Dear Standardized Test 23/31
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Dear Standardized Test, Welcome to room 614. It is almost that time of year when you invade our classrooms across the state and take residence for two weeks or longer. So, when I say welcome, I am really lying to you. There is nothing welcoming in my greeting. I look at my students today and see those students who are no longer on medication due to a shortage and wonder if they are going to be able to sit through your grueling hours-long daily visit. I look at those students who came to me reading below grade level but are now showing so much growth and wonder if your reading passages are go ..read more
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A Little Chuckle 22/31
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3h ago
Image by Jan from Pixabay Starting a new unit with my students is full of anticipation. What new texts and new teaching ideas do I add this year? What do I want change? What do I want to do again? To begin our unit this week, we immersed ourselves in reading argumentative texts. This year, I added one about changing Halloween to the last Saturday in October. Teachers would love that idea, and I thought students would enjoy reading it. The only problem was that it wasn't well-written. I debated on how I was going to use it. Do I show it as a bad example, or do I let students ..read more
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Currently I'm... 24/31
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4d ago
Image on Pixabay It is Saturday night.  The house is quiet--my favorite time of day. My spring break is just about over, and I sit here counting my blessings, and wondering what I am going to write. It seems like a "currently" post would be quite fitting. Currently I'm... listening to only the hum of the refrigerator. thinking about participating in the Classroom Slice of Life Challenge. reading Dear Student by Elly Swartz. drinking a Dr. Pepper Zero eating Utz Sweet BBQ chips wondering if I should grade my students' constructed responses tomorrow. loving watching basketball with my daug ..read more
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From Bang to Bummer 23/31
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4d ago
Why am I always so ambitious in January when it comes to setting literacy goals and joining challenges and creating lists of possibilities? Then February comes around and I begin to struggle.  And March...well if it wasn't for the Slice of Life March Challenge, I'm not sure where I would be. One of my goals, or mantras, for this year was to "Read More in '24." January started out with a bang, and I thought, "Ok, I can do this." But sadly, my reading life has hit the bummer stage. I went to my Goodreads account and saw where I have only read 6 books so far this year and I am five books be ..read more
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Collage Bookmarks 21/31
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6d ago
"Creative people do not see things merely for what they are; they see them for what they can be." Julie Israel A few years ago, I suffered from notebook envy. I belong to several writing groups, and I was always envious of their beautiful notebook pages. The artwork, the colors, the drawings. I knew I could never be that creative. Until I found collaging. How hard could it be to tear paper up and glue it back in a different way? Well, it is harder than it looks. I began watching paper crafters on YouTube, and I was hooked.  I began collecting all kinds of paper, stickers, and ephemer ..read more
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Nest is Empty 20/31
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1w ago
"For everything there is a season."  First dinner with mom and dad. Nest is empty; heart is full. Join Two Writing Teachers and other teacher-writers as we  share a slice of life during the month of March.  ..read more
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Friday Night Donut Bust 19/31
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1w ago
Before I became a teacher, I was a stay-at-home mom. I loved staying home with my children and although we had to make sacrifices, I would not have changed those years for anything. I had four years with just my daughter before we had our son. When Megan started school, I had "mom and son" time for almost six years.  We live in a small town with a small-town donut shop--a little hole in the wall as many would say. Ethan and I would drop Megan off at school, and he and I would stop by the donut shop at least once a week. He would always get a cake donut, and I would get a yeast donut with ..read more
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A Mixed-Up Kind of Day 18/31
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1w ago
For the past 32 years, I could count on two hands the number of times my husband and I have NOT eaten pizza on a Friday night. Before teaching and when I was a stay-at-home mom, I could always count on not having to cook on a Friday. And even when I started teaching 17 years ago, I would come home from a long week knowing that pizza was on the menu. My spring break started on Friday, and my daughter and I went to Tennessee for a long weekend to visit my sister. On our way home today, Megan asked, "Think Dad would want pizza tonight? I know it's not Friday, but pizza just sounds good." "It sou ..read more
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Spring Break Has Arrived! 15/31
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1w ago
I gave myself permission to miss slicing today. My spring break started at 1:30 this afternoon I walked out the door with my students, and my daughter and I were on the road by 2:00. We are spending the weekend with my sister down by Nashville. We arrived, went out to eat dinner, and now are getting ready to play cards. We have a whole weekend of shopping for items to go into my daughter's new house--still a slice to come! But I just can't not slice. So here I am with a late-night slice and hoping I hold good cards! Join Two Writing Teachers and other teacher-writers as we  sh ..read more
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A Word Buffet 14/31
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1w ago
Since 2017, with the exception of 2019, I have held a March slicer party. To try and make it fun and different each year, I would ask my guests to bring something different to the party. This ranged from favorite things to favorite quotes to things in their best color. One year we even had to bring a special ID. I have already been asked to host another party, and I think this one might just be my favorite yet, thanks to my writing friend Heather at Writing My Way! A word buffet! I hang out online with some amazing writing friends who love to play with words. I am a word nerd! I love finding ..read more
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