Posted Sunday March 3, 2019 by Stacey Shubitz305 Comments Slice of Life Story Challenge

DAY 3 OF THE MARCH SOLSC! #SOL19

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Welcome to the third day of the 12^th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! Please check out today’s announcements and the “Be Inspired” post and quote before you leave the permalink to your slice of life story.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The daily call for slice of life stories goes live at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time daily. Since we have participants on six continents, we consider the day over at midnight Eastern Time. Hence, comments can close as early as 12:00 a.m. (the following day) since the post has been live for 24 hours. Often, the daily call for slice of life stories will stay open until the next morning since our co-author team is usually sleeping just after midnight (since all of us live in the Eastern Time Zone). If you are posting the link to your slice of life story after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, then you should go to the next day’s call for slice of life stories and leave your link there.

The essential information for the challenge appears below. Check it out in case you haven’t read it yet.

If you’re a new Slicer, then you’ve probably felt the comment love from one or more of the above-mentioned people the past couple of days. I am grateful to the returning Slicers who volunteer to comment on several extra blog posts daily as part of our “Welcome Wagon.” After all, commenting on other writers’ posts is at the heart of this challenge.

BE INSPIRED

Amanda Potts, who blogs at Persistence and Pedagogy, captured a conversation with a student that serves as an important reminder of why we teach. Click here to read Amanda’s post now.

QUESTIONS

Need to contact a co-author with a question? Please email us rather than leaving your question within your comment (below). Thank you, in advance, for your patience with us. We receive a high volume of emails during the first few days of the challenge. We will respond to all emails as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the individual challenge, you may contact one of these co-authors.

If your last name begins with the letters A – E, please email questions to Lanny Ball at lanny.ball[at]gmail.com.
If your last name begins with the letters F-I, please email questions to Kelsey Corter at kelseymcorter[at]gmail.com.
If your last name begins with the letters J-M, please email questions to Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
If your last name begins with the letters N – Q, please email questions to Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
If your last name begins with the letters R – U, please email questions to Beth Moore, beth[at]elizabethmoore.work.
If your last name begins with the letters V – Z, please email questions to Stacey, stacey[at]staceyshubitz.com.

If you have questions about the Classroom Challenge, which will take place next month, you may contact one of these co-authors:

If your last name begins with the letters A – M, please email questions to DebFrazier4[at]gmail.com.
If your last name begins with the letters N – Z, please email questions to Kathleen Sokolowski mrs.sokolowski[at]gmail.com.

Please note: We’re unable to respond to challenge-related questions via Facebook and Twitter.

Stacey Shubitz View All

I am a literacy consultant who has spent the past dozen years working with teachers to improve the teaching of writing in their classrooms. While I work with teachers and students in grades K-6, I'm a former fourth and fifth-grade teacher so I have a passion for working with upper elementary students.

I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).