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Elisa Waingort

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A Teacher Musing Out Loud

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  • Parenting & Teaching

    Today was my 14-month old granddaughter’s first day in preschool. Throughout the day, my daughter shared pictures to our family chat to keep us in the loop. We saw her eating at a table with other children. She ate all of her fruits and vegetables first.   We saw her sitting in one of the teacher’s… Read more

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  • Cancer

    It has been a long time since I’ve posted on my blog, but I have a good reason for my absence. I have cancer. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, to be exact. So, you can see why I have been MIA; my attention has been elsewhere, of course. Not surprisingly, my energy level has been less than stellar.… Read more

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  • March Slice of Life Challenge – Day #1

    March 1st has come around much too quickly. I’d forgotten that this is the first day of the March Slice of Life Challenge Where did January and February go? I was caught unawares but I am here now. This is the time of the year when I wish for a do over with my class.… Read more

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  • Book Nerd

    I am a book nerd. But that’s not a strange label to have, at least not in this group. I am sure that many of us, if not all, who share our slices every Tuesday on the Two Writing Teachers blog are also book nerds. I’m not alone. I know that. But I’m coming to… Read more

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  • Conversations

    I spent part of today talking quietly with individual students. We talked about their responses to a survey I had asked them to fill out yesterday. These brief talks with my students felt strange at first; it wasn’t until later that I realized why. Nevertheless, I continued to meet with my students throughout the day.… Read more

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  • Today

    I’ve been staring at a blank screen for the last 10 minutes. I don’t know what to write about. I had an idea for today’s slice earlier in the day. But I didn’t jot it down and now I can’t remember what it was about. Every so often, I draw a blank about what to… Read more

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  • Conversations – They Really Do Help!

    Sometimes it only takes a conversation to address a problem and find a solution. In fact, most problems can be resolved through conversation. (If only world leaders thought so, too! Perhaps many wars and battles could have been avoided…) Kids rise to the occasion and respond in mature ways when they are trusted to do… Read more

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  • Yoga and Living the Life of a BADASS

    I finally went to a yoga class this afternoon. Although I’m not a big yoga person, I have enjoyed going to yoga in the past. However, it has been a long time since I’ve gone; I am intimidated by the usually more experienced participants that populate yoga classes. So, instead of plowing through and not… Read more

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  • My OLW: Badass

    This is not the first time I’ve chosen one little word to guide my year, but this year is different. Most years I struggle to come up with a word that feels right. In fact, most of the words I have chosen in the past were lies. I never felt them or embraced them fully.… Read more

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  • The Holidays

    It’s that time of the year. Exciting and, at times, bittersweet. My house is full. My two daughters and my son are home. My son is 14 and growing fast. My oldest is here with her daughter and husband. (Yes, I’ve been a grandma for seven months! I am abueli, short for abuela in Spanish.)… Read more

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