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Published by Lanny Ball
For more than 30 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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I miss these sweet faces every day…for various reasons I can’t visit, but I can make suggestions, how about they make a flower as a keepsake…?
https://livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/no-words-this-week/
I know I’m late, but I am so far off my usual schedule…
https://wp.me/p2fY1t-1o1
What do you intend to do?
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2020/04/21/intend-sol20/
I wrote about my lengthy process to learn mask making. https://patriciajhollowaystudio.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/tuesday-slice-of-life/
My little online community. A boat of hope. https://jarhartz.com/2020/04/22/life-skills/
Here’s one way to fill up those empty spaces on the calendar
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/filling-up-the-calendar/
blessed with a wonderful daughter:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/a-precious-soul/
I wrote several six word stories about my day today.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/six-word-stories-sol20/
This poem might have inspired me to go clean my bathroom out of shame.
http://ejohnson.school.blog/2020/04/21/npm-this-is-not-a-poem-about-toilet-paper-shortage/
Six weeks of learning and a reminder to take time to heal. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/the-healing-week/
Christmas cookies in April! https://mythmakersunite.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/christmas-cookies-in-april-sol-april-21/
I wasn’t ready a few days ago, and I still don’t think I am, but I’m moving along anyway. https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2020/04/not-ready.html
A little poem of hope
https://pelicansandprose.com/2020/04/21/april-21-2020-hope/
I could not “land” a topic today, so here are a few musings:
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2020/04/musings-and-rambles.html
I’m celebrating poetry all month long by writing a poem each day inspired by Thoreau’s journals. Today’s poem was inspired by a special morning on the shores of Walden Pond. https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/this-wyman-lot-thoreaulyinspired-npm-napowrimo-nationalpoetrymonth-progressivepoem-sol20/
After #NYEDChat’s annual #NPM poetry chat, I created a crowdsourced poem from question 1 tweets. It was challenging since there were so many tweets to dig into but it finally is done. https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2020/04/crowdsourced-poem.html
blessed with a wonderful daughter:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/a-precious-soul/
An attempted sensory poem about drinking french press coffee (which I now have time to make daily #silverlining)
https://seasonsofmccormick.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/french-press-pleasure/
Second day of distance learning after spring break.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/04/distance-leanring-minimalist.html
Today’s weather inspired a poem!
https://jpnault.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/message-in-the-weather/
April can be disappointing…
https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/april-arrives/
I wrote a slice of life for graduating seniors. https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2020/04/class-of-2020.html
Have you learned a foreign language as an adult? I am doing this right now. Read about my journey today on my blog. https://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2020/04/21/slice-of-life-tuesday-trips-learning-a-new-language/
Sicilian Pie: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/national-poetry-month-21-20-sicilian-pie/
Teens are cats. https://edsoapbox.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/life-with-teens-exhibit-r/
We are celebrating strange things these days! https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2020/04/21/clean-towel-wednesday-and-alphabetizing-the-spices/
Finding a small moment to capture each day with a few words.
https://djvichos.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/pandemic-poems/
I have a fun poem inspired by a scene outside my new office window…my office is now at my kitchen table. Enjoy “The Birdie Fashion Show.”
https://one-writers-journey.com/2020/04/21/the-birdie-fashion-show/
Thinking of others… https://mrsbrunowrites.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/slice-of-life-2020-i-feel-badly-for/
On getting here: https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/listening/
More of a Listicle capturing this specific moment
https://friendswithoutid.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/10-things-and-other-isolation-challenges/
Even though it is April, we can still get snow.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/10991/
Thinking about routines. https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/slice-of-life-60/
Slow going
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/slow-going/
What if I told you the Avengers relate to our current world?
https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/the-new-thanos/
ok, this is harder than it looks…. I mean it’s just as hard as you can imagine.
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/face-to-face-sol20/
Do your days run together in indistinguishable sameness? “What Day is Today?”
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-day-is-today-sol20.html?m=1
My faith keepers….
https://ritadicarne.com/2020/04/21/keeping-faith/
We have had enough of this quarantine living and all need to go back to Kindergarten!
https://dreamssobigblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/we-all-need-to-go-back-to-kindergarten/
Felt the need for a six-word story today…
http://www.clarelandrigan.com/blog/slice-of-life-some-days-six-words-is-all-you-have-to-say-sol20-twtblog
Slice of Life is a wonderful routine of life. Thank you and take care dear friends.
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/everyday-moments-sol-2020-20-04-2020/
The only thing I know for sure about writing poetry is that I don’t know anything for sure about writing poetry: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2020/04/21/some-thoughts-on-the-process-of-writing-poetry-slice-of-life-sol20/
The first day of an online writing workshop makes everyone a bit nervous, especially me! timgels.com/2020/04/21/writing-workshop-day-1/
Help from Jason Reynolds’ video writing prompt
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/inspired-by-jason-2/
Thinking forward https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/future-plans-sol20/
A snapshot of the abundance of emails I am getting now that we are learning online.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/questions-and-answers/
The power of nature at work.
https://writing4me.edublogs.org/2020/04/21/mindfulness-in-nature/
Say That You Love Me https://mashockn.wixsite.com/mysite/post/say-that-you-love-me
Documenting what I know about a precious photo taken ten years before I was born…
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/04/slice-of-life-52stories-1652-precious.html
A pandemic parade
https://oneblessedblock.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/pandemic-parade/
I wrote an Earth Day golden shovel poem from May Swenson’s “Earth your Dancing Place.” https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2020/04/21/npm20-earth-day/
Happy to be back with a little slice today. Hope has been on my mind lately.
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/hope/
I wanted to title this Sound of Silence, but Simon and Garfunkel already took that one…
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2020/04/sol20-socially-distant-yet-closer.html
Taking a walk in the woods and seeing through the eyes of a poet and child
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/woodland-wonder-day-21-30-nationalpoetrymonth-sol20/
A short slice on a random thought…
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2020/04/21/non-standard-units-of-measure/
Whip cream…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/whip-cream/
A poem for the month of May.
https://lynnedorfmanblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/may-musings/
The Parenting Boat
https://sunshineovergreyskies.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-parenting-boat.html
I’ve been described as “perky” before…not feeling as perky these days: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2020/04/tuesday-slice-one-sided-conversations.html
QWERTY
https://dianedou.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/qwerty/
New Discovery https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/new-discovery/
New Discovery
https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/new-discovery/
Sometimes the right part of the story is hard to find.
https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2020/04/slice-of-life-finding-story-i-can-write.html
Trying out some notebook work this month – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/what-you-see-and-what-you-dont/
News from my smaller world…https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/tree-story/
Creative Problem Solving or Just Dumb Luck?
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/creative-problem-solving-or-dumb-luck/
A loving and selfless woman passed away three years ago today…
https://lannyball.com/2020/04/21/solsc-4-21-20/
Are your students in a book club? Which book clubs do YOU participate in? Check out #BookLove20!
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/sol20-booklove/
the word, tumble, took me back
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/tumble/
A child is a poem…
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2020/04/20/a-child-is-a-poem/
PAC Man: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/pac-man/
While many people profess their utter disgust or unwavering love for minivans, I’ve been in like with our minivan from the start. But I’ve come to believe THIS season of our lives — the season of stay-at-home orders — calls for a minivan. https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/this-season-of-life-calls-for-a-minivan-sol20/.
Blessed with a wonderful daughter:
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/a-precious-soul/
https://carlambrown.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/forlorn-for-love/ Because the pain of others resonates deeply within. May we show love to those whose hearts hurt even more than our own. ~Carla Michelle