Be Present.
Knowing when to be present helps me think about being more intentional when dividing my time between technology and the people in my life.
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Talking Poetry with Lynne and Rose + a Giveaway
Poetry Mentor Texts: Making Reading and Writing Connections, K-8 is the latest gem from Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli. Not only does their book help you hone your poetry workshop instruction using mentor… Read More
Tuesday Slices + A Request for March SOLSC Prizes
Link up your slices today. While you’re here, please decide if you are able to offer gender-neutral, writing-related prize to one of the 6th Annual SOLSC participants who writes and links daily.
Schedule some time for yourself in 2013.
Teachers tend to take care of everyone else before they take care of themselves! It’s time to start carving out a little ME time for yourself at least one afternoon a week.
Step into a biography with an author-illustrator team + a giveaway
Every now and then a book comes along I want to tell everyone about. When I say everyone, I mean blog readers, my family, friends, teachers with whom I consult, and other parents.… Read More
Calling All Slicers! Would you assist us with this year’s month-long challenge?
Participating daily in the Slice of Life Story Challenge is a big commitment. Therefore, please do not volunteer for one of the jobs mentioned above if writing and linking for 31 days straight is a big enough commitment for you. If you are interested, please leave the words, “I want to be tech support,” “I want to be a concierge,” or “I want to be the welcome wagon” in your comment, along with the link to the slice you’re sharing, today.
Please share your words today. #slice2013
Post a link to your slice of life story and/or share the one little word you’ll live by this year.
The Slice of Life Story Challenge & a Christmas Wish.
Merry Christmas to all of the Slicers who celebrate! I hope you have a joyous and meaningful holiday with those you love. Please link up your slice of life story to this post… Read More
Link up your slices.
Please link the Slice of Life Story you write today to this post by leaving a comment. Be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment… Read More
A winter recess (of sorts).
2012 is coming to a close. Chanukah ends today, but I’ll still be busy preparing to celebrate my five year wedding anniversary and my daughter’s upcoming second birthday. Ruth and her family are… Read More
A moose, penguins & book giveaways
This Moose Belongs to Me and Baby Penguins Everywhere are new books with strong messages that contain craft moves we can teach young writers.
A national tragedy impacts all of us.
I don’t want to imagine receiving an automated phone call from my child’s school telling me there has been a shooting there. That’s what happened today in Newtown, CT after a gunman entered… Read More
Having trouble seeing TWT Facebook posts?
A couple weeks ago it came to my attention that one of our readers wasn’t seeing Two Writing Teachers pop up in her Facebook News Feed. That prompted me to check our stats,… Read More
Serve Up Your Slice Today!
Last Tuesday, Betsy wrote this at the top of her slice of life post: Serve up your slice over at Two Writing Teachers with Stacey and Ruth. Do you know how much I… Read More
The Focus It Takes to Write
While I’ve thought of myself as a great multi-tasker for years, I recently found that my multi-tasking was preventing me from completing writing. If I get lucky enough to be home for my… Read More
Interactive Modeling, an Author Q&A, and Giveaways
Interactive Modeling: A Powerful Technique for Teaching Children teaches us how to use interactive modeling to teach a variety of classroom routines, behaviors, and skills in an engaging way that shows students what to do while providing them with a safe space to practice.
It’s time to share your slices.
Please link the Slice of Life Story you write today to this post by leaving a comment. Be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment… Read More
Your Dreams Matter. Your Teaching Matters.
A couple of weeks ago I was re-reading the chapter about genre studies in The Art of Teaching Writing, New Edition (Heinemann, 1994) by Lucy Calkins. Once I was finished, I flipped to… Read More
The Intersection of Poetry and Informational Writing + a Giveaway
When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders can be used as a mentor text to help students craft poems, instead of biographies or informational reports, about people they read about and research.
Tuesday Slices
I’ve been reading Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli’s new book, Poetry Mentor Texts: Making Reading and Writing Connections, K-8. They have a reminder, on page five of their book, that is worthy of repeating… Read More
