
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 SOL bloggers.
And for inspiration today:
“It’s not really that mystical. It’s like repeated practice over and over and over again. Then suddenly you become something that you had no idea you could really be.”
~Ta-Nehisi Coates
Listen to more of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s advice here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
It’s not too late to join our very own Stacey Shubitz to catch up on the four-week online discussion group of her latest book, Craft Moves. It began on August 8 and runs through the month. Click here to check it out!
Today is National Book Lover’s Day. How did you celebrate?
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2016/08/slice-of-life-sharing-book-love.html
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Squeezing in a little Olympic slice of dreams!
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2016/08/olympic-dreams-sol16.html
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I want to read your post, but you didn’t leave a link to it 😉 I have a 4-year-old boy, too, so you’ve piqued my curiosity.
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Special Day – a diary style entry to my four year old about a day he won’t remember but I don’t want to forget.
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http://mustwrighte.blogspot.com/2016/08/listen-to-your-heart.html
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Summer, feels like I hardly knew ye. But, summer reading, we got pretty tight. http://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2016/08/slice-of-summer-reading-life.html
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Are you ready? Am I? Back-to-school post. http://wp.me/p3eVyl-ih
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Thoughts for educators on Pokemon GO!
https://daywells.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/lets-talk-about-pokemon-go/
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http://galleystreet.blogspot.com/2016/08/seeing-stones-part-two.html?m=1
Seeing the magic in seeing stones…
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It’s late but it’s here! I wrote a little something about our family vacation last week using 5-word “sentences.”
https://therealityofeverythingsite.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/lakeside/
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Remembering a dear friend today
https://jaanawrites.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/remembering-an-extraordinary-friend/
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https://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/august-9-2016/
After reading THE HISTORY OF LOVE by Nicole Krauss.
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Another blogger’s post caused me to remember the power failure of a few years ago. http://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2016/08/power-failure-opportunities.html
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Slice of what happens when I have time to think. Not a narrative – more an essay of questions
http://wp.me/p3cml8-1e6
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Alive and well thank you…
http://wp.me/pPury-1IZ
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My last week of summer and I catch a cold!
https://shawndastories.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/do-i-really-have-a-cold-in-august/
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Why is it uncomfortable to answer “Do you want to be great?”
http://goo.gl/a0zHT7
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The important of family ! https://teachworkoutlove.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/sol-importance-of-family/
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Thanks for the discussion group plug, Beth!
I’m in with a haiku about affection:
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/wiped-off-kisses/.
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I am currently reading Coates’ book. Fantastic. Thinking about my week with family: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/sol16-summer-in-seaside-or/
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Continuing with my 52 Weeks of Thankfulness, a story of an joyful encounter.
http://haddonmusings.com/2016.08/08/
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The Importance of Family: https://wordpress.com/stats/insights/teachworkoutlove.wordpress.com
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Here’s the permalink to your post: https://teachworkoutlove.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/sol-importance-of-family/.
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Can I delete this comment ? I reposted the right link ! Thank you!
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A Necessary Getaway
https://writing328.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-getaway/
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More important than water???
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/more-important-than-water/
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Do you have a business card? Let me know on this slice inspired by a PD event I attended this summer:
https://marilynyung.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/teachers-do-you-have-a-business-card/
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Having fun reliving the first six years of our granddaughters lives.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2016/08/tuesday-sol-8916-starting-new-scrapbook.html
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Our Hedge Named Steve
http://thisandthatbee.blogspot.ca/2016/08/slice-of-life-our-hedge-named-steve.html
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Looking at achievement in thirty minute intervals. https://www.instituteforwriters.com/week-ten-writing-for-children-and-teens.aspx
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It’s my last day of summer, but I’m not sad.
https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/its-the-last-day-of-summer/
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Saturday was a two hug day.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-two-hug-day/
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Here’s my Slice of Life Post for this week! https://lisaorchard.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/can-reading-save-the-human-species/
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Sand at the Beach: http://suttonswonderings.blogspot.com/2016/08/last-week-alexis-and-i-had-rough-day.html Sometimes days don’t turn out how you expect them, but they can still be absolutely wonderful.
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Hooray for speech therapists! https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/slice-of-life-28/
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A desperate flight (or two) through LL Bean’s flagship store
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/oh-no/
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Reflecting on the blessings of a new grandson
http://coachbsreflections.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-blessed-am-i.html
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Writing about morning pages and my sacred writing time… http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2016/08/sacred-writing-time-my-morning-pages.html
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School starts Thursday. In this post I remember when there was almost a fight in my room. https://midwesternheartindixie.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/when-there-was-an-almost-fight-in-my-classroom/
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First Impressions
https://finaleinfifth.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/first-impressions/
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I attended a fabulous training conference by Project Zero this past week
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2016/08/tuesday-sol-project-zero-not-your.html
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Morning Friends. I’m off… https://digitalbonnie.me/2016/08/09/letters-to-tuvia280-the-journey8-9-16/
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The World Needs More Readers http://www.literacyonthemind.com/2016/08/slice-of-life-world-needs-more-readers.html
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new post: Regression
http://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2016/08/sol16-regression.html
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It’s week 2 of back to school/work, so where am I planning to go later this month???
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/sol16/
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Have you had a good laugh lately? I love to laugh. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/slice-of-life-laughter/
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Feeling grateful to be inspired by Lucy Calkins and more at TCRWP’s August Reading Institute:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/slice-of-life-grattitude/
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Feeling the pressure of public accountability: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2016/08/tuesday-slice-gone-are-days.html
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Ch-ch-changes! Trying to let go of my ego, accept change, and move forward with my new grade level and team:
https://meanderingmaya.wordpress.com/?p=7967
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A beginning in Ningbo, China – https://adeserteducation.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/medical-check/
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Day #1 at the August Reading Institute at TCRWP, where the smartest literacy leaders on the planet share their wisdom and positive teaching energy:
https://funwithreadingandwriting.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/tcrwp-august-reading-institute/
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Thirty days ago I made a lifestyle change! Here’s my reflection about those last 30 days.
https://runreadmom.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/whole-30-love-it-or-loathe-it/
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Wahoo (after the first day of school)!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/wahoo/
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A little flight of fancy. Getting ready for writer’s workshop https://jarhartz.com/2016/08/09/slice-of-life-roller-coaster-rides%E2%80%8B/
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Traveling later in the week, “going home”: https://twowritingteachers.org/2016/08/09/time-for-slice-of-life-tuesday/
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Linda, Here’s your link. http://www.teacherdance.org/2016/08/going-home.html
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Oops! Thanks, Julieanne!
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Do you have a favorite photo of a loved one? Why do you love that particular one?Contemplating a photo of my mom.
https://pencilonmybackporch.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-favorite-photo
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Ironically, I wrote this slice of life anecdote for another prompt about “morning”. Link to my blog is https://patriciamcgoldrickdotcom.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/morning-brew-french-press-to-the-rescue/.
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Meditating on summer…thinking about what’s next!
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/summer-meditations/
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We Live Our Thoughts – http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2016/08/we-live-our-thoughts.html – A slice of life came from deep inside tonight longing to be released into the universe.
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