It’s hard to believe March is almost here. Even though I suffer from seasonal allergies, I’ve never been so happy about spring’s arrival. (This winter has been brutal!) But even more than the first day of spring, I’m looking forward to writing with you next month!
Just a few things to think about before March begins:
- PLEASE complete the Participant Information Form if you’re planning to participate in the individual challenge. It will take you less than five minutes to enter your information into a Google Form, which will Robin Sheldon, our Welcome Wagon Coordinator. Further, it assists us with timely prize distribution in April. CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE FORM NOW if you haven’t already done so.
- NOTE: Your personal information won’t be sold. Only the co-authors and Robin have access to your responses.
- If you have a friend or colleague who is taking the challenge for the first time, please encourage him/her to fill out the form asap. Robin is matching Welcome Wagon volunteers with first-time Slicers. The sooner she has everyone’s information, the faster she can match new Slicers with seasoned ones.
- Some Classroom Challenge teachers have inquired about prizes for their students. You can purchase class sets of SOL stickers in our Cafepress Store (or you can make them yourself using the SOL button). Remember: all of the profits from the sales in our Cafepress store will be donated to the Pajama Program, which:
provides new pajamas and new books to children in need, many of whom are waiting and hoping to be adopted. These children live in various situations including group homes, shelters and temporary housing facilities and are shuffled often from one place to another. Many of them have been abandoned, abused or neglected. Most of these children have never enjoyed the simple comfort of having a mother or father tuck them in at bedtime with warm, clean pajamas and a bedtime story. Some of the children we serve are living with their families below the poverty level, in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter. (Retrieved on 8/29/14 from pajamaprogram.org.)
- If you haven’t read our nuts & bolts posts about the individual and classroom challenges, please read them today:
- Finally, if you’re still on the fence about joining our March writing challenge, then please read a piece I wrote for the Stenhouse Blog last week, “Become a Teacher Who Writes.”
This is my first slice
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I’ve been slicing for a while, but this is the first year I’ve gotten anyone to do it with me! Super excited to have this first year teacher join the Slice of Life Community this year! Please welcome him! http://alexlantis.blogspot.com/2015/02/developing-inner-champion.html
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The sound of cement
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-sound-of-cement.html
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Will family treasures find a home? https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/sol2015-treasures-of-the-past/
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https://thinkingthroughmylens.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/learning-in-the-intersections/
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It’s been a long day, but we’re ready: http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2015/02/slice-of-life-are-we-brave-enough.html
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Sharing our plans for celebrating Read Across America:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/read-across-america-is-coming/
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Love my writing group! http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/2015/02/slice-of-life-tuesdaywriting-love.html
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http://archermom.blogspot.com/2015/02/homebody.html
I think I may be anti-social. 🙂
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Okay, better late than never, I suppose. Here is my first slice of life post. Am You Crazy? http://www.loriacarter.com/slice-of-life
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I’m glad you’re joining us, Lori. When you link, be sure to leave the permalink to your post in the body of the comment as well. Here is what your permalink from today looks like: http://www.loriacarter.com/slice-of-life/are-you-crazy. LMK if you have any questions.
THANKS!
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Thanks for the pointer! I forgot all about the permalink in gathering my courage to actually post it. LOL! Now I know how my students really feel.
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A little SOLSC poem to gear up for March! http://readingteacherwrites.com/2015/02/24/slice-of-life-…solsc-in-march/
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Heard in room 37 today: “I groaned on accident.”
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Readying for March! http://www.klingercafe.com/2015/02/im-going-to-slice.html
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I’ts late and I am still trying to catch up – re-enter life after 4 days int eh Grand Canyon hiking top to bottom and back!
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2015/02/learning-on-vacation.html
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I’m ready for winter to be gone.
http://you-get-what-you-get-lori.blogspot.com/2015/02/no-postage-required.html
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Over break, we had that one “warm” day (ie. above 20*) so for a few minutes I just soaked it up. . .
http://parentingandpedagogy.blogspot.com/2015/02/sledding.html
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Just a rant – feel free to pass this one up…
http://sunsandstone.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-testing-rant.html
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I did it! I’m here! I am ready to write! My first slice in a looooong time. I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long!
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Get it down on paper. http://1stinmaine.blogspot.com/2015/02/sol-getting-it-on-paper.html
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I got what I deserved: why revision matters
http://useyouroutsidevoice.blogspot.com/2015/02/i-got-what-i-deserved-why-revision.html
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Today, I am deviating from story format to serve a slice of a positivity with motion and rhyme combined. http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-slice-of-positivity.html
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It’s something special when first graders talk animals.
http://www.readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2015/02/magical-moments.html
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Gearing up for the March challenge, and working with students on opinion writing.
http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2015/02/trying-to-get-those-third-grade.html
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I have been trying all day to get a post finished… but when you read this one you can guess how else I (gladly) spent my time instead: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/soulshine/
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A bit of spring on my table! https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/slice-of-life-tuesday-33/
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Can I get an amen? Florida Governor suspends testing for eleventh graders: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2015/02/can-i-get-amen.html?m=1
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Finding joy amid the chaos . . .
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2015/02/sometimes-its-little-things.html
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Turning 40. http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2015/02/rejecting-rejection.html
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Another parenting slice, this time about what it’s like to be a perfectionist trying to parent a traumatized child: http://wp.me/p2Pe2s-1fQ
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I am gearing up for the SOL challenge coming soon. I’m excited!! But, instead of making a list of ideas I might be able to draw from for writing topics, I keep thinking of all the other things that need to be done!
http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-plate-runneth-over.html
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Frustration with a government agency
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2015/02/tuesday-sol-22415-dealing-with-social.html
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This is not what I expected to find in my bed this morning!
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When time is short – the value of routines
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Reflecting on practice – working on Biography UoS: http://teachersasinnovators.com/2015/02/24/biography-uos/ Linking fiction & nonfiction through narrative structures. Story is a powerful vehicle for learning.
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Etching love and peace through breath
http://deepbreathstowrite.blogspot.com/
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Hi Marie,
I’m glad you’re here today. When you link, be sure to leave the permalink to your post in the body of the comment as well. Here is what your permalink from today looks like:
http://deepbreathstowrite.blogspot.com/2015/02/there-are-very-few-vivid-memories-of-my.html.
Thanks,
Stacey
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A new blogger and excited! Thanks to Linda Baie and Two Writers for this opportunity!
http://jkamazingblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-first-time.html
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A little Hoosier Hysteria…and it’s not about basketball…
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Reflecting on “Word Study” in grade 1 – How can student work inform instruction? Or at least be an additional piece of the puzzle?
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I was blessed by a few cold days and this is a slice about the project that I started. https://agurneyblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/stitches/
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Alien Robots Giant Perch and Cold?
http://www.nothing2read.com/2015/02/alien-robots-giant-perch-and-cold.html
Getting back into the slice of life Tuesday after a long Hiatus
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It’s been a while since I have shared. Looking forward to the challenge coming up.
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March Fears…A Writer Gone Dormant
http://show–nottell.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-writer-gone-dormant.html
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Some of us have to get by without Photoshop http://jwc123.weebly.com/home/untouched
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Hi, Slicers. I have to rush off to school now and will comment this evening.
Sharing my blog and sharing my home with my mother now. Learning curve….
http://wp.me/P3cml8-gn
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I couldn’t find your slice of life story when I went to your blog. Would you be able to re-share the link? Thanks!
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Hi Stacey! I seem not to have saved or published the post – in a rush this a.m. I found my post now and have to figure out how to make it visible.
Sorry. laura
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Hi, I think I fixed the visibility of my morning post. Sorry, but I have too many layers in the blog and need to streamline it!
http://wp.me/P3cml8-gn
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I have an unreasonable (?!) love of snow days …
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When a moment does not go as expected…https://writekimwrite.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/it-is-not-so/
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I attended a most amazing concert last night. Two ouds, a saran and a duduk.
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Looking forward to March – for warmer weather and slicing with all of you. Today’s slice is a video of snow day fun for my son.
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2015/02/snow-day-fun.html
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Excited for the challenge … that I had to write about it today! I share some of my own SOLSC tips to the new or experienced!
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2015/02/sol15-10-tips-for-challenge.html
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My first foray….
https://bayouwarrior.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/along-the-bayou-
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Donut SOL: https://jenniebblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/donut-sol/
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A whirlwind trip to the Twin Cities http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2015/02/slice-of-life-minneapolis.html
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Climbing to the Top of the Rock for MS on Team Kapniss http://wp.me/p3Gehh-wR
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This is my first attempt at slicing! I am hoping to join the March challenge. Thanks!
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Glad you’re here today, Lori. When you link, be sure to leave the permalink to your post in the body of the comment as well. Here it is, for those who’d like to visit your blog, http://www.galleystreet.blogspot.com/2015/02/welcome-to-galley-street.html.
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Thank you, Stacey! I wondered why my post did not look like everyone else’s.
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Why I’ll be taking the slice of life challenge this March: http://jackieregales.com/2015/02/24/slos-challenge/
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Just a simple thought this week: Connections http://oneschooldayatatime.blogspot.com/2015/02/sol15-22415.html
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For some reason I couldn’t link with the URL you listed above. Here it is again so other people can find your slice of life story.
http://oneschooldayatatime.blogspot.com/2015/02/sol15-connections-22415.html
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Finding peace among the chaos
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It’s a week of exploring for my class this week, and a week of asking questions: http://www.teacherdance.org/2015/02/the-last-before-first.html
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I have finally found a weight training program that works…at least for me.
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I have invited a friend along for the March SOL ride! She is testing the waters today. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/spreading-the-sol-love/
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How my heart got lighter
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Just Waiting.
http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2015/02/sol-wait.html
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A call for teachers to sign up classrooms for March Madness 2015! Have them read and vote on “freshly written” poetry for kids starting March 12 and running April 2! It may help you keep your mind of the snow!
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2015/02/march-madness-poetry-2015-soon.html
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http://mywritingstoriesbysally.blogspot.com/2015/02/my-housea-memoir.html
One post today and then 31 straight starting Sunday!! I’m getting excited!!
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Let’s talk engagement, No, not that kind.
http://thirdandrosedale.blogspot.com/2015/02/engagement-or-lack-thereof.html
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Some questions will never be answered.
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Taking risks in the classroom:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/slice-of-life-tuesday-not-playing-it-safe-in-the-classroom/
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My students commit to the March Slice of Life Challenge. Let the slicing begin!
http://sweetwritinglife.blogspot.com/2015/02/getting-ready-to-slice-sol-2-24-15.html
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Really #60???
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/secretary-of-state-60.html
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I feel like this post wrote itself while I was actually living it. Funny how writing every day plays with one’s brain. 🙂
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Reflecting on our learning from the Dublin Literacy Conference by closely reading it!
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2398
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The night’s quiet punctuated by falling snow and ice off the roof ..
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2015/02/24/slice-of-life-ice-falls/
Kevin
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And a bonus media Zeega to celebrate Slice of Life — http://zeega.com/171418
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Driving Lessons
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2015/02/slice-of-life_24.html
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A rather serious reflection for this last slice before our March challenge!
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2015/02/reflection-on-pupil-points-finger.html
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a little slice
http://thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2015/02/slice-of-life-took-it.html
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Introducing students to the Slice of Life community
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I don’t want to write, but I’m here…sometimes that has to be enough. http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2015/02/i-dont-want-to-write.html
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A disco break, a school visit and questions to ponder.
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2015/02/slice-of-life.html
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http://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2015/02/bitstrips-help-to-tell-our-story.html
Thanks to @Dogtrax for getting me to think about comics and telling a story through Bitstrips!
Our Weather Woes
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Struggles to find kindness
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Reflecting on a year of growing pains as a teacher and leader:
It’s been a challenging year, a questioning year, a tough year, a leave me alone year, an introspective year, a growing year, a bring it on year…
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