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#SOL2018 March Challenge Day #3
This has been a tough winter. Looking for a house. Settling in to a new city, new country, new schools. Apparently, this has been a harsh winter in Calgary. But, honestly, it hasn’t felt that bad. Have we adapted so well this time around? Maybe I was expecting worse? Either way, it’s March 3rd and… Read more
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Day #1 – #MarchSOL18
Almost missed slicing today – the first day of the March challenge! So, this is going to be a short slice. Looking forward to a month of slicing. Not looking forward to more snow, although it’s definitely too late for that: it’s snowing now! At least tomorrow is Friday; the snow is supposed to fall… Read more
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A Bittersweet Time of the Year
Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for sponsoring the Slice of Life Challenge every Tuesday. Winter settles in. The snow is everywhere. More snow is on the way. Indoor recess is more frequent as the temperature dips below -20 degrees Celsius. Students rush in from lunch to find an independent reading spot. The room… Read more
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I am a Teacher Writer
Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for sponsoring the Slice of Life Challenge every Tuesday. The workshop approach to reading and writing is as second nature to me as anything else I do as a teacher. It’s not perfect. In fact, I would never want it to be. Nevertheless, it feels familiar despite the… Read more
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Review of Zachary’s Dinnertime – Multicultural Children’s Book Day #ReadYourWorld
Zachary’s Dinnertime, a picture book for elementary aged children, written by Lara Levinson and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright, highlights traditional meals from several different cultures. Zachary, the main character, doesn’t like taking part in the daily preparation and clean up of his family’s dinners. He is also bored with having to prepare the same dishes… Read more
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10 minutes of uninterrupted writing
Once a week, on Mondays, my students have writing homework. They write, anything, for at least 10 minutes without stopping. A parent used the term “uninterrupted writing” in an email message to me earlier this year, and so the phrase has stuck. 10 minutes of uninterrupted writing My students keep track of their writing on… Read more
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House Hunting
This post is crossposted to the Two Writing Teachers Tuesday Slice of Life. My husband, my son and I have been in the market for a house since November. We have seen over 50 houses at this point. In fact, we’ve seen so many that we have a pretty good idea of what we want and… Read more
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2018
We are now two days into the New Year. I have selected and blogged about my #OLW here. (Disclosure: my #OLW is TRUTH.) I have committed to controlling my presence on social media without tuning out altogether. I am choosing carefully what I do and what I don’t do on @Twitter, @Facebook, @Voxer, etc. I… Read more
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One Little Word 2018 – #OLW18
For the past few years I have participated in the social media initiative around One Little Word or #OLW, but if you were to ask me TODAY what words I’d selected in previous years, I wouldn’t be able to tell you. Those words were clearly unimpressionable. Choosing #OLW was supposed… Read more
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I have never been the kind of teacher who…
I have never been the kind of teacher who makes kids sit in rows. But I have been the kind of teacher who has assigned seating in the classroom. Now, I use flexible seating arrangements. I have never been the kind of teacher who insists on using writing prompts to get students to write. I… Read more
Elisa Waingort 