Literacy Learning Zone

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers some days are easy, fast-paced, check-it-off-your-to-do-list kind of days. some days are action-packed and challenging so nothing-gets-accomplished kind of days. some days i take time to laugh and live in the moment. some days i struggle to see the joy in the littlest moments. some days i can't wait to write and share my story. some days i don't want to write. end. of. story. but today, another some day, i decided to write anyways.

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers an extra long weekend full of adventure, fun, and decisions to be made. playing with trains and baby dolls or coloring and playdoh difficult decisions to be made when you are two and a half. a freezing cold visit to uw-madison sharing the excitement of college life difficult decisions to be made when you are 16 planning ahead. wedding dress shopping with my soon-to-be-sister-in-law difficult decisions to be made when you are marrying the love of your life. another layer plus another layer hot cocoa and heat blankets dif

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers I'm amazed by my two little ones each and every day.  They make me laugh. They make me cry.  They make me shake my head in disbelief. Last night was no different. M. picked up an extra goodie bag of foot fun that I made as little Christmas gifts.  I decided to keep one for myself, but never managed to put it away. "Mom, what's this?"  M. asked inspecting the contents of the goodie bag. "Fun stuff for my feet!  You know what that is.  What is it?" "Umm..." M. pondered, searching for the words.  Then shouted, "It'

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers Whew.  I missed you all, but I needed those couple weeks off.  Days away from writing, twittering, blogging, social media mediums-of-all-kinds. (Well, except Pinterest.  I just couldn't stay away.) It was good for my soul to do a little missing. I was emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted.  It's that season of lows as a teacher (any time before a long break) crashing into caring-too-much-about-everything and then the unthinkable at Sandy Hook. My BIG problems didn't seem so big any more.   I'll be forever changed. I took my two week winter br