October 20th was the National Day on Writing, and thanks to the hashtag #WhyIWrite, we are left with an abundance of inspiration (you can check out highlighted Tweets here: http://whyiwrite.us).
You can also peruse equally-as-inspiring testimonials from celebrities in the literacy world on the NCTE website: http://www.ncte.org/dayonwriting/testimonials
This led me to discover a series of podcasts of authors sharing their writing stories, which I can’t wait to begin on my commute to work: http://whyiwrite.us/category/podcasts/page/3/
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Today is #GlobalMakerDay, the day for students to create, make, and share work globally. I had fun making with a literacy context => http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2018/10/making-with-literacy-context.html.
Hello, slicers!
Full day at school, a quick 40 minute stop at the gym and a SOL!
http://elisawaingort.com/2018/10/24/musings-on-a-tuesday-evening/
My student’s love for Kate DiCamillo teaches me.
https://jarhartz.com/2018/10/24/slice-of-life-lessons-my-students-teach-me/
Sometimes the post you think you are going to write just doesn’t happen.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/no-real-topic/
Had a topic in mind, then, BAM, a new one was on my blog! 🙂
https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2018/10/23/plot-twist-this-wasnt-my-first-topic/
Dealing with an unwanted furry critter…YUCK!
https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/5632/
https://onathought.com/2018/10/23/a-slice-of-harry-potter/
Talking with fellow teacher writers at EdCamp. https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/teachers-as-writers-an-edcamp-story-sol-edcampseacoast/
I celebrated #WhyIWrite last week Friday. I just got around to slicing about it tonight: https://trinarrative.blogspot.com/2018/10/slice-of-life-tuesday-why-do-they-write.html
Little Boxes on the Desktop: Keeping Writing Small
http://klabonte.net/little-boxes/
Maybe it’s because I’m currently reading a time-traveling YA novel (_Invictus_) or maybe it’s a by-product of aging, but time’s on my mind this week. https://cast-of-characters.blogspot.com/2018/10/time-slips-three-times.html
Backstage at Hamilton!
https://wordpress.com/view/justjumpin.blog
Would you please leave your link again? I was unable to view your blog. THANKS!
Thanks for telling me — I’ll try again.
http://justjumpin.blog/2018/10/21/hamilton/
a conversation about voting and jury duty: https://redemma1991.blogspot.com/2018/10/soltuesday-voting-vs-jury-duty.html
My brain seems to be going on the fritz today…
https://writingandlaughing.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/a-haikuesday-type-of-tuesday-soltuesday/
One of the students in my book club thought I’d written a book:)
https://wp.me/p5LXww-1dH
And we’re on vacation this time: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/sol-tuesday-deadlines-on-vacation/
We’re all on a journey.
https://readingteachsu.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/its-all-about-approximation-sol18/
One of the students in my after-school book club thought that I was the author of a book:)
https://wp.me/p5LXww-1dH
A note and Closing up the garden
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/closing-up-the-garden/
And the Winner Is: Paper Tiger Teacher Awards
https://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/?m=1
Life goes on 🙂
https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/letter-from-home-29-slice-of-life/
A word of the year reflection: https://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2018/10/this-blank-year.html
Mom knows best…
https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/mom-knows-best/
https://tammysreadinglife.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/genius-hour-update-sol/
Genius Hour is amazing!
Little victories lead to memories for my students.
https://thesassymightymissb.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/little-victories/
A funny thing happened on my drive home from school
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/learning-on-the-go/
Some fun from our English majors dancing to songs from the 20th century: https://beetsyg.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/english-festival-2018/
When You Don’t Connect as a Writer
http://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2018/10/23/when-you-dont-connect-as-a-writer/
A reflection from a short trip to Italy. https://marilynyung.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/sins-of-the-flash/
How a birthday celebration echoed an important writing lesson.
https://imaginethepossibilitiesblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/finding-the-details/
Bit by bit I am adding to our huge class library- but a 7 week delay in getting books?! Hard!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/drop-by-drop/
A slice where independence and being chilly intersect:
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/you-can-always-come-back-home/
On being a teacher and helping my children with their homework. Some days I really have to hold myself back. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2018/10/23/homework/
Reflecting on the best practices of writing. What would you place n this list?
https://iblessings.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/writing-truths/
I found my writing inspiration today from an unexpected creative list written for architects. My list is much shorter and simpler, yet still captures my slice. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-distance-of-whisper.html
The adventures of being fresh off maternity leave https://thenotsonewlywed.wordpress.com/the-wheels
A new event leads to poetry and art. https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2018/10/23/slice-of-life-shake-your-trail-feather-festival/
Thinking about time and revisiting versions of the “Turtle and the Hare” while considering Early? Late?
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/sol18-the-turtle-and-the-hare/
Working with first-time student presenters this afternoon & I can’t wait!!! https://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2018/10/bam-student-presenters.html
Our first boil-water notice ever, in my neck of the woods: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2018/10/tuesday-slice-first-world-problems.html
A funny story gets me thinking…
http://www.teachersforteachers.net/?p=16590
Slice of Life: Just Saying Hello
http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2018/10/23/slice-of-life-just-saying-hello/
Kevin
The moment the routine is, well, not so routine…
https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/a-routine-interruption/
Our lives are made up of experiences, and our experiences are our stories. We are our stories. For National Day on Writing I reflected on digging out these fossils of our time here, if you will… #WhyIWrite :
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2018/10/20/why-i-write-2018/
Why I write… https://wheresthejoy.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/why-i-write-2018/
Being injured and off work has allowed me to get back into writing… this story is an ode to my sister. https://snapshotsofstrengthwithmomentsofmadness.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/places-that-inspire-london/
A note about writing teachers – or teachers who write.
https://www.allaboutwriters.com/blog/writing-teachers
After a long absence from blogging, due to health issues,I started blogging again today, and it is such a joy to reconnect with other bloggers.
I can truly imagine.. thank you .. we must all imagine 🙏
Took some time to explore the Hudson Valley and great art with my daughter!
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/what-i-learned-from-a-weekend-getaway-in-the-hudson-valley/
Loved your blog- I enjoyed my art tour and know a little if the Hudson valley now 🙏