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SOLSC: Day 8 of 31

Stacey Shubitz

Remember to comment on other writers' Slices of Life. Just scroll through the comments and click on the links.
Remember to comment on other writers' Slices of Life. Just scroll through the comments and click on the links.

Welcome to the eighth day of our month-long writing challenge! Please link your Slice of Life Story to this post by leaving a comment (scroll to the bottom of this post) before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time today.

For more information:
  • Click here to get information about implementing this Challenge in your classroom.
  • Click here to learn more about the giveaways.
  • Click here to download the SOLSC Buttons Ruth created.
  • Click here to read about the history of the SOLSC (just scroll down once you arrive at the Challenges Page).

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her new book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

42 thoughts on “SOLSC: Day 8 of 31”

  15. Kelly- I enjoyed your images in your poem. I am experiencing sever technical difficulties in replying to some of the posts… hang on— I’ll figure it out eventually.

  19. Cathy: My responses are in CAPS below.

    Do poems count as slices? YES. THINK OF IT AS FREE-VERSE POETRY IF YOU’RE WRITING A SLICE AS A POEM. COULD BE A NEAT CHALLENGE FOR TOMORROW. CAN YOU PROVIDE ME WITH THE EXACT LINK SO WE CAN SHARE WHAT YOU DID WITH ALL OF OUR READERS?

    I know this isn’t on topic…but Stacey or Ruth, do either of you have any great texts that you love to use to explain showing not telling? I would like to demonstrate this to my second graders, but the texts I’ve gathered so far don’t capture what I’m really looking for. I am trying to write my own too…but want to find a touchstone to use as well.
    FIREFLIES, LIKE LYNELLE SUGGESTED, IS EXCELLENT. I LIKE THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW AND MANY OF POLACCO’S TEXTS.

  25. I know this isn’t on topic…but Stacey or Ruth, do either of you have any great texts that you love to use to explain showing not telling? I would like to demonstrate this to my second graders, but the texts I’ve gathered so far don’t capture what I’m really looking for. I am trying to write my own too…but want to find a touchstone to use as well.

  41. For those of you who have been following my posts on the tire I have an update. Today I looked out to find that it had rolled across the lot, probably because of the high winds, and stopped just in front of my back window. It rests there now, looking up at me expectantly. Eerie.

    http://adventurelifetravel.wordpress.com/

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