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		<title>Another Way to Launch a Review Unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday in Mr. Gause&#8217;s third grade class, some incredible thinking was happening. This week we launched into reviews. Earlier in the week, he asked students to test different toy cars and then select the one they thought was the best. Then they met as a group and talked about their choice. Yesterday, during the minilesson, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10616&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Princess Saves A Prince + A Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/a-princess-saves-a-prince-a-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the moms I met this past year coined a phrase I love.  She says, &#8220;We do pink, but we don&#8217;t do princess.&#8221;  If you&#8217;ve read some of my other posts about princess culture in the United States (Click here or here to read them now.), then you&#8217;ll know that this other mom and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10593&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Development</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/professional-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I {heart} conferences. Do you? The thing is money is tight right now, making conferences a little more difficult to attend. So I&#8217;m excited to share with you TWO super reasonably priced conferences with incredible presenters in the field. Dublin&#8217;s lineup includes: Eric  Litwin and James Dean &#8212; You know, the team behind PETE THE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10608&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Seminar About Conferring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be leading a seminar, &#8220;Conferring in Writing Workshop,&#8221; on Wednesday, February 22nd at Penn State &#8211; Harrisburg.  I&#8217;ll be talking about conferring basics, as well as sharing strategies for implementing peer conferring in the classroom, and information about goal setting for each of the writers in one&#8217;s class. If you find yourself in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10585&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/solsc-57/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10582&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book Stack: Cynthia Leitich Smith</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/the-book-stack-cynthia-leitich-smith/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/the-book-stack-cynthia-leitich-smith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our favorite reads is&#8230; The book is as great as it looks. I love the whimsical illustrations and the strong craft of the text. In fact, each time I read HOLLER LOUDLY by Cynthia Leitich Smith (and I read it multiple times each week), I find more craft moves to imitate. Right now I&#8217;m busy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10602&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slice of Life Challenge &#8212; Your Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/slice-of-life-challenge-your-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/slice-of-life-challenge-your-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Slice of Life Challenge is coming to a blog near you! In March, we&#8217;ll host the 5th Annual Slice of Life Challenge. The Challenge: In the month of March share a slice of your life. Every. Single. Day. Have you been thinking about joining us? (You should!) But don&#8217;t take my word for it! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10580&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How much collaboration is too much?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/toomuchcollaboration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were a few times when I sat back at the end of a day of teaching and thought I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d want to be a student in my own classroom.  The reason for this horrible realization?  There was just too much group work going on, especially in mathematics.  I often felt as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10550&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review Mentor Texts</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/review-mentor-texts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to share this with you. It was one of those times when things just worked out in writing workshop. In one of the third grade classes studying reviews, we began talking about using details to support your opinion. I try to avoid the word details as much as possible. I think it&#8217;s an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10569&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get out of a Writing Rut</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/getting-out-of-a-writing-rut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[writer's notebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I keep a private, family-only blog about my daughter&#8217;s daily life.  I began keeping it about a week after she was born.  Unless we were out of town, I blogged each and every day of her life.  By the end of 2011, I was getting pretty tired of blogging.  In fact, I began to find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10562&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/solsc-56/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10547&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book Stack: A Couple of ROCKIN&#8217; Books</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/the-book-stack-rock-on-by-denise-vega/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/the-book-stack-rock-on-by-denise-vega/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I added three more YA books to my reader&#8217;s notebook this week. I&#8217;ll be sharing another of them later, but today I only want to focus on one. The past several YA books I&#8217;ve read have left me a little disappointed. They just didn&#8217;t feel genuine. All in all, they left me feeling like the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10554&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GEARING UP FOR THE SOLSC: A Call for Giveaways</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/solscprizes-call/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/solscprizes-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In just a few weeks Ruth and I will host the 5th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge.  It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s the fifth time we&#8217;re hosting this month-long writing challenge.  It stemmed from one of my former student&#8217;s notebook entries about his outrage with his sister for &#8220;losing&#8221; her necklace.  She made everyone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10527&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Siri</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/siri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I finally got of my cell phone that didn&#8217;t have a qwerty keyboard and upgraded to an iPhone 4S.  It took me awhile to convert to an iPhone since I first wanted it to come with Verizon service and then I was waiting for the iPhone 5.  When the 4S came out in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10519&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REVIEW Unit Launch</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/10540/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[persuasive writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflective practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[units of study]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week I launched a REVIEW UNIT in several third grade classrooms. On the first day I asked, &#8220;Have you ever heard of a review?&#8221; Heads shook. &#8220;Okay, then, let me show you some,&#8221; I said. We spent time looking at some reviews I pulled up via the internet on the SmartBoard. We read reviews [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10540&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/solsc-55/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/solsc-55/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10511&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Texts with Lynne &amp; Rose</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/mentor-texts-with-lynne-rose/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/mentor-texts-with-lynne-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I received an e-mail from Lynne Dorfman, co-author of Mentor Texts and Nonfiction Mentor Texts (Stenhouse).  She let me know she and Rose Cappelli set up a website over winter break.  I was anxious to check it out since I talked with the two of them about it when I saw them at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10515&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book Stack</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-book-stack-3/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-book-stack-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YA Books this week: Of the three, THE ONE THAT I WANT by Jennifer Echols was my favorite. Echols is a master at creating characters that stick with you. Characters that you feel like you&#8217;ve met. Characters that keep you reading into the wee hours of the night. This book is currently available as an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10532&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Over and Under the Snow &#8211; Giveaway Winner</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/over-and-under-the-snow-giveaway-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/over-and-under-the-snow-giveaway-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special thanks to Chronicle Books for sponsoring a giveaway of Kate Messner&#8217;s new book.  Laura Delgado was commenter #23, which was the random number generated (left).  Therefore, she will receive a copy of Over and Under the Snow.  If you missed the original post about this book, then click here to read it now.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10507&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Common Core + Students&#8217; Needs</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/common-core-students-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/common-core-students-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[common core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minilesson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of my time this school year has been devoted to studying Common Core Standards, as well as keeping up with the ever-changing discussion about the PARCC assessment. I&#8217;ve been thinking about the influence these things have on our writing curriculum and the implications for writing workshop. One thing is for certain, Common Core Standards [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10499&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Visual Reminder</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/a-visual-reminder/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/a-visual-reminder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellness was my one little word in 2009.  I knew I needed some sort of daily reminder to help me keep myself focused on promoting wellness in my life.  Therefore, I turned to Etsy and had someone create an image with a quote about wellness that I could frame and place on the desk in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10493&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruth&#8217;s OLW: Reflection 2011 + Word 2012.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/ruths-olw-reflection-2011-word-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/ruths-olw-reflection-2011-word-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First a little reflection on OLW &#8217;11&#8230; I chose this word because I felt like it encompassed everything in my life. The list of words in the tape along the bottom of the image, shows the connections I was interested in making. I was surprised to find the online connections I make just as integral [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10482&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Strong Parntership</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/lccs/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/lccs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=10489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My father reads The New York Times every morning.  By the time he gets to work, I often have the link to an article in my e-mail inbox, which he thinks will pique my interest.  This morning was no different.  He sent me the link to an op-ed entitled &#8220;The Central Falls Success.&#8221;  I  liked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10489&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/solsc-54/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/solsc-54/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome 2012! Today is the first Tuesday of the new year, which means it&#8217;s time to share your slice of life story here.  If you&#8217;ve never done so before, then jump in.  Don&#8217;t be shy!  Just follow the simple directions (to the left) and you&#8217;ll be on your way to joining our community of writers. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10477&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book Stack</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/the-book-stack-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge this Christmas vacation was to see how many books we could read as a family. We lost track of the picture books, but below are some that we read more than once this break, as well as the chapter books. Hannah&#8217;s Reads: MEET KAYA, American Girl Doll; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, Jeff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10464&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[writing workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wishing you a very happy, healthy, and writing-filled new year!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10460&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST BLOG POST: Needing To Take Care of The Nice Students, Too</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/endofyearguestblogpost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guestteacher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[writers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A NOTE FROM STACEY: &#8220;Nice&#8221; children are often overlooked in the classroom because they go with the flow. I&#8217;ll admit, I was one of those teachers who often sacrificed a conference with one of the &#8220;nice&#8221; children in my class and met with a student who was having greater challenges in writing.  When I looked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10417&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Wintertime Read Aloud + A Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/messnerneal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Read Aloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Silas Neal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Messner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the little words I&#8217;ve been thinking about adopting as my One Little Word for 2012 is wonder.  Wonder, as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, means: 1won·der noun \ˈwən-dər\ Definition of WONDER 1 a : a cause of astonishment or admiration : marvel &#60;it&#8217;s a wonder you weren&#8217;t killed&#62; &#60;the pyramid is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10439&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winner of Chanukah Lights</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/winner-of-chanukah-lights/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/winner-of-chanukah-lights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Candlewick Press for sponsoring a giveaway of Chanukah Lights.  #14 was the number that came up using Random.org.  Jill Schalet was commenter #14 so she&#8217;ll receive a copy of Chanukah Lights. If you missed the original post about this incredible new book, then click here to read it now.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1220974&amp;post=10453&amp;subd=twowritingteachers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/solsc-53/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>

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