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		<title>WN Collecting Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer Jordana Horn went into her son&#8217;s class, filled with seven and eight year-old kids, earlier this month to lead a session on journaling. She asked the students to write what they don&#8217;t&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/journaling-idea/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13846&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Independent Writing Project Mentor Text (Part 2 of 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten can be used to help kids find a topic and to teach students a variety of craft moves. Read more about this book and then leave a comment if you'd like a chance to win a copy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13759&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Material from The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten is used by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto. Text © 2013 Maureen Fergus. Illustrations © 2013 Mike Lowery.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Material from The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten is used by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto. Text © 2013 Maureen Fergus. Illustrations © 2013 Mike Lowery.</media:title>
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		<title>Writing Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Deb Gaby and I finished leading the third day of a three-day Foundations of Writing Workshop training. At the end, we asked for reflections. Teacher after teacher commented on the impact of&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/writing-matters/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13918&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing a Keynote</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/preparing-a-keynote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The keynote speeches I'm preparing to deliver this summer have been on my mind for weeks. In an effort to craft inspiring speeches, I've been looking for some guidance so I move from outlining to writing the speeches.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13891&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/solsc-63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leave a link to your slice of life stories here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13878&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">WRITE your slice. SHARE your link. GIVE some comments to (at least three) other slicers.If you&#039;re leaving your comment early in the day, please consider returning this evening or tomorrow to read some of our evening posters&#039; slices.</media:title>
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		<title>Connect in Person!</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/connect-in-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a regular commenter, a Slicer, a blogger, a Twitter-addict (or a friend of someone who is!), if you are near Warsaw, IN on June 19, consider joining us at The&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/connect-in-person/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13885&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Favorites</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/friday-favorites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 02:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I don&#8217;t have a photo from Favorite #1. Christy Rush-Levine and I met for a walk + dinner on Tuesday. Christy is one of those people who help me feel grounded and&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/friday-favorites/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13870&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Brenda Power and Cathy Laker...enthusiasm is contagious!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Research in grade five.</media:title>
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		<title>Inspiring Independent Writing Project Mentor Text (Part 1 of 5)</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/amykrouserosenthal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[independent writing projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Krouse Rosenthal provides insight into her new word play book. Chronicle Books offers a giveaway of the book to one reader who comments on this post.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13722&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Check out my interview with author Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Be sure to leave a comment on this post so you can have a chance to win a copy of I Scream Ice Cream.</media:title>
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		<title>This Quote</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/this-quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this quote. It  is one of my favorites to share in a workshop. I read it today with an epic-cool group of teachers at Southbury School. (I learned epic-cool from a&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/this-quote/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13863&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Routines Made Simpler with QR Codes</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/qrcodesroutines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find out how to bring two classroom routines into the 21st century with QR Codes.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13851&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday Slices</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/tuesday-slices-2/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/tuesday-slices-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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			<media:title type="html">WRITE your slice. SHARE your link. GIVE some comments to (at least three) other slicers.If you&#039;re leaving your comment early in the day, please consider returning this evening or tomorrow to read some of our evening posters&#039; slices.</media:title>
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		<title>Unexpected Energy</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/unexpected-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 03:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[writing workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I proctored our state test. It is a computer test, so I spent the entire day in the computer lab testing seventh graders. I didn&#8217;t expect it to be a day to&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/unexpected-energy/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13848&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not Just Your Run-of-the-Mill Biography Unit Study</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/noorshammas/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/noorshammas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guestteacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curriculum planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guest blogger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[4th Grade Teacher (&#38; Slicer) Noor Shammas writes about her students' Community Member Biography Project.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13799&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Learning</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/13840/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I read a few pages from Peter Johnston&#8217;s book, Choice Words. You know this book, right? If not, it is a small, powerful read that can change your teaching life forever. (If&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/13840/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13840&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Write the Slices.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/we-write-the-slices/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/we-write-the-slices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the final day of the March SOLSC, Amy Rudd crafted a parody of Barry Manilow&#8217;s &#8220;I Write the Songs.&#8221; (Click here if you are unfamiliar with the song.) She changed it to &#8220;I&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/we-write-the-slices/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13628&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">WRITE your slice. SHARE your link. GIVE some comments to (at least three) other slicers.If you&#039;re leaving your comment early in the day, please consider returning this evening or tomorrow to read some of our evening posters&#039; slices.</media:title>
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		<title>Pretend it is Friday</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/pretend-it-is-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/pretend-it-is-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was planning to try a new kind of post last Friday. And then Friday came and went. How does this happen? So right now, let&#8217;s just pretend it is Friday. Or&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/pretend-it-is-friday/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13811&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you ready to unplug?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/unplug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do we teach kids (and ourselves) to unplug from media in an effort to interact with others, not just screens?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13689&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words that are Speaking to Me</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/words-that-are-speaking-to-me-57/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/words-that-are-speaking-to-me-57/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13795&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conferences are dialogues.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/conferences-are-dialogues/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/conferences-are-dialogues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Conferences] are not mini-lectures but the working talk of fellow writers sharing their experience with the writing process. At times, of course, they will be teacher and student, master and apprentice, if you&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/conferences-are-dialogues/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13787&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How does writing feel to you?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/how-does-writing-feel-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/how-does-writing-feel-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the final day of the challenge, Rissa Zimmerman, who was a first-time Slicer this past March, crafted a thank you note to me and Ruth for providing her with a forum to&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/how-does-writing-feel-to-you/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13619&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">WRITE your slice. SHARE your link. GIVE some comments to (at least three) other slicers.If you&#039;re leaving your comment early in the day, please consider returning this evening or tomorrow to read some of our evening posters&#039; slices.</media:title>
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		<title>Bad Word Club</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/bad-word-club/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/bad-word-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[reflective practice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I learned of a first grade club. &#8220;The teachers don&#8217;t know about it,&#8221; Sam (my first grade son) said, &#8220;So keep it quiet.&#8221; &#8220;What is it?&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Bad Word Club.&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/bad-word-club/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13791&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turn off screens and LIVE life.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/turn-off-screens/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/turn-off-screens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screen-Free Week goes from 4/29-5/5. While it might seem drastic and unfeasible to completely unplug, think about what steps you can take to be less connected next week. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13635&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Units of Study</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/new-units-of-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[collaborative planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common core]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I purchased the original Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3 &#8211; 5 when they were published in 2006. In the early days, those books were like a Bible to me. I&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/new-units-of-study/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13703&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trusting Myself</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/trusting-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[reflective practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Write: It's good for you!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expectations of common core, teacher evaluation, and what it means to be literate in the 21st century can sometimes pile up and overwhelm me.  There is so much new information coming at me&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/trusting-myself/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13749&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running Towards Danger</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/bostonterror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[current events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing “My Advice to New Moms in the Wake of the Terror in Boston,” I didn’t think I had much else to say about yesterday’s terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon’s Finish&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/bostonterror/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13718&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slicers at Work</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/slicers-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Shubitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are all writers at work, aren&#8217;t we?  When I saw LeAnn Carptenter&#8217;s poem, &#8220;Writers at Work,&#8221; midway through the March Challenge, it resonated with me.   Click here to read the back&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/slicers-at-work/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13572&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who coaches the coach?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/who-coaches-the-coach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who coaches the coach? This question was posed at the Choice Literacy Coaching the Common Core workshop. It&#8217;s one that is sticking with Deb and me. Instructional coaches (and I think this is&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/who-coaches-the-coach/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13716&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chewing On This</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/chewing-on-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[preparing students for the 21st century]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched a version of this video several years ago. In preparation for a workshop I&#8217;m leading on Thursday with a group of Career Tech educators (think culinary arts and auto mechanics), I&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/chewing-on-this/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13684&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Biography for Baseball Season + a Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/jonahwinter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guestteacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!   (The Back Story) by Author Jonah Winter             Though I do understand that what I’m being called on to do here is talk about my research process&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/jonahwinter/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13661&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Core &#8212; Appendices</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/common-core-appendices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Ayres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[common core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preparing students for the 21st century]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us are digging into Common Core Standards. We are spending time reading the standards, figuring out what they mean, and noticing how they grow from grade to grade. Indiana (my state)&#8230; <a class="read-more" href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/common-core-appendices/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1220974&#038;post=13679&#038;subd=twowritingteachers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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