Monthly Archive: February, 2008

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Poetry Friday: Leap Year

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I’m sure I won’t be the only person posting this poem today: The Original Leap Year Poem by Anonymous Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting… Read More →

Tracking Chart

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I created the Slice of Life Story Challenge Tracker and posted it above my desk, which is oddly located in my classroom’s meeting area, this afternoon. I cannot wait to see how many… Read More →

SOLSC: Student Tracker Spreadsheet

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Need a quick record-keeping form to use to track your students’ Slice of Life Stories in March? If so, click here for a spreadsheet I created and published as a Google Document for… Read More →

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Slice of Life Student Challenge Announcement

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My fourth grade colleague is going to be doing the Slice of Life Story Challenge with her class as well. Therefore, I made this flier to go home with the students tomorrow. It’s… Read More →

Revision: Dialogue

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The active engagement of today’s minilesson ran a little longer than usual since my students felt as though they needed to help me revise my dialogue after studying the way another author used… Read More →

Writing Space

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Over the mid-winter recess I asked my students to sketch out their at-home writing space. Further, if they didn’t have an at-home writing space, I asked them to create one. They came back… Read More →

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I don’t have words to describe what I created, so it’s my Wordless Wednesday Submission!

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Ceramics Made in Feb 2008 Originally uploaded by teachergal

Ideas for Creating a 3-D Character from Today’s M.L. Active Engagement

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First, I have to say that today’s lesson I taught, which was adapted from Session 11 of Calkins & Cruz’s Book on Fiction Writing in Grades 3 – 5 is AWESOME. It’s all… Read More →

Units of Study

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polls – Take Our Poll

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A short list of the texts my students went for to help them revise the endings of their stories today…

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One of our readers, Kelly, asked me to share the list of texts my students went for when looking for mentor texts to help them revise the endings of their short fiction pieces… Read More →

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today –

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I have just a few minutes before the day starts to really roll, but I wanted to quickly share a quote from Ralph Fletcher’s book, Live Writing: Breathing Life Into Your Words” We… Read More →

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Eight Slice of My Life –> Sharing With My Students

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This will be the cover page for the eight slice of life stories I wrote this past week. I’m going to be sharing them with my students so that they, too, can take… Read More →

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Endings

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Good thing tomorrow’s minilesson in writing focuses on using touchstone texts to improve the ending of a story. I just finished the ending of my short fiction piece for this unit of study.… Read More →

Slice of Life Story: It’s in the Blue Bag

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My First Sunday Times in RI Originally uploaded by teachergal I slid my feet into my flip flops and grabbed my keys from the “Do Not Forget” Key Holder that is around my… Read More →

Slice of Life: Christina

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Working on a Weekend Originally uploaded by teachergal It took a very special person to fill-in my Grandmother’s Speed Dial Spot on my cell phone after she passed away last year. In fact,… Read More →

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wn entry: quote challenge.

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Stacey challenged a writer’s notebook entry on a quote.  I’ve been thinking ever since then, What quote will I write about? Funny how Friday afternoons work — I’m selecting one completely different from… Read More →

We’re hosting a Slice of Life Story Challenge this March!

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Learn more about it by going viewing this ten page “slide show.” Make a scrapbook – it’s easy! Let us know if you’re planning to take part in the March Challenge by leaving… Read More →

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Literary Essays

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I started thinking about the next unit of study, Literary Essays, that I’m going to teach in March (even though my students are only half-way through their fiction unit of study). Therefore, I… Read More →

Slice of Life Story: Overflow

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I decided to make “Jackie’s Coffee” this morning, which is named after one of my cousins who passed away a few years ago. Basically, Jackie’s Coffee is half a cup of coffee +… Read More →

Poetry Friday: Water

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I just learned about World Water Day, which is on March 22nd. Since the closest walk is in NYC that day, I will be doing the virtual walk. That being said, I created… Read More →

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