Author: jessica
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It’s Monday – What are you reading? June 11
It’s Monday and time to post what I’m reading, which is hosted weekly by Teach Mentor Texts. My boys and I are still making our way through Fake Mustache. We all find it so enjoyable, and we are savoring each chapter instead of rushing through it. I did buy The One and Only Ivan, and my…
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Wordless Wednesday – Tower
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Teachers Write! – Describe a Specific Place
As part of the writing prompt for today’s yesterday’s Teacher’s Write, we were encouraged to pick a place and write a description of that place. Here is my paragraph(s) written within the two minute time frame and then additional time to rewrite with more details. — The prairie grasses stand tall in the deep road ditch. They…
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I bought my niece a book
I bought my niece a book. Buying her a book is not a new thing or a thing worthy of a blog post. What is worthy of a blog post is that my niece is not like everyone else. Her ribs are flared out instead of following the normal path. Her body moves a bit…
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Making Time for Writing – Teachers Write
This summer I have signed up for a virtual summer writing camp called “Teachers Write.” I know – it probably sounds silly right. I mean, I am a freelance writer. I get paid to write. I shouldn’t struggle with writing. But I do when it comes to myself. I can be handed a writing assignment…
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It’s Monday. What Are You Reading? June 4
Each Monday, I keep on telling myself I am going to start posting what I am reading, which is hosted by Teach Mentor Texts. Each week, I find a reason not to post my list. I won’t give you the many reasons excuses I have for not posting. Today I decided to go ahead, suck…
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Summer (June) Goals
Yeah! It is the start of summer for us today since Kory’s official school work is done! I love summer. Always have. As a kid, it meant no school, plenty of time to play outdoors, eating watermelon (and having watermelon seed spitting contests with my siblings and cousins) and lots of time swimming! As an…
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Wordless Wednesday – My Name in Print
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A sliver of time
I should be making my family dinner. Instead I’m trying to throw together a post for today. So this is my slice for the day. Just a sliver of time to write. Maybe tomorrow will be a better writing day. I’m posting every Tuesday as part of the weekly Slice of Life over at Two Writing Teachers.
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Inspiration Paused
This week I am lacking inspiration for writing. Some weeks and days I can see it all around me. A story here. A story there. This week, I don’t see inspiration at all. Where did it go? Maybe it is the fact that all my paid writing assignments are done and submitted. Maybe it is…