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cvarsalona CORRECTED LINK for a trip to a brewery with the family turned into a mini-science lesson for my little toddler: https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2021/05/unearthed-cicadas.html
Just be a good human. https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2021/05/25/be-a-good-human-sol21/
Where I’ve been this week: https://wp.me/s2fY1t-vacation
I thought I’d write extensively about scissors today, but instead I wrote this. https://theonewiththebooks.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/everything-is-not-for-everyone/
A teeny story about a snake https://onathought.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-a-snake/
I haven’t written in so long, I’ve forgotten how to format my comment! Here’s hoping this doesn’t do the blurb thing-https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2021/05/25/poppies/
https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2021/05/25/poppies/
Who’s been standing behind you during this challenging school year? I couldn’t have made it without my husband’s delicious dinners.:https://teachingfromanemptynest.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/who-stood-behind-you-this-year-sol21/
How can you write a poem if the poet stops talking? https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2021/05/25/picture-this/
It’s my kiddo’s Graduation Eve, so once again, I ask Judy Blume for advice:
https://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2021/05/25/are-you-there-judy-its-me-ally-again/
Jackpot on day one! Genius Hour rocks!
https://heatmorr.blogspot.com/2021/05/genius-hour-rocks-sol.html
“All I Need is a Miracle”: https://portcityspaces.ca/karenjmclean/2021/05/25/all-i-need-is-a-miracle/
I used to teach at a K-12 school. One of the traditions at the end of the year is a chance to gather seniors who were my kindergartners. Here’s a slice into that day.
It has been two weeks since I’ve been here.
So happy to be back.
https://elisawaingort.com/2021/05/21/reading-and-writing-slump-again/
What to write about today?
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/random-thoughts-sol21/
Letting go… https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/marie-kondo-ing-the-literacy-center-sol21/
https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-life-73/
Sorry! I don’t know why that happened!
Enjoying a beautiful book with my beautiful little girl (Do you have Your Name is a Song? No?! GET IT!): https://ihabloespanglish.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-girl-and-her-mama.html
“I asked my kids to stop, to imagine, to dream about what writing workshop could be. They’ve given me so much to think about over the summer. And while summer canNOT come fast enough, I’m already looking forward to next year.” https://edsoapbox.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-life-love-those-writers/
I’ve been writing workshop proposals for a conference at the end of the year. I created a black out (strike through) poem from one: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/sol-tuesday-workshop-proposal-black-out/
A few little tidbits add up to a joyous slice https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/unexpected-surprises/
A special day: https://writeliveandteach.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/may-25th/
And the top 3 games from childhood are…https://santuccisnippets.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/more-cool-games-from-childhood/
Flexibility is Key :https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/flexibility-is-the-key/
I struggled with writing for a yearbook this year. Are there instructions on how to write a memorable yearbook page? Does anyone even read what the principal writes?
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2021/05/what-to-say-in-yearbook-anyway.html
A roof leak, and the cost of helping to fix it. https://timgels.com/2021/05/25/the-cost-of-labor/
A trip to a brewery with the family turned into a mini-science lesson for my little toddler: https://twowritingteachers.org/2021/05/25/tuesday-slice-of-life-story-challenge-50/
cvarsalona CORRECTED LINK: https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2021/05/unearthed-cicadas.html (Thanks Arjeha for discovering the error)
As things continue to open up, old routines are new again: https://mscheninthemiddle.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/something-old-is-new-again/
Frustration with “school essay writing” inspired me to pick up Katherine Bomer’s book, The Journey is Everything, and plan an essay writing unit that honored essays that appear in the world. Here is the essay I wrote for the unit.
http://litcoachconnection.com/the-thing-about-salt-an-essay-written-alongside-students/
With things easing up, a favorite conference is back on: https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/pctela-2021-is-on/
My summer passion can begin! The milkweed has sprouted! https://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-life-ready-for-monarchs/
Here is what I am doing these days: Waiting on eggs.
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2021/05/sol21-may-25-got-eggs.html
An unexpected package arrived the other day . . .
https://lannyball.com/2021/05/25/tuesday-sol/
To Book, or Not to Book.
https://karameadows220438969.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/to-book-or-not-to-book-that-is-the-question/
Packing up my classroom…again: https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/its-may-so/
This grandma gets to take her little ones to their first baseball game! https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/
Closing a Pandemic School Year
https://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2021/05/slice-of-life-closing-pandemic-school.html
I hadn’t been able to write about anything until a curiosity pursued brought me back to a focus on brushing my teeth. https://reflectingonrecreation.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/just-brushing-my-teeth-sol2021/
For the Love of Dogs
http://drjohnsonscommonthreads.blogspot.com/2021/05/farm-and-island-dog-joy.html?m=1
Smiles are priceless… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/smiles-are-priceless/
Am I having a poetry-writing crisis? https://litbitsandpieces.com/2021/05/25/a-poem-is-a-pearl/
Familiarity and strangeness, with a return to restaurant eating and a shift in my personal life toward settling down instead of moving away. https://jenniferlarance.wixsite.com/whereismrslarance/post/slice-of-life-5-25-21-lunch-with-a-friend-made-momentous-by-a-pandemic
Packing and unpacking moving classrooms again! https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/there-can-never-be-too-many-books/
I’m so lucky to have such amazing colleagues and friends: https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/we-gathered/
Kindergarten Is A Gamble:https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/sol21-kindergarten-has-become-a-gamble/
A reminder to myself to slow down a bit this last week of school, for the kids’ sake: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2021/05/tuesday-slice-remember-to-notice.html
A glimpse at my interactive read-aloud: https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/peanut-butter-and-jelly/
Even adults need virtual field trips! https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/whitneyfromhome
My daughter’s botched attempt at face paint https://thewriteapple.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-life-the-sharpie-cat-ears-incident/
A bedtime surprise: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/bedtime-2/
When the girls gather in the kitchen ya never know the scene that may play out…
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/split-show/
Life during partial lockdown, Beauty of flowers and getting Covid. https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/everyday-moments-sol-2021-9/
Enjoying some family time. Food, drinks, stories, laughter, cards . . . a perfect time to listen, https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/sol21-stories/
Y’ALL, I gave birth to my baby boy yesterday!! <3 http://multifacetedmusings.com/2021/05/25/slice-of-life-welcome-to-the-world-gabriel/
A broken pump on the washing machine sparked memories of my early days doing laundry at age four. https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2021/05/laundry-daze-sol21.html?m=1
Here’s a tiny slivers timeline of my day yesterday in counted words and syllables. https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2021/05/25/tiny-slivers-timeline/