Hello and welcome back to the Classroom Slice of Life Challenge!
Do you ever feel stumped because you’re thinking that your stories aren’t exciting enough? You aren’t alone! Lots of writers worry that they need to write about something spectacular in order to be interesting — especially kids. The read about other kids’ trips to Disney, and then wonder if their story about a fight with their brother is good enough.
You can help by writing about small, everyday moments from your own life, and sharing those slices with your students. Your commute to school, kissing your kids goodnight, cooking dinner, cleaning your classroom: these are all GREAT tiny topics to mine for stories, demonstrating that ALL people have experiences worth writing about.
Daylight Savings Time Head’s Up
On Sunday, March 12, at 2:00am, the time in the United States will jump ahead one hour, meaning that there is one less hour for slicing on Sunday. As always, comments will close at midnight, EST. Remember that no matter where in the world you are slicing from, we all have the same window for blogging- it just starts and ends at different times depending on your time zone.
Reminders:
- If you haven’t yet read the Essential Information post, then please click here to read it now before you continue posting the link to your students’ slice of life stories. Don’t forget to keep your students’ identities anonymous for their protection.
- If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom hub or personal blog. Then, share the permalink to the location of the “round up” of student slices. (Click here for more information on how to do this.) Individual students CANNOT link here directly. Students who are under 18 must have an adult linking for them. Any student links left without an adult link will be deleted.
- Only post the link to your students’ slices of life here. Do not post the link to your personal slice of life stories here.
- Remember that when you comment on most blogs for the first time (including Two Writing Teachers), the first comment may need to be moderated by the blog owner before it appears. You should be using the same username/email throughout the challenge – this will help your comments should appear instantly in the future.
- Any questions, please contact one of us.
- If your last name begins with the letters A – F, please email questions to Deb, DebFrazier4 {at} gmail {dot} com
- If your last name begins with the letters G – L, please email questions to Beth, beth [at] elizabethmoore [dot] work
- If your last name begins with the letters M- R please email questions to Kathleen, Mrs.Sokolowski {at} gmail {dot} com
- If your last name begins with the letters S – Z, please email questions to Lanny, Lanny.Ball {at} gmail {dot} com
Finally, we invite you to grab the Classroom SOLSC button if you haven’t already, and use it on your blog. (Spanish version coming soon!)
http://tigerbloggingclub.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/march-10-2017-classroom-sol-3kc-campers/ Third Graders in 3rd Grade Berwyn, Illinois!
We’re getting better at our blogging! 🙂
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https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-dehaan-and-ms-wells/posts
Our newest edition for #SOL17 -Such a beautiful to hear my writers ask, “Do we have time to blog?” LOVE IT!!!! PUSH!
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I missed a day, but my students did not! Please poke around a bit and spread some comment love. They are doing such a great job!
https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-eatons-teer-class/posts/ccbm214fpvsiqlf5ukgetuset
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Slices from 5th graders in snowy NJ…Enjoy! 🙂
https://mrsabbeysclass.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/snowy-slices-on-friday
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Vickie Wright post Swords! – http://wp.me/s7gW0n-swords
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Just a few have sliced so far. Scroll down the left side of the page to find students’ posts.
gsliceoflife.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/sol-10/
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These kindergartners emailed and texted in their slices today because we had a snow day! That’s some dedicated Slicing! http://vankinderhorn.edublogs.org/2017/03/11/snow-day-slicers/
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While the teachers away, the writers will blog!
http://www.behindthescenesinfirstgrade.com/index.html
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Thanks to Kathleen Sokolowski for making my kids’ day. I will try and return the favor this weekend:)
https://kidblog.org/class/class-of-2017-b2/posts
https://kidblog.org/class/class-of-2017-b3/posts
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http://demoreno.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/solc-post-10-of-31-ready-to-go/
Friday posts from 7th graders in Texas!
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7th and 8th grade writers from Berwyn, IL. Links in the comments section!
http://www.bigtimeliteracy.com/2017/03/sol17-10-ha-ha-ha-ha-haiku.html
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5th graders in Medellin, Colombia….so proud of them!
http://tcs5a.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/slice-of-life-day-10/
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5th Graders from Illinois
https://3sbbloggers.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/sol-march-10-2017/
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https://kidblog.org/class/5ss2017/posts
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Just one student blogger today. Thanks!
Not Everybody Knows Nature – too much screen time.
http://krebs.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/not-everybody-knows-nature/
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Even with the excitement of Purim in a Jewish day school, 3rd graders are getting their slice on!
https://kidblog.org/class/rands-readers–writers/posts
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Friday’s slices!
https://kidblog.org/class/miss-campbell4/posts
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Day 10…Many of us were inspired by Alexis Rotella’s poem “Purple”.
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High school ELLs (from all over the world) in Ohio! https://www.writeabout.com/class/JM5298
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5th graders in Michigan are blogging today! https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-rogers-class-16-17/posts AND https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-campbells-class-16-17/posts
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7th graders taking the challenge from Illinois!
https://kidblog.org/class/bezik1/posts
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Slices from Denver 6-8th grade students http://logansol17.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-10th-music.html
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Third graders in CA–Day 10! We start spring break tomorrow!
https://kidblog.org/class/castlebloggers-2016-2017/posts
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Day 10 from my 3rd graders in Venezuela:
http://msisberg.edublogs.org/2017/03/10/slice-of-life-day-10-of-31/
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Grade 3 students from Malaysia.
http://sliceoflife3bm.blogspot.my/2017/03/march-10.html
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No slump yet for my gifted students. https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-simons-sea/posts
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Very cold and windy in NH, but still blogging!
https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-cotes-class7/posts
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Looks like snow here in NY today- 3rd graders still blogging!
https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-sokolowskis-third-grade-learners/posts
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Weekend in Saudi Arabia. Here are 5th grader slices.
http://yis5lblog.blogspot.com/2017/03/classroom-slice-of-life-march-10th.html
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3rd graders in Malaysia, with more coming!
http://3evsol17.blogspot.my/2017/03/solsc17-day-1031.html
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Thursday’s slices from a 2nd/3rd grade classroom in Colorado!
https://kidblog.org/class/slice-of-life-march-challenge-club/posts/b0kdls2t860thnn34n0qi5amk
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