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Poetry Month Day 9: Depending on When You Met Me

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Today’s #Verselove poetry challenge is to compose a “depending on when you met me” poem. It’s a good way to think about all of the “me’s” I’ve been over the years, and to whom.

Posted byLainie LevinApril 9, 2025Posted inpoetry, poetry monthTags:elementary education, gifted education, learning, national poetry month, poetry month, teaching, writingLeave a comment on Poetry Month Day 9: Depending on When You Met Me

Poetry Month Day 8: Birthright

Picture of writer with her father

Today’s #VerseLove poem explores a gesture (along with a few other choice things) I inherited from my dad.

Posted byLainie LevinApril 8, 2025Posted inpoetry, poetry month, slice of lifeTags:elementary education, learning, national poetry month, poetry, poetry month, slice of life, teaching, writing6 Comments on Poetry Month Day 8: Birthright

Poetry Month, Day 3: Ode to False Spring

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Today, I wanted to write something deep and pithy. Clever, however, butted in line and stole Pithy’s number at the deli counter. Here it is…

Posted byLainie LevinApril 3, 2025Posted inpoetry, poetry monthTags:elementary education, learning, national poetry month, poetry, teaching, writing, writing workshop1 Comment on Poetry Month, Day 3: Ode to False Spring

Poetry Month Day 2: Spring Is

Buttercups in bloom

I wrote this tricube (3 verses, 3 lines each, 3 syllables each) in response to Ethical ELA’s Verselove. I’ve long lurked and read, but finally jumped in and added my two (twenty-seven?) cents…

Posted byLainie LevinApril 2, 2025Posted inpoetry, poetry monthTags:elementary education, learning, national poetry month, poetry, poetry month, teaching, writing1 Comment on Poetry Month Day 2: Spring Is

Poetry Month Day 1: Easing In with an Etheree

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Today, for the start of poetry month, an etheree.

Posted byLainie LevinApril 1, 2025Posted inpoetry, SOLSC, storytellingTags:elementary education, learning, poetry, slice of life, teaching, writing10 Comments on Poetry Month Day 1: Easing In with an Etheree

Slice of Life Day 31: Summing Up

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

This is only my fifth year doing the challenge, but it’s enough time for me to see changes and patterns. The act of writing each March has given a window into myself at the time.

Posted byLainie LevinMarch 31, 2025Posted inslice of life, SOLSCTags:blog, blogging, elementary education, learning, life, mental-health, slice of life, teaching, writing16 Comments on Slice of Life Day 31: Summing Up

Slice of Life Day 30: Yes, and

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Yes, I thought i’d dust off a writing format I’ve used before.

No, I have no guilt about it…

Posted byLainie LevinMarch 30, 2025Posted inslice of life, SOLSCTags:elementary education, learning, slice of life, teaching, writing, writing workshop5 Comments on Slice of Life Day 30: Yes, and

Slice of Life Day 29: On Namesakes

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

If I could have something named after me? oooo this was a fun one!

Posted byLainie LevinMarch 29, 2025Posted inslice of life, SOLSCTags:dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1893, elementary education, gifted, learning, slice of life, teaching, writing19 Comments on Slice of Life Day 29: On Namesakes

Slice of Life Day 25: Mea Culpa

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Forgive me colleagues, for I hath sinned…

Posted byLainie LevinMarch 25, 2025Posted inslice of life, SOLSCTags:elementary education, learning, slice of life, teaching, writing, writing workshop6 Comments on Slice of Life Day 25: Mea Culpa

Slice of Life Day 24: Growing Up

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

What did I want to be when I was five? No idea. But boy, have my plans changed over the years…

Posted byLainie LevinMarch 24, 2025Posted inslice of life, SOLSCTags:dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1891, education, elementary education, learning, slice of life, teaching, writing20 Comments on Slice of Life Day 24: Growing Up

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