About ten minutes after I put my son down for his morning nap, it occurred to me that the 10th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge is three days away! (He’s five-months-old now, but apparently, I’m suffering from a bit of new mom fog!) The TWT co-author team has posted a lot to help you get ready for both the individual and classroom challenges over the past two months. However, it’s possible you may have missed one of our posts. Or, perhaps, you have a friend or colleague who is on the fence about joining us. Whatever the case, here’s a round-up of our posts that will point you in the right direction so you’re ready to start on Wednesday, March 1st!
INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE
- Overview of the 10th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge for Individual Participants
- First-Time Slicer FAQ’s
- Finding the Permalink to Your Blog Posts (Voicethread Tutorial)
- Participant Information Form
- It takes less than five minutes to fill out this form. If you haven’t already done so, please fill it out as soon as possible.
- Prize Announcement
- Empower Your Teaching by Being a Teacher-Writer
CLASSROOM CHALLENGE
- Overview of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge
- Guest Blog Posts
- A Bakers Dozen by Lee Ann Spillane (high school teacher from Florida)
- A Third-Grade Teacher & Her Students Dive Into the Classroom SOLSC by Shelly Surridge (3rd-grade teacher from Florida)
- The Top Ten Reasons You Should Try the Classroom SOLSC with Your Students This March by Erika Victor (3rd-grade international school teacher from Kuala Lumpur)
- Tips, Tricks, and Routines for Making Your Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge a Success by Katy Collins (6th-grade teacher from Missouri)
- Padlet for Sharing Topic Ideas
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
Soooo excited that a few colleagues are going for it! Watch out, world, there will be lots of slicers in Kuala Lumpur- many students and a few teachers too! Wahoo!
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That’s exciting, Erika!
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I am so excited and NERVOUS to be part of this, but am excited to write alongside my students as we support each other as writers during this challenge.
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Doing it alongside your students is huge! Congrats on taking this huge step with them.
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I am so nervous to be a part of this, but am also excited for the challenge. I can’t wait to write alongside with my students as we support each other during this writing challenge.
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Glad you’ll be joining us!
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Where is the link to sign up? I’m joining for my 3rd year!
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Look up above where it says “participant information form.” Just click on that link and you’ll be directed to a Google Form where you can sign up.
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Every year I get better with this challenge, personally and with my students. Thank you for hosting and sharing so many wonderful resources!
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already signed up but can’t have too many reminders, especially since I fell off the blogging wagon and still haven’t climbed back on — not even with a post for last Tuesday (still in draft folder)… wishing myself and everyone else persistence and stamina
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My class doesn’t have a blog but we use PADLET frequently as well as google drive. Can we participate using that?
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Can people leave comments back to your students?
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Wow – March is here! Thanks for keeping us focused – even with new mom fog! Happy Writing!
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