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Slice of Life is  hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers Join in and share a slice of your life.  _____________________________________________________ I can't believe it's been almost a year without writing a slice of life or even a blog post. After years of writing. Nine years. 626 published blog posts. Most slice of life stories. To be exact. I know that my habit of writing slipped away. I chose to ignore the blog, the calls for slices, the messages from far away friends. I let it go. It's hard really to say why. I'm sure it's a combination of home and school. And to be honest, my heart wasn't in it. However, my heart has been e...

A little peek at the blog post I wrote that was published today on the  IRA Engage Teacher To Teacher website : *   *   *   *   *  Teacher Tips: Do You Have Any "Pinterest" in Learning More?  Teaching is hard.  Really hard.  There is not one teacher that will deny it.  Of course, I love it – most days.  I love the kids.  I love the daily challenges.  And I’m constantly learning to be the best me in the classroom to push through those challenges and meet the needs of my students.  But why try to do it alone?  There are a number of engaging social networking sites that can connect us with educators and literacy experts.  I’ve learned that there are MANY smart teachers across the world that I can connect with and learn from daily.  Building my personal learning network (PLN) has been a goal of mine this year and I have found a fun way to do it!   *   *...

photo © 2009 Charles J Danoff | more info (via: Wylio ) Just over three months ago, I thought about venturing into this world of blogging.   It was full of promise and learning and cool technology.  It was intriguing, yet frightful. I want to be the best me no matter what hat I'm wearing or what role I'm playing in my life.  I'm constantly searching for ways to continuously improve: reading, learning, discussing, collaborating, and experimenting with technology.  I want to improve myself as a teacher, a mother, and expand my knowledge and schema about so many topics.  Life-long learner at heart! I decided to take the first step in blogging.  Yet so many questions swirled around in my head:  Did I want to create a professional blog and share my thinking and learning?  Or, what about a personal blog and I could record the details of being a new mom of twin daughters?  What do I write?  Where do I write it?  I t...

The Slice of Life Story Challenge  is hosted by the Two Writing Teachers . Day 6 Our school schedule, you may say, is a bit different.  When a student asks, "What day is it today?" They are usually not looking to hear, "Honey, it's Tuesday." Or, whichever day it may happen to be.  No.  It's different at our school. Instead, we rotate on a six day cycle.  It's always been like that since I've been here and it has something to do with scheduling and not missing a plan time, er - I mean, so the kids don't miss a specials time.  So, a response that a student will be looking for is more like, "Oh, it's day 6."  But I don't have to tell my students when it is a day 6. Students in my small groups L. O. V. E. day 6.  They look forward to every day 6.  They know exactly what happens in my room on day 6.  Not sure why I picked day 6, but it seemed like a  good day.   Day 6 is the day we reflect.  Day 6 is the da...