Welcome to day 15. You’ve made it to the halfway point of the challenge!
If you’re sharing your students’ slice of life stories, please head over to the Classroom Challenge.
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Are you a last minute, write by the seat of your pants slicer? Or do you plan ahead? Introducing two new badges! Feel free to take and use the one that applies to you.
BE INSPIRED
- Former TWT co-author Dana Murphy wrote this slice during last March’s challenge. It’s an imaginary conversation with her doctor about why she will not give up her afternoon coffee. Perhaps you have a habit you want to write about today.
- Click here if you need topic ideas.
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Prizes:
Prizes will be given away at the conclusion of the month-long Slice of Life Story Challenge. You’ll be eligible for a prize if:
1. You filled out the participant data form, which went live on February 19th.
2. You comment ONLY ONCE on the daily call for Slice of Life stories (3/1 – 3/31/17).
3. You sign a Slice of Life Story Challenge Participation Pledge on April 1st. (We’ll post the pledge and will ask you to “sign.” You’ll sign by leaving a comment certifying you wrote and linked daily, as well as commented on at least three other Slicers’ writing daily.)
- In order to be eligible for prizes at the end of the challenge, you must leave the link to your slice of life story by 11:59 p.m. EDT.
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- The call for slices goes up at midnight EDT. Everyone has the same 24-hour window to post, regardless of the time zone in which they live.
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What do you say when you notice your child doesn’t write anymore like she used to?
https://illgiveyouallthisandmore.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/writerly-advice-to-my-daughter-sol-day-15/
It’s 11:40 here, but I made it! Today I was reminded of the truth in the comparison between people and plants.
http://taxonomyofateacher.blogspot.com/2017/03/i-have-kept-plant-alive-for-almost-nine.html
On writing… http://tasharoa.weebly.com/
I got a new student today.
http://sliceofclass.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-student.html
https://theteachingbee.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol-14-philadelphia-is-on-fire-🔥/ ALL OF PHILADELPHIA IS ON FIRE!!!
embracing my inner owl, http://vcvaile.blogspot.com/2017/03/beware-ides-of-march-take-day-off-sol17.html
Carpe Diem!
https://bridgebuilder18blog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/carpe-diem/
New fun workout class!
http://hannahshappenings.net/2017/03/16/hit-hit-up-march-sol-day-1531
“uncertainty fills my mind as the instructor turns on the music”
Confessions of a sometimes hipster…
https://riceandcoffee.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/confessions-of-a-sometimes-hipster/
Not today…
http://wp.me/pPury-1Wu
Guilt has made me return.
https://chocolatedelight2.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/slicing-away/
Have you ever been at your wits’ end with messy desks?
https://insiderecessagain.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/messy-desk/
There’s always tomorrow
http://enjoy-embracewriting.blogspot.com/2017/03/tomorrow-slice-of-life-story-challenge.html
A bit of Impostor Syndrome silliness: http://wp.me/pb2Ea-2kz
Still needs tweaking- a poem (I watched the news-sadness alert)
https://merlinetteblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/sol-15-march-2017/
Teaching the Tiny Humans
https://confessionsofarealteacher.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/teaching-tiny-humans/
Wherein I reconsider how I do some things: http://wp.me/p14eyw-1D2
Just getting in under the gun. Yeah me. Ugh.
https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2017/03/15/sol17-challenge-day-15-a-random-collection/
Top 5 https://turningpagesinlifesstory.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/year-1-sol17-1531
A student prompt: Ice Cream
https://pittswitts.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/march-15th-2017-ice-cream-memory
http://whatwouldagrownupdo.weebly.com/blog/i-need-sleep
Absent for a bit but I am back…. Patience
http://survivedtoday.blogspot.com/2017/03/patience.html
Will a classroom blog ever happen?
https://middlemusingsblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/
https://shaggerspicchu.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/how-to-exercise-in-china/
Have you ever wondered how to exercise in China? Here is your step by step guide…
http://falconerslibrary.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol-15-persist.html
When you’re going through hell, keep going.
Talking with a 2 year old
http://readerandleader.blogspot.com/2017/03/you-little-sick-mommy-1531-sol17.html
Today’s slice: Being a meditation on the travails of raising a boy and trips to the emergency room. (Spoilers: We are all okay!)
https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/recklessness-bruises-gray-hairs-and-insurance-forms-or-a-normal-day-in-the-life-of-a-boy/
https://onathought.com/2017/03/15/sol17-march-15-a-slice-of-mama-worry/
http://mustwrighte.blogspot.com/2017/03/writing-process.html
On that cute kid video everyone’s been talking about… and that shimmy. http://wp.me/p6rnl0-1mm
Thoughts on Underdogs https://wordpress.com/post/fromthemiddleweb.wordpress.com/244
In which a kindergarten conversation goes badly. http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2017/03/slice-15-in-which-kindergarten.html
Why don’t they listen? https://quotesphotosandwonders.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/march-15/
Doggie DNA Test
http://failingreatly.blogspot.com/2017/03/looks-may-be-deceiving.html
Don’t call me to sub again
https://sodamountainsandy.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/anita/
The Luxury of a Good Book…why I am so late with my post.
https://writingallin.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-luxury-of-a-good-book-solc-1531
https://rememberthismoment.blog/2017/03/15/slice-of-life-2017-day-15/
A letter to my students.
Sitting
http://threebrowneyedgirls.blogspot.com/2017/03/sitting.html
Carl, Cynthia, and my son’s two front teeth help shape my writing plan.
https://scribblesandstickies.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/my-writing-plan/
Goodnight
https://mymainethoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/sleep-is-calling/
My mom and technology…
https://sgeijer.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/oh-mom/
https://sweatersandsharpies.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/simple-bliss/?preview=true
Simply rememeber my favorite things
Short sick day poem… http://nazdrowieblog.weebly.com/blog/sick-day
A single song can transform an entire classroom.
https://teachingbychanceblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol-15-sia-is-the-greatest/
It wasn’t a long poem, but it was powerful.
https://fallhugs.blogspot.com/2017/03/yes-you-actually-do-get-it.html
What a pair.
https://caroline524.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/opposites-2/
Migraines are the worst
https://sanguinepenguin23.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/migraines/
Call this one “writing from sources,” “The Power of the Notebook,” or “A Girl From Another World.” https://itsaboutmakingspace.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/another-world/
I’m ready for some girl time with my momma and sisters
http://sometimesfabuloussometimesfail.blogspot.com/2017/03/beauty-beast-and-superheroes-1531-sol17.html
Inspiration from a new slicer, Juliette
http://readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2017/03/thanks-for-your-inspiration-juliette.html
My husband and I have a problem
https://jess2e28.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/chicago-sports-4-life/
https://lfitzgerald2015.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/doubts/
A simple poem honoring everything books
https://writintime.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/on-books/
https://colin143blog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/halfway/
Currently I’m…
http://creativechaosintheclassroom.blogspot.com/2017/03/currently-im-sol15-day-15.html
https://kristalee11.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/if-cows-could-talk-sol17-day15/
Bovine musings….. 🐄
https://etceteranwhatever.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/things-that-bring-me-happiness/
Who wouldn’t want a pet orange?
http://responsiveliteracy.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-food-pets.html
Day fifteen is for the deer that wander the neighborhood and make my heart skip when I see them!
http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2017/03/day-fifteen-of-thirty-one-not-my.html
What made me laugh today…
https://sixtyseasons.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/things-that-made-me-laugh-today/
When your students ask how old you are…
http://www.bigtimeliteracy.com/2017/03/sol17-15.html
Real feelings are hard
http://theonewithourstory.blogspot.com/2017/03/mini-grieving-process.html
Today I felt like a gerbil on a wheel.
https://ritadicarne.com/2017/03/15/gerbil-on-a-wheel/
Music is an important part of my life.
https://thirteenpoint1milestofit.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/music-soothes-the-soul/
A phone call during lunch today…
http://wp.me/p2fY1t-Nu
First central Ohio friends as an adult:
http://literatelives.blogspot.com/2017/03/first-central-ohio-friends-solsc-day-15.html
$75k later…
https://growinglifelonglearners.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/75k-later/
Student Led Conferences https://mcoop1st.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/student-led-conferences/
Inspiration and getting those reluctant writers to revise.
http://wp.me/p7FRaq-7M
This is love
https://normannoise.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/this-is-love/
A Time to Retire https://kristinemblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/time-to-retire/
Where’s Waldo, the cat version
http://lamaestraagradecida.weebly.com/blog/family-room
Senior year – the Agony and the Ecstasy…
http://ellensruminations.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-agony.html
Relationships are something we all work on in our own way.
https://dudenasl.blogspot.com/2017/03/seriously.html
Happy Hump Day!
http://ateachersruminations.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-weather.html
Day #15 Pick a writing prompt and go… today’s topic: sandwiches https://write4todayblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/day-15-writing-prompts/
Why I hate seventeen
https://torreybakke.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/17/
A video of Olly, a Jack Russell terrier inspired this post, “Face Plant? Who Cares?!” http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2017/03/slice-of-life-story-challenge-15-face.html
My thoughts are being pulled in many directions, so I wrote a poem.
https://onetoomanybeautiful.com/2017/03/15/poem/
Exhausted… I wonder why?
https://educatorsareawakeners.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/is-it-really-the-time-change/
On the zen of washing dishes…
https://readwriteteachmakedinner.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/an-ode-to-dishes/
https://vickielawrites.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/motivation/
day 15 of 31
Today’s state testing went better than I expected.
https://attemptingpresence.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/better-than-expected-sol15/
https://usingthewholedancefloor.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/distractionless/
A powder day translation for non-skiers
https://writeanotherone.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/day-15-solsc-powder-day-translation-for-non-skiiers/
https://dailydoseofdennisblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/a-walk-with-my-daughter/
A walk with my daughter
Tutoring high schoolers — not my dream job… or is it?
http://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-15-loving-high-schoolers.html
https://room311news.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/6×6-memoir/
If the Slice of Life Story Challenge were an Oreo, then we’re solidly in the creamy filling, yes? http://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2017/03/fair-to-middlin-315-sol17-story.html
http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2017/03/eye-spy-signs-of-spring_15.html
7th grade enrollment fears: http://misscollins606.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-15th-2017-enrollment-fears.html
Not much to write about today, https://cflathers.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/ever-after/
Day 15: It’s the little things…. where I wax lovingly on my favorite office supplies
My mom is a NERD!
https://presentperfectblog.com/2017/03/15/15-mars-my-mom-is-a-nerd/
What is that thing? Well, now I feel old.
http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2017/03/what-is-that-thing.html
Happy to oblige.
http://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2017/03/paying-it-forward.html
Sick kid season has begun again.
https://abitofanalliterate.com/2017/03/15/poor-baby/
#SOL17 Book Interview
You know that feeling when you can’t laugh at something, but you want to laugh. Then that makes it even more funny?
This was me today.
One of my …
https://teachingmoore.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/sol17-book-interview/
Currently I’m…You’ll Have to Read to Find Out
http://loves2writealot.blogspot.com/2017/03/15-of-31-currently-im.html
https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/just-keeping-my-commitment/
It’s March 15th
https://finaleinfifth.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/its-march-15th/
Browned
https://pelicansandprose.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/march-15-2017/
Typing on my phone…
http://pbgsliceoflife.edublogs.org/2017/03/15/sol-15/
The art of letter writing was on my mind today. “In My Daughter’s Eyes,” is about a few writing pieces I have shared with my daughter.
https://theauthorspurpose.com/2017/03/15/in-my-daughters-eyes-sol17/
http://naborsnook.blogspot.com/2017/03/whos-going-to-write-your-story-sol17.html
Who is going to write your story?
Another quickie: https://midwesternheartindixie.com/2017/03/15/the-struggle-to-workout-sol17-1531/
how the past couple days have passed…the tale of a sick little…
http://livewriteteach.blogspot.com/2017/03/15-day-by-day-dose-by-dose.html
Sometimes a little comment can send you into a time warp.
https://tinysliceofmylife.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-small-moment-connecting-lifetime-ago.html
https://wordpress.com/post/penandpaper49.wordpress.com/509
Mother Natue
Sing-a-Song
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/shades-of-green/
Homemade birthday cake to welcome in a new year: https://singlemomsofar.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol17-day-15-42/
An acrostic with some thoughts about slicers.
https://lisakeelerblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/s-l-i-c-e-r-s/
Enough with the rain!!! http://growingsoundroots.blogspot.com/2017/03/got-outside-today-1531-sol17.html
I’m proud to be a Pantser! (I’m discoverring all kinds of new things about myself as a writer)
http://joodlesnowandthen.blogspot.com/2017/03/solsc-day-15-proud-to-be-pantser.html
Raging against aging, musical style
http://metsdiaspora.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-1531-little-musical-slices.html
Seeing Blue…Literally (And probably not what you are thinking)
http://lsmith0917.blogspot.com/2017/03/day-15-seeing-blueliterally-sol17.html
The Best Hour – sweet students creating and conversing
http://love2learn4life.weebly.com/blog/sol17-day-15-the-best-hour
My Daughter the Serial Fish Killer
http://deb-frazier.blogspot.com/2017/03/my-daughter-serial-fish-killer-solsc.html
Small gratitudes / sanity savers
http://www.thelogonauts.com/2017/03/solc15.html
– Katie @ The Logonauts
Some reflections on my writing journey
https://reflectwriteshare.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/reflecting-on-the-halfway-mark/
Reflecting on a different kind of reading – cookbooks! http://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2017/03/reading-cookbooks.html
https://grindingwithgraves.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-bbg-community/
Just like real siblings: https://teachingwithmrsclark.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/just-like-real-siblings-sol17/.
Day 15 and going strong! I am linking up for a friend – I’m very proud of her and her continued dedication to this process!
https://paisanoblogblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/food-for-thought/
I wrote a poem. It’s not a good one, but it’s there. https://thehyphenatedlifeblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol17-creation/
Learning new things
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-15-how-can-i-learn-more-about-that.html
I’m just done.
http://wp.me/p7hLu1-k8
http://wp.me/p6nQS4-af A lesson in saddness
Halfway there – finding conversations with little friends to inspire me today!
https://kmurphy1027.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/little-conversations
halfway http://thesassybibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-halfway-mark-solsc-day-15.html
http://misscampbellsliceoflife.blogspot.com
They may not know it, but they’re my gym buddies! Gym Buddies
I work out about four times a week, not because I love exercise (I don’t) or am super fit (I’m not), but because my gym has excellent childcare and …
https://learningloveandliterature.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/gym-buddies/
Compartmentalization
http://volcanomouth.blogspot.com/2017/03/compartmentalization.html
https://cthompson2014.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/oh-sammie/
Some clean jokes for your students http://jwc123.weebly.com/home/office-jester
Soon to make the last payment on our car has me thinking of all the places it has taken us.
https://djvichos.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/subaru/
No problem?
http://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-struggle-is-real.html
“Thinking Day”
http://stumbleon.weebly.com/blog/thinking-day
Trying my hand at memes…http://shredsofmymind.blogspot.com/2017/03/solc-1531-memes.html
Day 15- Why did you return?
https://embekka.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/day-15-why-did-you-return/
Slice 15: the elevated dish! https://tarahtesmer.wixsite.com/sliceoflife/single-post/2017/03/15/The-Elevated-Dish
Seeing the ‘bright spot’ is a way that I can practice the lessons I teach in class.
https://strasskt.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/bright-spot-slice-of-life-day-15/
I write about my daughter again. This time focusing intentionally on her and what’s makes her so special. http://slowingdownthemoments.blogspot.com/2017/03/31517-sol17.html
#letters to Tuvia :Snow Day Love
https://digitalbonnie.me/2017/03/15/letters-to-tuvia-y2sol17-day-15-snow-day-love-3-15-17/
Sometimes, you can’t worry about things being on time and instead focus on finding out what a student can do http://deb-day.blogspot.com/2017/03/solsc-1531-sol17-time-passes-and-so.html
Happy Feet
http://hattrickeducator.blogspot.com/2017/03/happy-feet-sol17-15.html
This is about a compliment my son gave me.
https://kmscheirer0624.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/you-made-me-that-way/
A simple numbers bit…
http://hbstab.blogspot.com/2017/03/31517-slice-of-life-biography-in-numbers.html
The lighter side: Football and Kittens. Posted from I-75 south of Cincinnati…Please forgive the typos.
http://www.yetthereismethod.net/writings-of-my-own/football-and-kittens-solsc-15
so much can get done through perseverance, just not giving up. http://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2017/03/solsc-15-frustration-then-accomplishment.html
A party is just what this frozen winter day needs to perk me up so I am accepting Leigh Anne Eck’s invitation to her party for slicers.
http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-musings-15-party-on.html
The quirks that make us who we are!
http://kruegerslices.edublogs.org/2017/03/15/quirks/
A list of 5 of my favourite things.
(Idea borrowed from another slicer – sorry can’t remember who : (
https://wordsmithing2017.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/five-of-my-favourite-things/
A Hospitality Imposter
https://surridgestuff.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/1934/
Some little bits…
http://earhartsliceoflife.blogspot.com/2017/03/little-things.html
https://tallpinessite.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/slice-of-life-day-15-a-day/
Today, I am a pantser, but I’m typically a planner, so I love today’s badges! Here’s my slice: http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2017/03/civil-discourse.html
“There is this boy. He has my heart. He calls me ‘Mom.'”
http://blogs.ksbe.edu/legerboc/2017/03/15/sol-day-15-the-son-that-doesnt-sleep/
there was a cool plot twist!
http://justjantz.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-15-there-was-cool-plot-twist.html
Language, Shakespeare, language! Kids are distracted by the bard’s choice words: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2017/03/language-shakespeare-language.html
I’m never one to turn down a good prank opportunity: http://mskraushaar.blogspot.com/2017/03/1531-purrfect-prank-sol17.html
we’ve had such a warm winter, and now this cold spell – have the plants budded out too soon?
https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/please-dont-worry-solc-2017-15/
A visiting author causes me to question my own writing instruction.
https://leadingaliterarylife.blog/2017/03/15/re-light-the-flame/
Day 15 – Another challenge is food
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/day-15-slice-of-life-challenge-another-challenge-is-food/
Love the new badges. I don’t know which to choose because I’m a little bit of both.
https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/slice-of-life-what-day-is-it/
A visit to the podiatrist in Venezuela: https://teachingwanderlust.com/2017/03/15/a-visit-to-the-podiatrist-in-venezuela/
A short little poem-like post about spring. http://maxsmarchmusings.blogspot.com/2017/03/solsc-15-spring-poem.html
I’m not a math person, but I’m teaching my son eighth-grade math: https://thedirigibleplum.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/eighth-grade-math-slice-of-life-1531-sol17/
QUALITIES OF A GREAT LEADER: Today’s post has me reflecting back on the qualities of leaders who brought out the best in me: http://briankissel.weebly.com/brians-blurbs/qualities-of-a-strong-leader. #SOL17
My husband built me a bridge to cross….this is only one way I remember my late husband’s deep love for me. I offer you this short poem and a few photos of our special place.
http://travelinma.blogspot.com/2017/03/true-love.html
Today, He is 1!
https://llogean.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/1603/
Storms done. Time to get out to Starbucks… but first make sure I’ve finished student responses. Anyone else?
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2017/03/wednesday.html
Some Books!: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/solsc17-1531-my-brother-jon/
Trying out writing ideas
http://wp.me/p5LXww-EU
Other sides of tough students…
https://ahansen609.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/other-sides/
Mean Girls: The stuggle is Real.
https://mlb1202.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/solsc-day-15-case-of-the-meanies
The snow inspired me to write poems; not the shoveling, the snow. https://exploringwonderingwriting.wordpress.com/
Thank you Tara, and Amy.
https://mollykirkblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/solsc-march-14-2017-2/
Time Travel Books – A book suggestion list from a new slicer.
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/time-travel-books/
A winter memory:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/solc17-a-winter-memory/
I was in cyberland for a bunch of the day, which inspired this, “Living The Virtual Life”
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2017/03/living-virtual-life.html
The Paradox
https://onewritersjourney.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-paradox/
N is for NWT
https://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/march-slice-of-life-day-15-n/
Snow day #2 has me posting far earlier than usual, but I’m ready to take advantage of the day!
Here’s what’s currently going on . . .
http://lifeonewordatatime.blogspot.com/2017/03/currently.html
http://mbushsliceoflife.edublogs.org/2017/03/15/fail-harder/
Why “failing harder” is a way of learning!
https://ureadiread.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/today-a-pantser-slice-of-life-challenge-day-15/ Today a pantser. Tonight or tomorrow…something better.
https://writing1973.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/taralli/
Taralli
A Slap in the Face
https://athorns.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/a-slap-in-the-face/
Wordless Wednesday-Melvin http://mrstaylorstales.blogspot.com/2017/03/wordless-wednesday-melvin.html
A little later post since we had a 2 hr delay today!
my truths about reading…
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/15-truths-about-what-i-know-to-be-true-about-reading-sol15/
Upon learning of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s death. http://plantingrootsgrowingbranches.blogspot.com/2017/03/amy-krouse-rosenthal-has-died.html
http://simplylearningtogether.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol-challenge-day-15-what-she-ate.html
What we are eating in our house these days.
A moment of sweet balance
https://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/day-15/
Approximations
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/approximation/
My hands are full (#cy365 prompt) and my brain and pen are empty! I’m trying to keep up, but it’s going to be really busy for a few days…
http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2017/03/15/my-hands-are-full-and-my-brain-is-empty/
Remembering my grandfather who would have been 100 years old.
https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/poppys-100th-birthday-solc-15-of-31/
Short poem about the moment of fear every teacher with more than a year under his/her belt experiences…
https://jenniebblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol-15-a-teachers-greatest-fear/
A moment when I wished more for my kiddo…
https://kkoehlerblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/tempered-zest/
15 days of writing has left me feeling more alive 🙂
http://abregan.blogspot.com/2017/03/fifteen-days.html
I write about laughter and my dear husband who tries his best to make me laugh every day.
https://lynnedorfmanblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/reflections-on-laughter/
My sleep study experience.
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-sleep-study/
Health
https://showgem.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/bones/
All you can eat lobster? YES PLEASE!
https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-lobster-bake/
What do I create in my daily routine? I’m trying to look at my days with a different lens (in light of what many of you are slicing about Amy Krouse Rosenthal–thanks for the inspiration!)
http://whateverings.blogspot.com/2017/03/filling-my-day.html
Noticing beautiful language on a not-so-beautiful day. https://ccahilldotcom.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/wintry-hands-wrapping-around/
A daunting task filled with lots of joy.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-sol-1531-daunting-task.html
A tale of a loose tooth …
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2017/03/tale-of-tooth-1531-sol17.html
Together!
https://terierrol.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/together/
#SOL17 – Day 15 – Allergies?, https://aileenhower.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol17-day-15-allergies/
Scrabble helps with a lesson, then ignites a spark:
https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol-17-a-scrabble-lesson/
is 2 jobs really worth it?
https://everythingineedtoknowilearnedinkindergarten.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/what-is-money-really-worth/
Closing Time
https://visitingexcellence.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/closing-time/
Inspired by Tara Smith and Amy Krouse Rosenthal to think about what I make– http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2017/03/slice-15-of-31-sol17-what-do-i-make.html
The more Iwrite, the easier it is to see slices in my life.
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-happy-hour-rehab.html
It’s just a number
https://teacherbydaymombynight.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/39-is-just-a-number/
I am conquering my paper mountain
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-paper-mountain/
What a difference 24…OK, 23…hours makes.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/snow-snow-go-away/
A moment that melted my heart
https://writing328.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/melted-heart/
The continuing adventure of two retired teachers in a parking garage!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2017/03/solsc-1531-parking-garage-blues-verse.html
A request to tutor in Math brings reflections on my relationship with numbers.
https://jet197.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/math-tutor
One thing makes time stand still, every day.
https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/thirty-minutes/
Inspired by slicer Fran McVeigh – embracing my March Madness
https://vanessaw2007.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/my-definition-of-march-madness/
Spreading kindness with my students yesterday. http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2017/03/spreading-kindness-slice-of-life-31517.html
A post on gratitude: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2017/03/2017-day-15-be-grateful-for-everything.html
Teaching can be hard. This advice from The Nerdy Book Club was helpful.
https://poonam1.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/teaching-is-hard-and-hard-is-necessary/
Today I have a 2-hour delay and so am making a rare early post!
I took the writing advice at the top to heart and took one phrase from yesterday’s writing, to build a poem around.
https://pencilonmybackporch.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/pathways-of-desire/
Loving getting to know some of you better through your 5 favorite things posts. Here’s mine! If you are a vegetarian, avert your eyes! https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/keeping-the-favorite-things-party-going-sol17/
Those little guys watch us more than we know. A slice about an adorable preschooler in my class. 🙂
https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/saint-my-pint-sized-protector/
A sneak peek into some writing in my classroom.
https://runreadmom.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/what-works-wednesday-six-by-six-memoirs/
Writing about lack of focus today (Funny that today they add badges for planner or pantser. Today I am a pantser but usually I am a planner.)
http://coachbsreflections.blogspot.com/2017/03/focus.html
We don’t set age limits on traditions in our family! https://litcoachlady.com/2017/03/15/our-life-of-pi/
Exclamation Points My Teaching Day
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2017/03/exclamation-points-in-my-teaching-day.html?m=1
Inspired by Amy Krause Rosenthal’s book Exclamation Mark, I celebrate some standout moments from Wednesday.
Day 15- Fighting the Nap!
https://kdiez39.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/not-tired/
A poem about revision. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/sol-15-revise-for-your-readers/
Continuing to experiment with Story Arc and fourth grade. Moving to Biographies.
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/reading-biographies-with-a-new-lens-sol17/
My love/hate relationship with auto-correct https://romeolitcoach.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/darn-u-auto-correct-sol17/
Something my daughter said the other day struck a chord with me… Title: “Weird”
https://lannyball.com/2017/03/15/day-15-sol17/
SOL 15 – Asheville NC?
I was first formally introduced to meditation when I was in my twenties living and attempting to save part of the world in New York City.
https://johnrereads.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/asheville-nc
A slice from my morning
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com.ee/2017/03/the-time-we-have.html
Thoughts spilling out of my busy brain this morning…
http://themagicofreflection.blogspot.com/2017/03/sol17-day-15-morning-thoughts.html
A bit of a ramble on advice from a friend.
https://thirdmusings.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/quick-to-loveslow-to-offend/
https://dianeandlynne.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/and-the-beat-goes-on/
http://seiklused88.blogspot.com.ee/2017/03/diary-of-my-hair.html
I get lazy and don’t wash my hair…
Being sick calls for an old standby…Currently…But I still posted.
That is so not my link! Try this one! I will blame it on sinus medication!
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2017/03/currently-im-sol17.html
A visit to a waterfall and a reminder of the importance of a different perspective
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/perspective/
Today Was Hard
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/today-was-hard/
All in an Evening
https://stepsintheliteracyjourney.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/all-in-an-evening/
A picture of our snow day: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/snow-day/
My daughter is 4 today! This is 4.
http://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2017/03/day-15-this-is-four-sol17.html?m=1
It always been all about the books!
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=4477
Clare
Finding, sorting and organizing pictures. I wish everything was digital but what a treasure trove to choose from . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/solsc17-then-and-now/
Slice of Life (Day 15): The Odds and Ends of a Blizzardy Day
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2017/03/15/slice-of-life-day-15-the-odds-and-ends-of-a-blizzardy-day/
Kevin
When doctors don’t smile, the news isn’t good. My husband’s rare diagnosis and his determined decision: https://litbitsandpieces.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/courage-part-one/
Meeting a Former Student
https://wordpress.com/post/mypug.blog/322
You know that question if you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be? Here are seven authors, I’d love to dine with…http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2017/03/author-heroes.html
https://pamlingelbach.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/the-four-seasons-inspired-by-the-book-of-qualities/
Spring
Summer
Winter
Fall
I attempt to personify
Them all.
1- It’s one of my favorite mentor texts when I am pushing for voice and beautiful language.
2- Summer needs some work. Maybe it’s because my summers usually end up being less than what I hope them to be.
Shopping with my husband.
http://juliettesgifts.blogspot.com/2017/03/choosing-moving-from-showroom-toshowroom.html
The weather is what we make of it. Weather events in different hemispheres. So different!
http://livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/slice-of-life-story-challenge-march-15.html
Being lifted up by a yellow umbrella https://twowritingteachers.org/2017/03/15/day-15-of-the-march-solsc-sol17/
oops… wrong link here’s mine https://jarhartz.com/2017/03/15/day-15-finding-our-yellow-umbrellas/
On dressing twins the same
https://shawndastories.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/on-dressing-twins-the-same/
Happy faces on day 15! https://teachworkoutlove.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/sol-d15-happy-faces-%EF%BB%BF/
Sharing the past is what some non-fiction picture book authors have been doing more of, and it’s a revelation to discover lives we rarely know. http://www.teacherdance.org/2017/03/sol17-1531-and-non-fiction-specials.html
honoring students’ strengths https://maestradl.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/fortitude-and-heart/
Capturing Play https://thereisabookforthat.com/2017/03/14/capturing-play-slice-of-life-15/ I have taken so many photos of play through the years
“In the summer, when eggs are cheap, . . . ” Sound like a strange slice? http://alicenine.net/storing-eggs/
When my students make progress:
http://sliceofclass.blogspot.com/2017/03/progress.html
One way to resist change
https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/sol17-day-15-change/
A Reading Habit (inspired by another slicer)
http://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2017/03/ol17-reading-habit.html
What’s better than homemade soup on a snowy day and a poem tribute to my mom who taught me to make “soup from the bone.”
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/soup-from-the-bone-today-im-making-borscht/
We built a fort, started a fire, & read a picture book for every inch of snow that fell during today’s blizzard.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/picture-books-to-weather-the-storm/