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Slice 2013 9 of 31: My Day at Teachers College Saturday Reunion

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This morning, I left my house at 5:30 and drove to Teachers College at Columbia University for their spring Reading and Writing Project Saturday Reunion. I spent the day with thousands of dedicated teachers soaking up the wisdom of the amazing presenters. Because I am now quite tired, here is my day in pictures.

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The sky was just beginning to lighten when I pulled out of my driveway.
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The Nave of Riverside Church when we arrived.
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People choosing which sessions to attend as the Nave fills up.
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Katherine Patterson begins her keynote address, “The Richness of Creation”
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“In this bleak time, what our children need is beauty.” Katherine Patterson
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Chris Lehman urging us to use our literature instruction to build social emotional skills.
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Elizabeth Moore modeling how to use demonstrations and experiments as the basis for shared or interactive writing.
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Brooke Geller explaining how to immerse students in articles to prepare them for a research-based argument essay unit.
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I was so excited to meet fellow slicer Melanie Meehan at Brooke’s session. She was sitting right behind me!
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Amanda Hartman reading Seymour Simon’s Super Storms during her session on deeping students’ comprehension of informational text.
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During her closing remarks, Lucy Calkins urged us to treat each other with kindness as we weather “the perfect storm” that is about to hit education.
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Last stop, Bank Street Bookstore!

As you can see, Saturday Reunions are an incredible experience. I learned so much today! You can also explore what others learned by checking out the #TCRWP hashtag on Twitter.  Thank you to Lucy Calkins and everyone at Teachers College for a fabulous day!

Thank you to Stacey and Ruth at Two Writing Teachers for hosting this Slice of Life Challenge!

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