"Hiiiiiiiiiiaaaahhh! Moooooommmmmmmm!" The little voice greeted me as I opened the front door after work today. (I just wish I could get the Doppler Effect to come out in my writing!) The 27 pound blur whizzed through the foyer, leaped off the step into the living room, and without missing a beat, rounded the corner through… Continue reading ruth: slice of life: welcome home.
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Slice of Life Story: Close Call
Mr. Quirk, my high school driving instructor, told me that many accidents happen in parking lots since people aren't paying attention. For that reason, I've always been sure to be extra-alert whenever I enter a parking lot since I'm assuming the other people aren't as focused as I am. When I pulled into the parking… Continue reading Slice of Life Story: Close Call
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Checking-in with My ONE LITTLE WORD!
this is going in my car Originally uploaded by teachergal Last week one of my nine-year old students asked me, "So, Ms. S... How's it going with the balance?" "What?" I asked her perplexed. "You know, your one little word," she paused. "Bal-ance." Then she moved her hands as if she were a balancing scale… Continue reading Checking-in with My ONE LITTLE WORD!
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WNW Charge: Quote
Ruth and I are both fans of quotations. We even have an entire page devoted to quotes we love. Lisa Meyer compiled a book entitled Quotes for Kids: Today's Interpretations of Timeless Quotes Designed to Nurture the Young Spirit. It's a bunch of interpretations of poignant quotes. My students have loved this book. One even… Continue reading WNW Charge: Quote
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Slice of Life Story: Rain, Rain, Go Away
It was hard to fall asleep last night since the rain kept tap-tap-tapping on the ledge outside my window. I woke up this morning to the same persistent tapping. Unable to fall back to sleep with the sound of the raindrops hitting the window ledge, I got up and went online to play Scrabulous, which… Continue reading Slice of Life Story: Rain, Rain, Go Away
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Slice of Life Story: Pancakes for Breakfast
When I transferred the pancake mix into an airtight container last month, I forgot to cut out the directions from the side of the box before I threw out the box. Oops! This morning I made pancakes for the first time since I threw out the directions. I started thinking 'one cup of mix +… Continue reading Slice of Life Story: Pancakes for Breakfast
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Poetry Friday & Wordless Wednesday & WNW!
Things are crazy around my home & I've missed Wordless Wednesday two weeks in a row now . . . not to mention WNW. So on this Friday . . . which is Poetry Friday -- I'm going to kinda combine all three. Here's the photo and a poem, which is an original, so it… Continue reading Poetry Friday & Wordless Wednesday & WNW!
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WN Entry: I only needed to buy…
What did I buy???!!!??? Originally uploaded by teachergal This was the list I had before I went to Whole Foods this afternoon: iced tea, cotton squares, dinner for tonight, veggies, lunch for tomorrow, and orange juice. However, tonight wasn't just an ordinary night at Whole Foods... it was "Try it Tuesday." And therefore I tried… Continue reading WN Entry: I only needed to buy…
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Ruth’s WN Entry: Pride.
Stacey's challenge for WNW last week made me pause and think. According to the Merriam-Webster Website (one of my favorites, by the way), Pride is: 1: the quality or state of being proud: as a: inordinate self-esteem : conceit b: a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c: delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or… Continue reading Ruth’s WN Entry: Pride.
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WN Entry: In less than six months…
This week has been filled with wonderful blog-related things. First, we became b-listers. Next, one of my favorite authors, Jacqueline Woodson, happened upon our blog and posted a comment. And then this morning I woke up to find that in less than six months of being an open blog on the 'net, Two Writing Teachers… Continue reading WN Entry: In less than six months…
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Teaching Fiction in a Pin-Drop, Silent Room
WN Entry - Fiction pg. 1 Originally uploaded by teachergal Today's Writing Workshop Teaching Point came right out of Calkins and Cruz's Short Fiction Book - Session 1. While I used the skeleton of their lesson, my demonstration was all my own. During the active engagement, I reread an old entry from August 2006 to… Continue reading Teaching Fiction in a Pin-Drop, Silent Room
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WNW: Pride
A charge for today's Writer's Notebook Wednesday: Think about how proud you are of someone or something you're proud of and write about it. My entry can be found by clicking here. Ruth's entry can be located by clicking here. Please leave a comment or use Mr. Linky to link your WN Entry to this… Continue reading WNW: Pride
