Leah Thomas is passionate about honoring student voice and identity through writing workshop and early literacy. She believes that for children to see themselves as writers, they must be trusted with autonomy and supported as they explore their writing processes. By centering intentional identity development, foundational skills instruction, and a brave classroom community, Leah nurtures young writers as they grow in both skill and craft. The Gateway Writing Project strengthens her belief that teachers who write are better writing teachers. Leah slices at leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com, and you can follow her on LinkedIn and BlueSky: @LeahThomasWrites.
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I was in Colombia and experienced my first earthquake! https://estelelalala.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/earthquake/
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Forty-nine years is a long time to live by the school calendar: why the first fall after retiring is weird! https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2026/08/tuesday-slice-new-year-no-longer.html
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Part 3 of that Las Vegas, 1989 never ending road trip. https://nerdsbegetnerds.org/2026/08/11/summer-road-trips-las-vegas-1989-3/
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This new cat mom reflects on the past couple of weeks! https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/what-ive-realized-as-a-new-cat-mom-sol26/
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Back to slicing after a rough first trimester https://anavpatton.org/2026/08/11/two-lines-one-calendar/
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In which my husband gives me an unsolicited reality check https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2026/08/11/reality-check/
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Sharing a page right out of my journal…and it’s not about fishing this time! https://moonsnailsanddaisies.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/gone-to-weathering/
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Tough to get a post completed today. When in doubt, lean on books. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/critics-say/
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Old Lady Gardener #271 It is Time! So Much to Think About https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/old-lady-gardener-271-it-is-time-so-much-to-think-about/
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school has begun, making things look a little different: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/perspective/
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Last week, I remembered one of the many cats who lived with our family when I was a child. Today, I’m thinking about one of our dogs. https://www.galleystreet.blog/2026/08/11/bridget/
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What time is it? How do you answer the question??
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ugh…sorry for the giant link. it’s been awhile
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One more idea I had as I traveled in Finland….https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/finland-a-final-frontier/
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I’ve traveled to be with my extended family. Read to find out what I packed at the last minute! https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2026/08/11/a-nake/
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Whole. Part. Whole: The life of a quilter. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/sol26-perspective/
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A new poetry podcast with Maggie Smith – in which she recommends some poems to me 🙂 – https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2026/08/an-amazing-poetry-joy-you-could-make.html
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Some Girl Power Poetry to put a spark in your week: https://wordancerblog.com/2026/08/09/empowering-girls-through-poetry/
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Some Girl Power Poetry to put a spark in your week:
https://wordancerblog.com/2026/08/09/empowering-girls-through-poetry/
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Day four gave me a good view of our future: https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/the-view-from-here-2/
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Sorry for the late blog post today, everyone. I’d scheduled the post to go up at PM instead of AM!
A writing exercise about something I love to do turned into a reflection about matrescence: https://leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/i-love-to-run-reflections-on-matrescence/
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This past week was busy – but not rainy! https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/sprinkles-of-fun/
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