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Coming in late tonight with a post about the interaction that’s still worrying me. https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2024/09/slice-of-life-game-of-catch.html
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How – HOW? – do I keep forgetting to write on Tuesdays? Well, maybe it has something to do with obsessing over planning 15 minutes of class time. SIGH. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2024/09/24/just-15-minutes/
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I love checking out the trail cameras! https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/checking-the-trail-cameras-sol24/
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Slicing about kids Slicing should give me double credit or something… http://onathought.com/2024/09/24/we-are-writers/
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We’ve got an exciting project brewing… if you’re a Ralph Fletcher fan, here’s the first of many posts about this! https://amymarcre.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/reggio-meet-ralph/
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Am I finally getting my life together and getting back to writing? Time will tell. https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/slice-of-life-90/
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For Phoebe https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2024/09/24/for-phoebe/
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A heavy topic today- but nevertheless part of our lives. . . .
https://myfrontporchsitaspell.blogspot.com/2024/09/coping-with-loss.html
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What are you committed to doing?https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a-writing-commitment-to-myself/
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Summer 2024 flew by & now it’s time you read about it. https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/summertime-review/
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Dirt: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/dirt/
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Here’s what I composed when tasked with writing about my personal associations with darkness: https://santuccisnippets.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/glow-in-the-dark/ First time I read Word Press’ AI Feedback. It was interesting.
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The priorities of my family. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2024/09/priorities.html
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Anyone else a fan of The Sound of Music? https://learnwithvivian.com/2024/09/24/the-hills-are-alive/
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Old Lady Gardener #139 To be curious no matter what age https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/olg-old-lady-gardener-139-to-be-curious-no-matter-what-age/
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Continuing with the AQS Quilt Show at Lancaster: More From the Lancaster Quilt Show | arjeha (wordpress.com)
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I found them here…https://justgiftslife.gift/2024/09/24/guava/
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I wish I could sit around a table with all my fellow Slicers this November in Boston, even more so this year because…https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/and-the-winner-is/
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Let me try the link again. If not, I give up! https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/and-the-winner-is/
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The handle I am grasping…an oracle deck message: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2024/09/24/slice-of-life-cooling-down/
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Hey, look at me getting my blog done early! 🙂 Just some words about keep your eyes open! https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2024/09/21/monday-musings-pay-attention/
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Do you ever conjure up a meditative image to help you fall asleep?
https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2024/09/24/nighttime-meditation-morning-glory/
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Thinking about the supermoon:
https://wordancerblog.com/2024/09/22/look-up-a-supermoon/
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Many teachers are tasked with teaching a new ELA curriculum this year. Here are my thoughts and approach to navigating these changes. Please share my post with anyone who you think can use it. I’d love to connect and hear about your experiences.
https://www.connectedliteracyconsultants.com/blog/curricularchange
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I am reading way too many books right now: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2024/09/24/too-many-books-sol24/
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Memories live on in family heirlooms https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2024/09/24/open-write-september-day-4/
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Voting from Cambodia~ https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/raised-that-way/
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I attended an Art Show Saturday night in my neighborhood…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/salon-arlington/
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Our days at home and one in Strasbourg on June 19th. Away from Home – 37 – Mukhamani (wordpress.com)
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An unexpected thank you at the end of a practice https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/thank-you-for-practicing-with-me/
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A tough end of the day made me think back to a sweet beginning: http://wherethereisjoy.blog/2024/09/23/day-made-at-905am/
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A normal day hijacked by a not so simple flat tire. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/sol24-car-woes/
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Parents weekend and a penny… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a-tailgate-penny/
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As a writer, I prefer solitude when writing. As a mother, I rarely get it. With my manuscript’s deadline approaching, I escaped to a cabin in the woods last week. https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/acabintowrite
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