Be a teacher who writes. Join the SOLSC!
Published by Stacey Shubitz
I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels. View all posts by Stacey Shubitz
I will be participating for the first time. Thank you for including the link to Rachel’s blog! When I hear the word “story” I think of fiction, and it’s reassuring to know that we can write about anything, in any genre. I post to a blog a couple times a month, but I’m up for the challenge of daily writing!
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I am so excited about getting all 3 of my Middle School classes in on the challenge this year. Can someone point me to a link for a sampling of middle school slices? Is there such a thing? It’s Sunday evening, my lesson plans aren’t finished and there are still papers to grade! No time to hunt for such a thing! Thanks in advance!
Trish
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I am ready to challenge myself again, as a second-time SOLC participant! And this year, I’m a new librarian, too, so I’m going to try and connect my writing with books and reading as much as possible–a challenge times two!
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I love the new logo! It is so cheerful and packed with vitamin C after this very long winter!
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I’ve been on a Cara Cara orange kick for weeks. Maybe it’s related to this fun image!
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Making the commitment to write every day (some years I am better than others!) improved my teaching so much! I got to feel what it is like to have nothing to write about, and yet need to write anyway. I was reminded what it feels like to be a student and have the teacher “force” writing time on me and my brain, and what to do when my brain won’t cooperate. It also reminded me that not all writing takes place when pen hits paper, so to speak. I started to think like a writer, and to have patience with students who seemed to be wasting writing time. It helped me come up with strategies for helping my students get started and keep going, instead of just sharpening their pencil for 27 minutes.
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Love that final line, Lisa!
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I am not sure I can write a slice of life daily, but I sure want to try. So I am in. Just saying it publicly & committing makes it easier. (I hope)
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Excited and I am working on/with a group of students who are up for the challenge. We will do and learn together. Wouldn’t be so courageous without this community to support the work.
By the way, love the new logo.
Julieanne
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Love the logo! I may give it a try. Writing every day? Yikes. That scares me a bit!
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You can do it with the support of this community! I hope you’ll give it a try.
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Are we slicing today? Not sure if I should share my link here or not…I sliced about student collaboration and how that inspires me to be a better collaborator myself. http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2014/02/collaboration.html
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Yes! Tara’s call for slices is up now.
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Love, love, love the new logo! (It matches my blog! lol!!) I can’t wait to slice and slice with my students and help out. I’m working on getting teachers to slice as well!!! Can’t wait!
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Yes! It is time for extensive writing and commenting. And I’ve challenged a group of teachers I went to the English Conference at Asilomar 61 with to join us and write daily.
I am happy to be a hostess because that gives me more responsibility to the work.
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Please link your slice of life story on today’s call for slices, https://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/16207/. Thanks!
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Love the logo! Have to start using it! Next up: trying to add to our district slicing team! That’s a lot of !!! Ha ha. Can you tell I am excited?
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Sweet infographic.
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Thanks Colby (and Catherine).
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Love the new logo and the infographic is terrific! Looking forward to March!
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Got the logo! Love it! I am meeting a colleague in a few days to get her set up for Slicing! Yay!
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Yea! Way to bring more people into the fold, Margaret. Will you be slicing with your students again?
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Yes, we will be slicing again. They would not miss it!
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Love the logo and am super excited for Slice of Life Challenge. I was one of those who was sure I couldn’t do it but I was wrong! A little push and encouragement from this great community of writers I have completed two years of writing everyday (well almost) in March. Yeah for March!
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Terrific logo, Betsy!
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