Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Many of you are either about to start or have already started a new school year. Happy New School Year!
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Sharing some ABC’s of my current state of mind. Late, but it’s still Tuesday on my coast.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2017/08/slice-of-life.html
Did I make it?? https://jarhartz.com/2017/08/23/slice-of-life-reading-a-partner/
Almost missed this week’s blogging boat. Instead, sat down to put words to my recent wonderings (and action steps) re: grades and grading as school resumes. https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2017/08/what-if-musing-on-grades-their.html
Small world story at the end of summer: https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2017/08/sol-tuesday-small-world-story-1.html
Traveling to the Sun
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/traveling-to-the-sun/
Some days, it takes a moment to turn the day around.
http://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2017/08/22/it-takes-one-moment-sol17/
A few words about my day…
http://wp.me/p2fY1t-164
Eclipse silliness! http://wp.me/pb2Ea-2r7
What else do you write about when you’ve just witnessed a total eclipse? http://mskraushaar.blogspot.com/2017/08/slice-of-life-tuesday-totality.html
Connecting “A Long Walk to Water” to life in rural NH – this time it hit close to home! https://mrspalmerponders.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/every-drop-counts/
My trip to the Oregon coast ! http://www.teachworkoutlove.com/sol-trek-to-the-oregon-coast/
My new year, new position! http://wp.me/p3eVyl-po
Thinking about who supports my writing life
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/it-takes-a-village-to-support-a-writer-sol17/
Today’s quick slice: Unsettled Meet Grace: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.sg/2017/08/unsettled-meet-grace.html
Summer vacation is starting to make me feel weary. I reflected on why that is this afternoon in a post that will probably aggravate my daughter when she’s a teenager.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/children-crave-structure-routine/
Starting the year with a new norm(al)
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/the-new-normal-sol17/
Back to school story: http://bit.ly/2wl98aw.
I’ve decided to take the last Tuesday of the summer as a vacation day from blogging. I will share this quote by Donald Graves: When we write we become visible, we are players in the game of life. Happy Start to the School Year!
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/forest-walking/
My son’s question “Mom, do you gamble?” made me pause about the answer and why that’s so…
http://whateverings.blogspot.com/2017/08/athlete-vs-gambler.html
School’s starting…how long can I keep the piles from forming on my desk and all around? http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2017/08/22/piling-metaphors/
Overheard on the second day of school
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2017/08/slice-of-life-overheard-last-week.html
What was that first morning really like?
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/sol17-first-day/
Communing with the dead at sleep away camp. A memory. https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/unrest-in-peace
We had a full day of activities in Queenstown.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/queenstown/
Reflections on change – https://mlstoneblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/the-thing-about-change
https://theapplesinmyorchard.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/contemplating-immediacy/
Contemplating the immediacy of information and our reaction to it.
More on change: https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2017/08/upside-down.html
Dreaming about school… https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/slice-of-life-dream-school/
A sad post today…but I had to honor Barcelona.
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/la-rambla-barcelona-before-it-lost-its-innocence/
Our “final” house project completed
https://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2017/08/tuesday-sol-82217-enjoying-our-porch.html
What I would like to hear and do on Opening Day:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/slice-of-life-tuesday-what-i-would-like-to-hear-and-do-on-opening-day/
How I didn’t go blind during the eclipse.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/post-apoc-eclips-ish/
Summer Night – Let Wonder Glow!: http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/08/summer-night-letwonder-glow.html
end of summer dragonflies
http://mrsla-musings.blogspot.com/2017/08/dragonflies.html
What a Monday!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/only-monday/
Remembering about first grade: https://aileenhower.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/breakfast-in-first-grade/
a short piece, trying to write ‘into’ a person’s pain
https://maureenyoungingram.blogspot.com/2017/08/shes-here.html
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/
Feeling the end of summer approaching at a rapid pace…
Where my heart is…https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2017/08/22/slice-of-my-heart/
Read to see why I recommend Tulum, Mexico
https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/last-night-in-tulum-mexico/
“Of Fleas and Faust”
https://lonelykeyboards.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/of-fleas-and-faust-redux/
Now, off to read…
What’s really “non-negotiable”?
http://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2017/08/non-negotiables-sol17.html?m=1
We became empty nesters this weekend: http://horizon51.blogspot.com/2017/08/tuesday-slice-one-less.html
The excitement over yesterday’s eclipse reminded me of how much space influenced my childhood. Here’s a memoir written several times over, with and for students. Today I dedicate it to any and all fellow Trekkies: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2017/08/22/roadside-treasure/
A last minute decision to try and view the eclipse turns into a long line and little love.
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/there-is-love/
The Journey Begins… http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-journey-begins.html
A trip to my grandma’s garden caused me to dig out my six grade writing: https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/perspective/
25 Shows in 10 Day at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Wow!
https://digitalbonnie.me/2017/08/20/25-pieces-of-theater-in-10-days/
I’ve been writing my way through some professional struggles this past week, beginning w/ a look back at my tendency to cry a lot, then a post about loneliness as I get ready for the school year, and now an examination of waiting through the years.
Waiting: http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2017/08/waiting-sol17.html?m=1
using song lyrics as poetry for students!
http://hannahshappenings.net/2017/08/22/music-mondays-favorite-find-brother-ali-slice-of-life/
http://www.everalearner.com/blog/decisions-decisions
Beginning of the school year, what type of paper to use for writer’s workshop?
Here goes: https://itsallaboutkidsandliteracy.wordpress.com/2017/08/20/we-all-get-the-before-school-jitters/
#SOL17: Transforming Heart Ache through Art: 18 months of Journaling with Paint
https://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2017/08/sol17-transforming-heart-ache-through.html