A Day in the Life

Join  Two Writing Teachers  and other teacher-writers as we share a slice of life every single day in the month of March.   Pivot.  Does thi...

It's hard to believe that March is finally over. It feels like it has been at least 129 days long. Today will be the day that many wi...

"Don't get mad at me for what I said at the end."  These were the words in a message I received from a student toda...

Today,  the clouds masking the past few days  parted giving way to a welcoming sun the winds escorting the rain and humidity ...

all we have left a drop of hope piecing me together Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay hopeful. Please join ...

Mother Nature is oblivious to chaos.   Please join  Two Writing Teachers  and the annual Slice of Life March Challenge...

This, I miss... telling "B" to spit out her gum. asking "C" to find his seat. reminding "D" to ...

This week I began writing in my notebook along with my students. Today's writing prompt/spark/idea was  "Begin with this...

Today I share the words from one of my students, Jillian, who wrote to a writing spark today.  Breathe in the hope they bring and...

I received an email Sunday with the subject: "I need a good book." Hmmm...this should be interesting as we are not in sch...

A silver lining to the pandemic is the time families are spending together. I have read so many stories of parents and children taking ...

We have been on spring break this week, so this whole eLearning has not been a focus for me...yet. However, I did put out a post on our...

In the past couple of years of the Slice of Life March Challenge, I have held a party to kick the month off. I didn't do that t...

I started writing a slice about the things that haven't changed because of the COVID-19 virus, and then this happened! I am ...

For the past two days, I have watched the Penny Kittle and Kelly Galagher videos that they are making and sharing with educators. It...

I spent Saturday morning grocery shopping, hoping to complete the task before the craziness set in. I strolled down the aisles amazed a...

I sit at the kitchen table, and my skin starts feeling prickly. I feel that eerie sensation that someone was watching me through the ki...

One of my favorite things to do is to create poems from words and phrases found in magazines. They usually tell a story of some sort,...

My friend  Ruth Ayres  used to do a weekly Saturday round-up that celebrated the small moments in our lives. Even among the chaos a...

The school day began by telling my students that they needed to take an extra book home with them for spring break...just in case we en...