Welcome back to our regularly scheduled Tuesday Slice of Life! Many of you just participated in the 12th Annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge, and whether you are new or a seasoned veteran, we are glad to see you return to Two Writing Teachers today to share your slice of life!
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For more than 29 years, Lanny has taught, coached, presented, staff developed, and consulted within the exciting and enigmatic world of literacy. With unyielding passion and belief in the possibility of workshop teaching, Lanny has worked to support students, teachers, and school administrators around the country in outgrowing themselves as both writers and readers. Working first as a classroom teacher, then as a coach and TCRWP Staff Developer, Lanny is now a literacy specialist, working and living in the great state of Connecticut. Outside of literacy, he enjoys raising his three ambitious young daughters with his wife, and playing the piano. Find him on this blog, as well as on Twitter @LannyBall. Lanny is also a former co-author of a blog dedicated to supporting writing teachers and coaches that maintain classroom writing workshops, twowritingteachers.org.
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It’s National Poetry Month, and I’ll be writing and posting a poem every day. I’m exploring the Pantoum form and dedicating this month’s poems to the #SayHerName movement, each poem written in memory of a Black woman killed by police. It’s going to be a challenging month for me and for anyone who chooses to read.
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Hi!
Music.. and a glimpse.
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This is a little late, but my nerves have just settled enough for me to type today’s slice: https://memoirsfromthebelly.com/a-large-helping-of-gratitude/ This is the first I’ve shared in over two years and it feels great to be back at it 🙂
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I created a poem of my March Slice of Life Story Challenge titles: https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/04/march-musings.html
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not just another Tuesday
https://insightoffsite.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/april-2-2019/
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Reflecting on my month of slicing
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I’m stretching my writing muscles even more this month! http://everydaycounts.edublogs.org/2019/04/02/the-best-part-of-me/
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The Things that we do for our children!
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Light-bulb moment, for both of us. https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2019/04/sideline-chatter.html
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A book I cannot share…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/give-the-man-some-privacy
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Better late than never! http://www.teachersforteachers.net/?p=17137
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A brief one – how is this Tuesday slice so much more difficult to write than all of March?
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol-its-9pm.html
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Sorting through the perilous piles on my desk . . .
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2019/04/slice-of-life-magazine-musings.html
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It truly takes a village…
https://reflectwriteshare.com/2019/04/02/it-takes-a-village/
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Unfinished Slice! (tech support call… problem to solve…)
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Word to the wise: don’t get salmon oil on your sweater! https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2019/04/slice-of-life-salmon-oil-saga-part-2.html
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Spring break is over
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I did it, I actually posted a SOL outside of March and remembered to link to this blog post.
Please stop allowing the shortcuts.
cflathers.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/please-just-stop-it/
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Hello, SOL Tuesdays! Something short and sweet tonight…. ~JudyK 🙂
https://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol-tuesday-new-quarter-has-begun-kaiku.html
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We went crabbing today!
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Believe
https://bookspizzaandthegym.blogspot.com/2019/04/believe.html
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I was a little angry today… so I tried my hand at a slam poem. . .
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I know…I’ve warned myself about this in the past, but when a book includes a recipe, we have to bake with our classes, right?
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What does Genius Hour look like in first-grade?
https://makesharegive.blogspot.com/2019/04/share.html
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Immature laughter at the end of a long day?
Yes, please!
https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/head-meet-table-soltuesday/
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The impact of an experience.
https://justgiftslife.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/thoughts
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My slice of life story for today in the form of a comic – I’ve been studying mentor texts!
http://literacytogether.org/solsc/2019/4/1/i9hqwul4ah8cbk3jddryd4u3pahxt6
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break ups are horrible.
http://writeinroom20.edublogs.org/2019/04/02/when-nothing-helps/
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Poetry for poetry month.
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New Life: Looking for Signs of Spring in my local park while awaiting my first grandchild….
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Loved looking for a slice on Monday to join this community again
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-radiating-return-slice-of-life.html
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A reflection on the March slice of life challenge
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Noticing joy!
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Oh, wow! And we’re back! https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/sol-tuesday-first-day-back-and-new-phrases/
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this one might be best if read aloud:
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Yikes! Tuesday came fast! Here is a story inspired by a student.
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Top 10 reasons I choose a book to read
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A student walked out of my class. Here’s my thinking about the situation. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2019/04/02/she-walked-out/
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Musings from my Chinese American dining experience on this fine mid-day week off. https://honderick.blogspot.com/2019/04/produce-power-thinking-differently-on.html
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Dear friends surprised me with cheesecake and flowers!
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Willpower?
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Explore the magical French twin cities of Charleville-Mézières in my latest post:
http://www.labeillefrancaise.net/charleville-mezieres-enchanting-twin-cities/
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a nostalgia trip:
https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2019/04/soltuesday-reminiscence.html
(URL link behaving badly; I’ll try to fix it)
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You never quite know what’s going to happen next…
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It’s the best when they come home, even when it’s because they don’t feel their best.
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Airports’ conversations. My first SOL Tuesday!
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Airports’conversations. Making it for the first time into SOL Tuesday
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Catching up with a very important and much loved friend.
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I am still lingering over a conversation that I had with a high school sophomore a few weeks ago: https://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2019/04/tuesday-slice-of-life-not-worth-my-time.html
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Tuesday already?
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2019/04/words.html
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Diminished Distance
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https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/a-good-writing-day-sol19/
A good first day of break!
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Couldn’t help myself! Had to join the Playing with Poetry challenge. Today, a paint chip poem about cats sleeping: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2019/04/02/paint-chip-poem-playing-with-poetry-playingwithpoetrynpm-sol19-2-31/
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Visit to a quilt show.
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I’m back because I guess I am still seeing life through a writerly lens
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol19-my-turn.html
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A little slice of memory on what would have been my mom’s 88th birthday.
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One day off, and I am ready to go again! https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/face-to-face/
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Watching a movie over Spring Break http://cwegrzyn.edublogs.org/2019/04/02/sol-under-the-spell/
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We have a new family member!
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He’s Backkkkkkk https://adayinmybooties.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/hes-backkkk/
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Are you participating in #PoemaDay during National Poetry Month? I’d love to connect w/ you if you are.
We had a veiled chameleon visit class yesterday. https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2019/04/veiled-class-chameleon-napowrimo.html?m=1
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It is now poetry month, and so I’ve written what I call a free verse sonnet slice. Please correct me if I don’t have it labeled correctly! https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2019/04/right-now.html
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Not what I wanted to hear…
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/not-what-i-wanted-to-hear/
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The Sad Birds (a poem by mother and daughter)
http://litcoachconnection.com/the-sad-birds/
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Who doesn’t love banana cream pie?
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Help… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/help-me-get-these-out-of-here/
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An Orange at Lunch Yesterday
https://catherinegehman.squarespace.com/blog/2019/4/2/an-orange-at-lunch
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A poem on taking a moment to watch and wonder.
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I let a few things slip. Did you? https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/neglected-sol19
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Forget it https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/forget-about-it/
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What started as something I can use with students may have gone a little off course…
https://www.allaboutwriters.com/blog/hair-overrated
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showgem.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/a-bystander/
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My first Tuesday blog begins in a Chinese restaurant
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Love the connections from Twitter and from Slicing and when knowledge and resources collide!
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Update on wood ducks and a poem: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2019/04/01/npm19-day-2-and-wood-ducks-update/
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A tiring but nice week 🙂
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The energy for slicing is high with some second grade writers! https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/and-the-slicing-continues/
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A true sign of spring in my backyard–with pictures! https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2019/04/tuesday-slice-theyre-baaaaack.html
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Taking some time to reflect on the challenge and my one little word- purpose
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I had no intention of posting today…but I couldn’t resist trying out some Paint Chip Poetry during National Poetry Month
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if only coaching came with an operating manual.
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She doesn’t know how to sleep: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/i-dont-know-how-to/
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This time of year, our courtyard starts to get active
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A little poem on trust:
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Funny how surprises can come at you in waves.
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A thin sliver of a slice and appreciation expressed …on for this first Tuesday after March
https://alicenine.net/appreciation/
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