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Day 17 of the March SOLSC! #SOL15

Slice and leave at least three comments on three other bloggers today! Try choosing someone you haven't commented on yet to get to know a new writer.

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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 17 of 31

Wow! You are just a bit more than halfway through the March Slice of Life Story Challenge, and this calls for a celebration...

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Day 16 of the March SOLSC! #SOL15

You are at the halfway mark. Keep going. Keep inspiring others to write. Keep reading and writing. It is changing your life for the better.

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 16 of 31

Poetry is a wonderful way to help you think of ideas to slice about. We read many poems in our sixth grade classroom, and each of them seem to invite all of us to remember many stories...

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Day 15 of the March SOLSC! #SOL15

Serve up a slice from your life today and share a comment with at least three other bloggers today!

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 15 of 31

For some of you, March may mean testing time. It might be hard to believe, but taking the test is actually something quite wonderful to write about. There are so many moments to slow down and write about in great detail...

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New Slicer Challenge

New Slicers, we have a challenge for you!

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Day 14 of the March SOLSC! #SOL15

Happy slicing today! Remember to comment on three fellow bloggers today.

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 14 of 31

Slice of Life writing is all about being attentive to everything around you, because you never know where an idea for a writing might be hiding, just waiting to be discovered. Sometimes, a Slice of Life is hiding within plain sight, right outside your window...

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Day 13 of the March SOLSC! #SOL15

What's happening in your world today? Share it here on the thirteenth day of the SOLSC! Be sure to comment on three slicers today as well.

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Classroom Slice of Life March Challenge: Day 13 of 31

One of the favorite Slice of Life topics which my sixth graders love to write about is cooking with family members. Have you baked cookies, made scrambled eggs, cooked up some grits with someone in your family recently? If so, it would make a great Slice of Life.

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Write Without Sight

Do you teach sensory description to your students? Try to write without sight.