Call for Slices

86 thoughts on “Call for Slices”

1. LATE! Remembering the Space Shuttle disaster today. http://readingteacherwrites.com/2015/01/28/slice-of-life-…ies-come-later/

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   1. Here’s your link:
      http://readingteacherwrites.com/2015/01/28/slice-of-life-tuesday-memories-come-later/

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2. Thinking of my OLW: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/sol15-my-olw-open/

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3. Another busy day. Another late night slice.
   http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2015/01/slice-of-life_27.html

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4. Kids were on my side today…

   http://sunsandstone.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-little-understanding.html

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5. An ear worm that’s been making me smile since yesterday — and a (brief) break from the heavier writing I’ve been posting these last months. https://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/its-alright-if-you-love-me/

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6. Been thinking about assessment since watching my own kids’ take their karate test last weekend… http://onathought.com/2015/01/27/a-slice-of-assessment/

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7. http://archermom.blogspot.com/2015/01/an-adageby-me.html

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8. Written while waiting at the doctor’s, once again.
   https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/slice-of-life-tuesday-29/

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9. SOL #4 – Check!
   http://wilsonsj1002.blogspot.com/2015/01/sol-4-random-thoughts-from-today.html

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10. Great video!! I have been absent from Slice for way too long. For that I apologize. Life gets crazy!

    https://catherinetheteacher.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/after-watching-an-ira-glass-video-for-slice-with-twt/

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11. To quote Annie, “Yesterday was plain awful!” Today was a bit better. It’s all about your attitude… or maybe just lack of sleep?
    http://readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2015/01/two-very-different-days.html

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12. Here is my slice about learning to make my own info graphic last week. Teachers have to stay learners! https://teachernextdoor.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/my-latest-tech-tool-experiment-piktochart-and-the-value-of-infographics/

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13. My eyes are glazed over and I’m super tired. Yup, my semester grades were due today! I think my slice reveals my mental and physical state 🙂

    https://readwritehear.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/a-teachers-haiku-ode-to-grading/

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14. Inspired by twowritingteachers, I am revamping my blog for pd to upload pd and to be a site to inspire teachers to write in my area – South SF Bay, CA. I will write (and host in the March challenge) but some of that daily posting will be putting presentations on the new site and customizing the blog.
    http://wp.me/p3cml8-fS

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15. My slice…a bit late!! But, full of happy!! http://oneschooldayatatime.blogspot.com/2015/01/sol15-today-this-day-12715.html

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16. My post is a reaction to a blog post a friend shared with me from WeAreTeachers.com about positive mindsets. 🙂

    http://www.learnerinspired.com/checked-mind-set-lately/

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17. And it will be fine…http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2015/01/take-deep-breath.html

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18. I started this slice a few days ago, but wasn’t inspired to finish it until today…

    http://memoirsfromthebelly.blogspot.com/2015/01/ive-never-been-good-at-living-in-moment.html

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    1. My children are now grown ups , but some of my best memories are of snuggling up to read with the. You have to be in the moment then!

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19. Enjoying the snow day in a warm house, but finding time to meet with my co-writer.
    http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2015/01/thanks-to-stacey-dana-tara-betsy-anna.html

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20. This is the first time I have ever posted a piece of writing!
    http://cdonohue3.edublogs.org/

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    1. Hi Chris!

       Glad you’re joining us. Sorry it took awhile for your comment to post. It was stuck in our spam folder.

       Going-forward, be sure to use the permalink to your blog post so others can find the exact one. In this week’s case, the permalink to your slice of life story is http://cdonohue3.edublogs.org/2015/01/27/first-slice/.

       My best,
       Stacey

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21. I shall be joyful. http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2015/01/word-of-year-2015-joyful.html

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22. A mix of a slice and a book review with my extra dramatic kindergartener son:
    http://abitofanalliterate.com/2015/01/27/reading-life-flora-ulysses/

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23. Here is my slice. It is Love Letter to Myself as part of the #YearofHappiness Project: http://www.maryanderingcreatively.com/january-yearofhappy-love-letter/

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24. Dana – I just had to say I wrote my slice, posted it and then scrolled to the top to see what your opening was. O so perfect for my thinking today about Beginners mind. It is what I had been telling my self for the last few days. I need a body of work – years of garden, notebooks of drawing and stories. Thanks for the post. Perfect!

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25. Beginners Mind: Learning a new skill
    https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/beginners-mind-learning-a-new-skill/

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    1. It sounds like a wonderful experience. As teachers, we have so little time to just talk to each other. I have been curious about these conferences -they call them “unconferences” in NJ. I’m encouraged to try one out.

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    2. I’m new to this site and I think I may have posted this comment in the wrong place -meant for marc-aureled

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       1. No worries, Chris. That reply button is in an odd place. At any rate, please know that you can comment directly on individual blogs as you read them. There is typically a comment box near the bottom of each person’s page. Thanks for reading some Slices today!

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26. It has been a while since I have sliced but I have renewed energy about writing since attending nErDcamp Northern New England. Here is a slice about my time at nErDcamp: https://myrandomwonderings.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/nerdcamping-in-northern-new-england/

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27. Favorite part of my day 😀
    https://imanlilysaad.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/my-favorite-part-of-a-very-long-day/

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28. Fidgeting (Mis) Diagnosed?!
    http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2015/01/fidgeting-misdiagnosed.html

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29. Wasn’t sure I was going to post today since I took a mini vacation and wasn’t sure I would be home.

    https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/mini-vacation/

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30. It has been a difficult several months both personally and professionally. Through this season I have learned the deep sustaining nature of faith and all about perseverance. I am starting to write about it. https://writekimwrite.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/to-be-true/

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    1. This URL is taking me to a page not found. Try double checking your link.

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    2. Thanks, Dana. It should work now! 🙂

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31. Love the Ira Glass inspiration, Dana! Here’s my slice, influenced by the movie “Boyhood”:
    https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-tuesday-its-always-right-now/

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32. Canceling school for not-a-lot of snow irks me for many reasons. What about the kids who live in underheated homes? What about the kids who rely on the free breakfast and free lunch progrrams to eat? What about the loss of time in classrooms? I know the time is made up in June, but learning in June doesn’t look like the learning that takes place in January.

    So… yesterday, when school was canceled around here for 2″ of snow, I discovered something wonderful about my daughter’s love of school. More on that here:
    https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/music-to-my-educator-ears-snowday-sol15/

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33. Dana, the video from Ira Glass, host of This American Life., is a WOW! I am thankful for this gift that will be an opener for my workshop next week on Reflective Writing. Today’s slice is about my noticings and wonderings during the blizzard. http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/01/chronicling-historic-storm-2015.html Perhaps, this will give you the incentive to hear winter whisper to you.

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34. I usually give out writer’s notebooks earlier in a school year. This school year I gave them out today. Never too late, I hope.

    http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2015/01/never-too-late-for-writers-notebook.html

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35. Need a book to grab your heart? https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/the-hickory-chair/

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36. Thanks, Dana, for the Ira Glass video share.
    Sometimes I’m like the farmer’s wife . . . spending my day hopping from distraction to distraction.
    http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2015/01/come-wander-with-me.html

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37. Answering a question from our Jar of Memories

    http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2015/01/tuesday-sol-12715-what-did-you-enjoy-in.html

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38. Thank you all for your support last week. Here is another little slice for you and a beginning for me as Ira shares with us.

    https://agurneyblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/one-little-word-adult/

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39. Planning for Snow is the Best http://wp.me/p3Gehh-vY

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40. One of my most common dreams became a reality last week.

    http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-reality-of-dream.html

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41. I’m thinking how I can use that Ira Glass clip to inspire teachers at my school. On that serious note, here are some funny things said in my classroom last week.

    https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/a-funny-week-the-haha-kind-mostly/

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42. A little slice about my mom sending texts to remind me to breathe (my OLW) …

    http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2015/01/sols-texts-to-breathe.html

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43. http://rdgtchr.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-have-friend-i-have-friend-who-is.html

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44. ttps://showgem.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/snow-day/

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    1. A typo is making this an inactive link. Here is your URL:

       https://showgem.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/snow-day/

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45. http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2015/01/slice-of-life-creed.html

    Ira Glass is so thought provoking. I’ll need to return to this again. Thanks Dana!

    I started a graduate class this spring, and found some writing I had done last fall tucked away in my notebook.

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46. going off to do some Staff Dev. today…praying for all of you that are buttoned down today ….all cozy and warm xo https://lovenancxoxo.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/love-of-learning/

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47. I love that video, Dana! Thanks so much for sharing it with us today. We had three hours of school yesterday. What can you accomplish in three hours? Plenty!
    https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-reading-before-the-blizzard/

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48. On some moments I almost missed

    https://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/moments/

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49. Several middle grade books I’ve read lately inspired a post about goldfish…http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2015/01/slice-of-life-death-of-goldfish.html

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50. I love writing lists and today I’m sharing a list I discovered when I couldn’t use our downstairs bathroom.

    http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2015/01/slice-of-life-fitbit-strategies.html

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    1. Hi Mary,
       Tried leaving a comment, Not sure you have a spot. Loved BGD.. So cool you can read it with your kids.
       Jealous!

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51. dreaming about brown girl dreaming… and naming the missing https://itsallaboutkidsandliteracy.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/dreaming-about-brown-girl-dreaming/?preview=true&preview_id=242&preview_nonce=f0969a0a41&post_format=standard

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    1. I’d love to leave a comment on your beautiful post- am I missing the place on your blog where I can do so?

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       1. Hi Tara, Thank you. I can’t figure out how to make a comment section. I’ve gone through all the areas that make sense to me. Any guidance you can give me would be much appreciated! Thanks again, Mary

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       2. Tara, I set it up for comments if you’d like to try again. I’d love to read your comments/thoughts 🙂 Thank you.

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    2. I didn’t see a comment box on your blog. I loved Brown Girl Dreaming, too. The beauty of the words, the story, the message – all of it. I see it resonated with you, too. Definitely a book to be read and reread.

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       1. Hi Dana, Thank you. I can’t figure out how to make a comment section. I’ve gone through all the areas that make sense to me. Any guidance you can give me would be much appreciated! Thanks again, Mary

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       2. I have set up comments Dana if you want to try again. Thank you!!

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52. Way, way off Broadway, there is wonderful theater!
    http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2015/01/sol2105-to-like-what-you-do.html

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53. Remembering to listen, really listen:
    http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2285
    Tammy

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54. Sending warm thoughts to my cold weather friends.

    I am embracing my classroom philosophy and teaching style. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/ancora-imparo/

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55. Amazing that the temperature yesterday in Iowa was in the 50s and the East Coast is bracing for “Thunder Snow” with NYC subway shutting down , . . I’m anticipating lots of great reading and writing from my New England friends!

    Meanwhile back in Iowa, it’s district-wide writing assessment time! YAY!
    https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/sol15-yay-writing-assessments/

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56. Sometimes my excuses get the best of me:
    http://sweetwritinglife.blogspot.com/2015/01/ending-excuses-sol-1-27-15.html

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57. Good luck to all of the East Coasters during the blizzard! Here’s hoping you have enough books to keep you busy. 🙂

    https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-grocery-help/

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58. Wrapping up our Mock Geisel – Caldecott – Newbery days! http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2015/01/solsc-12715-mock-celebration.html

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    1. Michele, I tried to reply to your blog, but couldn’t get it to let me. 😦 I was excited to read about your Mock book awards. I’m so excited for next Monday. I noticed you mentioned the link for the webcast. I haven’t been able to find that yet. Can you share it with me?

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       1. Here’s the link for the webcast – http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2015/live/
          -Ramona

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       2. Thank you SO much! 🙂

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59. Here’s one with my compliments to the Slicing Community

    http://thirdandrosedale.blogspot.com/2015/01/gratitude.html

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60. When have students made enough progress? Ever???

    http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/progress-when-does-progress-equal.html

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61. https://thirdmusings.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/recalculating/
    Although a hard one to write…..it was good to remember how helpful putting words on the page can be.

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62. Where No Dog Dared to Go (into the winds of Juno)
    http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-where-no-dog-dared-to-go/
    Kevin

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63. Woken at 3AM by very loud snow plows, so I’m posting early. Hoping everyone stays safe and warm through the blizzard! Writing about writing today… http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2015/01/in-good-company.html

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64. I love Ira Glass! This post is about words and family and nerdiness. https://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-a-bad-english-assignment-gone-nerdy/

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65. you never know
    https://otterlanding.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/you-never-know-what-information-is-going-to-be-useful-when-you-grow-up/

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    1. I enjoyed your post -I often am surprised by the useful tidbits of information from long ago that come to mind at just the right moment.

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66. I think I could listen to Ira Glass all day long, Dana. What a nice gift you’ve given today. Hope all the slicers in the east are safe and cozy at home. We are hearing such tales here in Colorado where it’s about 70 degrees. Crazy weather! I’m playing catch up with this class and wrote today about discovering their reading habits: http://www.teacherdance.org/2015/01/examining-reading-habits-great.html

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