CLASSROOM SLICE OF LIFE STORY CHALLENGE: DAY 20 OF 31
Welcome to Day 20!
Have you ever spent a day waiting for something: good news, new shoes, a soccer game, or a visit from a special relative? Can you remember the way all that “waiting” was harder and harder to do as the day went along? That was just how Maddie felt as she had to wait for some news in this slice of life:
Today was the day. After all this waiting, I would find out! The day I had been awaiting since Easter. Today I would find out if it were going to be a boy or a girl!
All day, I just wanted to get to the end of the day. That is when I would get the text message with the news. All possible thoughts raced through my head!
If it’s a girl: I would have to share my room, but then I would get to re-decorate it. I could dress her up and braid her hair. I would get a break from my three brothers!
If it’s a boy: Four brothers! I could play sports with him. I wouldn’t have to share a room and I would remain the “princess” of the family.
The day happened to be Civil War day. Emily and I were rushing down to the lunchroom. We were talking about the baby and guessing whether it would be a boy or girl. Our conversation was interrupted when we heard “Maddie, wait”! My friend lives across the street from the school and they are family friends. Her mom was standing there with a big grin. My other friend’s mom was filming me with her phone. I was very confused. That’s when I was handed a paper by the mom not filming me. It was a stiff white piece of paper. There were pink letters on the front spelling out “Madison Jones”. The folded paper became heavy as I figured out that this was the information I had been waiting for!
I slowly opened it to the blue and pink letters. Awe was my feeling, and I was speechless… but only for a second. Then, I screamed with joy! Emily and I were both jumping up and down. The words on the paper were big, bold and neatly written…
It’s a GIRL!!!
Happy Slicing!
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOLSC Classroom bloggers.
Useful Links:
- Katie’s Slice of Life invitation Googledoc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DxqpPw3TieVT5BMu-vKhg4Px6ACucCkgVZW7ZFyqdXQ/edit?usp=sharing
- 31 Slices (ideas for topics)
- Essential Information (includes classroom materials, details on Twitter hashtags, and thoughts about commenting)
- Q&A About the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge (watch a video call with elementary school students)
The Life of a 5th Grader
https://thelifeofa5thgrader.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/
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Forgot to upload the link to my students’s posts yesterday – suffering from pregnant brain! 🙂
http://6bslicers.blogspot.com/2015/03/slice-of-life-20.html
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https://writetoteach93.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/student-writing-big-idea-ideasspring-break-plans-etc/
Spring break plans, Big Idea Ideas!
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Last day before spring break…who knows where their minds are
http://cpsk12studentblogs.blogspot.com/2015/03/day-20.html
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Students were on their own today – Sup’t Conference Day. I missed some postings somehow… so a few day 18 and 19 may be sprinkled in our postings.
http://kidblog.org/FabulousFifths/
http://kidblog.org/FabulousFifths-2/
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http://www.behindthescenesinfirstgrade.com/march-slice-of-life-story-writing-challenge.html
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http://wp.me/p5Fbpk-4a sometimes small opportunities render big inspiration!
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Celebrating beauty through our National Park Service http://windows2mylife.blogspot.com/2015/03/20-quick-year-was-1872-who-designated.html
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I am able
a sign
to remember
https://askwhatelse.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/sol15-i-am-able/
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Day 20: http://kidblog.org/DarbyCreekWrites/
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Found notes I made months ago from a dream I had, turned my description into a poem. http://discoveredjewels.blogspot.com/2015/03/capture.html
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Third Grade Bloggers
http://3sbbloggers.edublogs.org/2015/03/20/march-20-2015-classroom-slice-of-life/
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Fourth graders are blogging here: http://kidblog.org/MrsLindosClass2/
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Conferences are over, report cards are done and these 5th graders are geared up for a 2 week break! Let’s see who keeps up the challenge on their own! (and hopefully their teacher remembers to post daily too!)
All blogs: http://kidblog.org/mrsmena2014/
Day 20 up later today: http://kidblog.org/mrsmena2014/8d1e2272-0a20-4f27-b717-25433eec97e8/solsc-day-20-friday/
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Third graders from Southern California
http://kidblog.org/class/castlebloggers2014-2015/posts
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Fourth and Fifth graders from Chicago!
http://bigtimeliteracy.blogspot.com/2015/03/classroom-slice-of-life-32015.html
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Not as many bloggers today but here we are! http://kidblog.org/MrsRogersClass14-15/ and http://kidblog.org/MrsCampbellsClass14-15/
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Grade 6’ers musings from Kuala Lumpur – Blessed to have the author, Ji Li, Jiang visiting us. An amazing story of resilience and hope. Enjoy http://iskl6aslicers.blogspot.com/2015/03/slice-of-life-20-welcome-ji-li-jiang.html
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Tara, thanks for all the inspiring models. My students wrote weather poems and we also tried the Remember the time form. http://kidblog.org/class/SliceofLifeChallenge/posts
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Grade 6 students in Malaysia – trying to keep the ideas afloat…
https://smpeters5.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/slice-20-reflections-ruminations/
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The third graders in Malaysia have lots of ideas!
http://3evsolcc.blogspot.com/2015/03/solcc20-march-20-2015.html
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I had conferences, too, like Max above. Lots of good talk, and now those students have a long weekend ahead. Here are the start of the slices for the first day of spring: http://lindaandjk.blogspot.com/2015/03/solc-20-due-friday-at-8-pm.html
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A busy day of conferences for me and half my students. Will any students Slice about their conferences?
http://maxandkam.blogspot.com/2015/03/solcs-march-20-friday.html
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