flowing into Tues… just a bit of time for a quick casual slice to keep my writing rhythm. http://alicenine.net/a-busy-monday/
Does D.I.Y. still apply if the D.I. relies on a partner? http://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2018/04/defensive-thriving.html
Living on a farm lends new perspectives…hope you enjoy the humour in the analogies. http://writing4me.edublogs.org/2018/04/29/the-secret-life-of-cows-part-1-motherhood/