SLICE OF LIFE: Day 17/31---Where I'm From

SLICE OF LIFE: DAY 17/31

Today was training for our Elemetary Literacy Framework or E.L.F. In the 3rd-5th grade section they talked about writers' notebooks. One of the exercises that they had everyone do was to take George Ella Lyons' poem: Where I'm From and try it out in their notebooks. Naturally, even as one of the coaches, I did it too. I thought that would make a perfect Slice of Life. Here it is:

I am from small towns

and country fields with streams running through

I'm from adventures with Ellen

And Sunday School with Sara.

I'm from tomato fields and migrant workers

The swing set in the back yard

And pony in the barn.

I'm from baby sitting jobs

And basketball games

I'm from 4-H, Girl Scouts, and Youth Group

I'm from church camp and Girl Scout camp

From ripping out stitches in skirts

And making pineapple upside down cake

From teasing Dale and Detroit cousins.