Student Slicers Link-up ~ Day 5
Link up your SOLSC post for today! I’ll be featuring some students once or twice a week!
SOLSC ~ 2011 ~ 4/31
I remember the words of spelling pre-tests blurring together as I tried to eek even a few more minutes out of my day last night before finally giving in, and taking up residence under my favorite blanket on my not-so-favorite couch. The next thing I know, it’s 5am and I spring fall of the couch […]
Student Slicers Link-up ~ Day 4
Link up your SOLSC post for today! I’ll be featuring some students once or twice a week!
Uncertainty
Six years ago, I attended a writing conference on a Saturday morning in Grand Rapids. I chose the conference to help me learn how to be a better writing teacher. I had no idea that one single conference would lead to a life-changing experience. Once there, I bumped into a fellow early-career teacher I’d seen […]
SOLSC ~ 2011 ~ 3/31
“Mom, I’m awake,” Calder yells from behind the closed door of his bedroom. “Try to have some quiet time buddy,” I respond, both amused by his adorable voice and slightly worried that if he doesn’t nap, I won’t get my ridiculously long to-do list completed. “But, Mom I’m not feeling that sleepy today.” As I […]
Student Slicers Link-up ~ Day 3
Link up your SOLSC post for today! I’ll be featuring some students tomorrow!
Featured Student Slicers ~ 2011 ~ 1/31
It seems like there was a fairly positive response to the SOLSC yesterday! I’m excited to see how this continues and hope to share a few featured slices from students – some directly linked from their blogs, others typed up and shared from their SOLSC journals. Here are some standout slices from Tuesday, March 1 […]
SOLSC ~ 2011 ~ 2/31
From my position in the driver’s seat, I glance back at the talkative toddler in the back. Her expressions are full and real and as I shift my gaze between the mirror and the road, I find myself doing so to insure that it is still my sweet little girl, with words and ideas that […]
DAIS ~ Create
In honor of my 8th graders who are wrapping up their poetry unit, and inspired by the wonderfully challenging work accomplished today in preparation for the upcoming National Writing Project Web Presence Retreat, I composed this piece on magnetic poetry. What creative challenges are you pursuing this week? Share your sentence in the comments below, […]
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