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Also… It’s National Poetry Month! Been thinking about trying your hand at poetry? Perhaps today is your day. Linger not, for our time here is short, fellow slicers…
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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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Raising tadpoles… https://memoirsfromthebelly.com/should-size-matter/
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My April poem-a-day writing challenge has had a rough start. I’ve chosen a form I find awkward and uncomfortable, and my theme — each day’s poem is in memory of a Black woman killed by police — breaks my heart every day.
Today I took a break from that sadness, however. It’s my niece’s birthday, so — as I’ve done every year since I started writing poems for April — I’ve written a poem for her. I’m still not loving this form, but it was much nicer slogging through it writing about my niece! https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/all-for-love/
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A poem about A First for me! ~JudyK 🙂
https://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol-tuesday-educational-conference-poem.html
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Writing short isn’t just for the annual Story Challenge, especially not when it’s National Poetry Month! https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2019/04/stanza-snapshot-of-professional.html
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Hi!
Building on the Seeds of my Dad’s Memory
https://illgiveyouallthisandmore.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/building-on-the-seeds-of-my-dads-memory-solc/
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It’s been a week, and I need to write.
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2019/04/09/sol19-a-week-off
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When dinner is surprisingly the best part of your day… 🥚🥑🥒🥬
https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/installs-for-the-win-soltuesday/
(Also, when “Instant Pot” sneakily self-corrects to “installs” in your title… 🤦🏻♀️)
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A day of wonder
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/snail-shell/
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Trying to use a grammar/language lesson: ;
https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2019/04/soltuesday-like-vs-such-as.html
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https://wordpress.com/post/literacywithlisa.com/2595
Spring haikus 🙂
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Hi there! This link takes us to an editor, not to your blog post. Would you please resubmit your permalink? Thanks, Stacey
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Poetry Tuesday for me!
https://jaanawrites.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/my-dear-mocha-pot/
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The words of lifelong readers and an invitation
http://www.teachersforteachers.net/?p=17140
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My aunt from Hawaii always thinks spring is further along than it is this time of year: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/sundresses-in-april/
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Perfect quote.
https://pelicansandprose.com/2019/04/09/2nd-tuesday-in-april/
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Reflecting on Saturday… a day of parenting older kids…
https://onathought.com/2019/04/09/a-slice-of-a-saturday-in-your-early-40s/
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You know when your post just won’t come together…and you work and work, and finally it does! And you’re so happy, and then you push publish and something weird happens and the whole thing disappears. Forever. Yeah. I almost gave up, but then tried to rewrite—So here it is, my quickly rewritten slice in appreciation of the beauty of the marsh, minus the poem which I can’t seem to recreate.
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2019/04/09/sol-dawn-at-scarborough-marsh/
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https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/slice-of-life-52/ Choir. La la la.
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I have actually managed to write a SOL the last 2 Tuesdays since the month challenge ended. Can I keep this up?
Feeling a bit frustrated today. Are you? cflathers.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/frustration-3/
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What is in a name?
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/what-is-in-a-name/
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Small Victory for Today
https://lgrainger125.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/skits/
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I’ve been celebrating the Virginia Cavaliers since last night’s game and wrote several poems in response to this team’s incredible journey. I’m proud to be a “Double ‘Hoo!”
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/poems-for-a-championship-sol19/
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A breath of fresh air! https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/welcome-spring/
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cleaning out things from the past often takes you back:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/what-will-i-do/
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https://lifeinslices.photo.blog/2019/04/09/dinner-dance/
a photo-poem about Snowball’s daily dinner dance.
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Our new grandson is here!
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2019/04/slice-of-life-important-announcement.html
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A work-in-progress. A story for kids about friendship and bullying.
https://learnthroughit.home.blog/2019/04/09/the-friend-defender/
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When you can feel a class coming to life and identifying with characters as if the students know them…
https://irishdaybreak.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/what-message-lies-in-the-sounds-of-silence-as-conflict-grows/
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It was a hard day. But I tried to find a good moment to share with you: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/breakthrough/.
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I am a rower and my latest post is about an epic 8-day rowing tour that I took last summer, travelling from the north of France to the south of Belgium:
http://www.labeillefrancaise.net/rowing-tour-meuse-sedan/
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A moment from this evening.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2019/04/slice-of-life.html
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Having patience- needed just that when I was writing today.
https://justgiftslife.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/patience
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Pondering “Do what is yours to do”
https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/slice-of-life-tuesday-90/
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A first grandbaby is on the way! The first day of the rest of my life begins with a post and a poem…
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/caution-entering-the-grandma-zone/
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A bit of reflection following learning from Pernille Ripp: https://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2019/04/tuesday-slice-of-life-how-can-i-change.html
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Video reaction featuring my students.
https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/adventure-is-out-there/
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Hi all! Had a chance to catch my breath after 31 straight posts (not sure if you knew this but it was a lot). Juliette told me about Tuesdays and that I had to write about a day with my guy last week, so here ya go.
https://getupeight.home.blog/2019/04/09/slow-down/
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Licorice…
https://justsiftingblog.home.blog/2019/04/09/licorice/
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Playing with metaphor dice poetry today: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2019/04/09/metaphor-dice-poetry-playing-with-poetry-playingwithpoetrynpm-9-30-sol19/
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Last year, when UVA was knocked out of the tournament in the first round, Tony Bennett quoted scripture, “Joy comes in the morning.” Well, it came last night to this town that is much in need of joy.
https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/a-little-charlottesville-joy/
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A great day at a literary festival and a So much depends upon poem. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2019/04/09/npm19-sol-a-slice-of-poetry-playtime/
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Continuing the quilt theme I started last week.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/quilt-show-part-2-3/
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Days in the hospital.
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/everyday-moments-slice-of-life/
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Time to start planting!
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/planting-pansies/
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Spring runs!
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/dunes-run-sol/
On a separate note, many of the WordPress blogs I subscribe to have suddenly been deleted. So if you see I am following you AGAIN please know I didn’t unfollow you knowingly!
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I had to do some juggling during state testing
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/sbac-math/
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A tiny flower https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol19-tiny-blue-flower.html
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Can you tell I like this guy I’m dating? 🙂 https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2019/04/embrace.html
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Reversal of Knowledge from Needed to Wanted
http://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2019/04/09/thoughts-on-educational-reform-series-reversal-of-knowledge-from-needed-to-wanted/
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Proud of my classroom slicers… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/proud/
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Welcome Poetry Month. https://meagermodernpoetry.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/poetry-month-poems/
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what triggers our imaginations?
https://livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/how-to-stir-the-imagination/
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A confession https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/i-confess/
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Quiet Time = Action Time
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/quiet-timeaction-time/
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Finding your first true. friend.https://whatinotice.home.blog/2019/04/09/first-friends/
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I checked off a bucket list item this weekend. POND SKIMMING – where you ski really fast into a freezing cold pond! (My slice is in the form of a comic).
http://literacytogether.org/solsc/2019/4/9/pond-skimming-tuesday-slice-of-life-story-challenge
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Still ensconced in a month of poetry (with apologies to WCW)
https://amyilene.home.blog/2019/04/09/my-red-wheelbarrow/
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Life, ratings, and the “why” . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/sol19-what-do-you-rate/
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Talkin’ Books with High School Students
http://litcoachconnection.com/talkin-books-with-high-school-students/
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The right book for the right person can make magic. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2019/04/09/book-magic/
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A memorial moment of meaningful silence https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/the-thin-silence
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A slice about a favourite pastime.
https://www.allaboutwriters.com/blog/dangling-feet
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The conference hasn’t even started yet, and I’m already exhausted just thinking about it: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2019/04/tuesday-slice-overscheduled.html
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Tried my hand at a little poetry…sad topic, though!
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2019/04/sol-parkinsons.html
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Good luck to P. https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2019/04/slice-of-life-pants.html
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I’m packing and thinking about my process – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/what-does-the-way-we-pack-say-about-us/
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MyTuesday slice this week is my first attempt at a sonnet…(cringe). Much more challenging than I realized, but tons of fun!
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You didn’t leave a link.
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An annual appointment inspired this post. Can you guess where I had this one sided conversation?
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/annual-one-sided-conversation/
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I regret that I was a horrible SOL Tuesday participant last week. I linked and disappeared since the stomach bug hit two more family members. Alas, I’m happy to be here with a short and sweet slice that reflects nothing but good health today! (After two weeks of illnesses, I’m thankful for that.)
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/theres-nothing-better-than-love-time-sol19/
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Licorice
https://justsiftingblog.home.blog/2019/04/09/licorice/
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Counting the days?
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/tuesday-again-sol19/
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Fourth graders share their thoughts on Slicing so far…so far so good.
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/writers-talk/
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Gibberish from a modern day slave https://feedmysoul.in/2018/09/15/self-inflicted-slavery/
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I wrote a Metaphor Dice poem for Say 9 of NPM, and my students did, too.
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2019/04/metaphor-dice-poetry-reluctant-dancer.html?m=1
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Fragments help me capture feelings, thoughts that are fleeting: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/sol-tuesday-numbered-moments/
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From Harry to hairy, the tail – er, tale – of a truly magical moment in overcoming learning challenges:
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2019/04/09/inspiration-comes-on-wings-and-paws/
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The tree, the girl, and the boys. “Pink Snow”
https://alicenine.net/pink-snow/
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I wrote a letter to Spring about the weather. Spring replied. https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/04/letter-to-spring.html
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A student’s piece, from the student sol challenge, made me remember my grandma and her brief stint with using a computer. https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/email/
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