Write a little bit less or a little bit more: today is day number 24!
BE INSPIRED
Today’s post comes to us from Amy Juengst, of The Way I See It. Her post Can do! Please Don’t Discuss. Are You? speaks to the ridiculous number of decisions that a teacher has to make in a given day, not to mention all the problems they have to solve. The struggle is so real!
QUESTIONS
Please email us if you have questions rather than leaving them in the comments below. You may direct specific questions to the appropriate co-author.
SOLSC (for individuals):
- If your last name begins with A-D, email Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with E-H, email Jenna Komarin at Jennakomarin[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with I-L, email Lainie Levin at lainlev72[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with M-Q, email Leah Thomas at leah.koch7[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with R-U, email Melani Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with V-Z, email Sarah Valter at sarahvalterreads[at]gmail.com.
Classroom SOLSC (for classrooms and students under age 18 with an adult sponsor):
- If your last name begins with A-L, email Leah Koch at Leah.koch7[at]gmail.com.
- If your last name begins with M-Z, email Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.
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went to get some viral egg rolls – https://theakilahbrown.com/egg-rolls-game-night-sol25/
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We started work on the Spring Break project in the garden today. I have remembered that gardening is hard work, and that I am not as young as I think. https://karpenglish.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/hard-time/
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A good day: https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/its-the-little-things-24/
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Death cleaning: https://bluejeanamycom.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/sol-day-24-2/
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What does this librarian do on spring break? Visit libraries and exhibits of books 😉 https://readingtl.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-libraries-books.html
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The hazards (benefits?) of owning a sailboat: https://tendingbulbs.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/if-you-give-a-husband-a-sailboat/
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Ready or not, the end of break always arrives https://readreflectteach.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/sol25-day-24-not-ready/
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How do you keep your spirits up when things feel dire? https://thinkingthroughmylens.com/2025/03/24/into-the-light-sol25-day-24/
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One of those Mondays without coffee, sort of.
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Another pet post. https://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2025/03/willow.html
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do you ever change lyrics to well-known songs and making them chores or going to bed? I did last night :p
https://hannahshappenings.net/2025/03/24/its-time-for-bed-song-march-sol-24-31-sol25/
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I made a big decision today about subbing. https://moonsnailsdaisiesmarmots.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/a-big-decision/
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What did I want to be when I was five? https://edsoapbox.com/2025/03/24/slice-of-life-day-24-growing-up/
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Holy WOW I’ve just finished the newest Hunger Games book….and I need to talk. https://onemiraculousmama.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/sol25-day-24-sunrise-on-the-reaping-revisited/
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Today’s workday was a breath of fresh air: https://horizon51.blogspot.com/2025/03/solsc-25-day-twenty-four-sunshine-and.html?m=1
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examining tree rings and reading some beautiful personification pieces shared here inspired my own poetry cross section https://bulletsandblanks.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/leave/
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March 24…and I was walking in a blizzard!🥶 https://alotalot.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/slice-of-life-walk-3/
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When your kid is happyhttps://bloggedbutunspoken.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/emily-the-realtor/
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My year in photos. http://karyninthekitchen.com/2025/03/24/sol25-24-year-in-photos/
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Rethinking after life https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/on-second-thought?r=oc5z7
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Rethinking after life https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/on-second-thought?r=oc5z7
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Rethinking after life https://ryansgraybill.substack.com/p/on-second-thought?r=oc5z7
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I’ll take any sign I can when I’m missing my friend. http://onathought.com/2025/03/24/more-hummingbirds-please/
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Why my day was different…https://dailyscribbles.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/not-a-typical-monday/
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A Poem: Things I’d Rather Do Than the Laundry: https://leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/quirks-poetry-inspiration/
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The distraction gauntlet — https://juliameehan12.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/the-distraction-gauntlet/
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It’s a simple strategy, really… ✨ https://writingandlaughing.com/2025/03/24/filled-back-up-sol25-day-24-31/
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What do you do with those odd periods of time near the end of class? Today, I used every minute. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2025/03/24/using-every-minute-solc25-24-31/
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Baby Grove is making it hard to breathe, but it’s okay! https://blogginbecky12.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/out-of-breath/
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I challenge you to remember that someone really, really loves them https://limitlyssthoughts.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/someone-really-really-loves-them/
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Dress rehearsal:
https://tswalkingthedog.blogspot.com/2025/03/exhibition-game.html
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https://www.larkinmeehan.com/blog/2025/3/24/roscoe
Taking a moment to feel the feelings
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Old Lady Gardenr #184 March 24 A Curiosity Goal https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/old-lady-gardener-184-march-24-a-curiosity-goal/
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I’m being tested https://thebamcamblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/day-24-march-24-2025/
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Notes from my trip home from dance this evening: https://sherrisslice.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/sol25-24-on-my-way-home/
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Grandma doesn’t stand a chance when Grandpa sides with the grandsons. https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol-2431-boys-stick-together.html
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A moment of scattered reflection after a long school day. https://hmsablog.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/at-the-end-of-the-school-day/
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A lovely night with my family, on our own, but all together. https://berries781.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/on-our-own-but-all-together/
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A mulberry poem came from a writing prompt during my journal club last night. https://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-mulberry-bush.html
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A slow morning around my hometown https://abitofgi.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/morning-through-memory-lane/
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Rain delay. https://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2025/03/take-me-out-to-ballgame.html
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https://randomthoughtsofagratefuladdict.blogspot.com/2025/03/reading-through-new-testament.html
This little discipline is changing me, one little day at a time.
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Did you know they have 3-1 flu/covid tests? https://mschiubookawrites.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/abcs-of-life/
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The gift of being in community with social change activist Deepa Iyer: https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2025/03/reflecting-on-my-role-in-social-change.html
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Noticings on my walk in Brooklyn https://wonder864.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/solc-day-24-only-in-brooklyn/
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How often do we ask an acquaintance “How are you doing?” Here’s a good answer! https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/24/how-are-you-doing/
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How often do we ask an acquaintance “How are you doing?” Here’s a good answer! https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/24/how-are-you-doing/
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How often do we ask an acquaintance “How are you doing?” Here’s a good answer! https://pencilonmybackporch.home.blog/2025/03/24/how-are-you-doing/
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Rainy Days…https://seekingopenspace.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/rainy-days/
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those bloomin’ trees: https://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/living-in-the-clouds-solc2025-24/
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A slice about unpacking writing units for teachers https://anavpatton.org/2025/03/24/pulling-the-blinds-open-on-a-new-unit/
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Stacey Shubitz: https://athousandfibersblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/stacey-shubitz-sol24-day24/
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Here is another day where what I thought I was going to write ended up being different than what happened. https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/breathing/
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Do you remember SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK? https://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/school-house-rock-solc-24-of-31/
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Michael Jordan motivation https://musingmillennial93.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/michael-jordan-motivation/
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Story of a Sunday
https://thoughtsandmusingsfromheidi.blogspot.com/2025/03/story-of-sunday.html
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Taking inspiration from other bloggers who have used the 4-4-4 format: In My Corner of the World | arjeha
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Shamefaced I admit—a rude awakening. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/no-to-this/
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About books on the Indus valley civilization and a visit to Lothal, A Harappan site many years ago. https://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/day-24-of-the-march-solsc-sol25/
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Where do you find joy on challenging days?
https://open.substack.com/pub/expatteacher/p/joy-appears?r=164m62&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A short poem inspired by an overheard word that I haven’t heard in a long time. https://learnwithvivian.com/2025/03/24/cause-and-effect/
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I wish I had met my grandmother … https://livinglife816287820.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/a-grandma-i-never-got-to-know
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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have safely landed and the people who keep me grounded: Safe Landing – Sitting Behind the Eight Ball
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I am pondering the future of my students. https://ritadicarne.com/2025/03/24/what-comes-next/
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A conversation about healing stones becomes a poem. If you could be a stone, what would you be? https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2025/03/24/slice-of-life-day-24-stones-for-stella/
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Out of ideas, so a quick OLW check: https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/olw-still-working/
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Some good news for once: https://ayearofreading.org/2025/03/24/slice-of-life-some-good-news-for-once/
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I sliced about my most photogenic cat, Pickles, in a Year of Pictures style post: https://thedirigibleplum.com/2025/03/24/a-year-in-pictures-pickles-edition-24-31-sol25/
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Sign or coincidence- I know what I think. You decide http://doodadsanddoodles.blog/2025/03/24/is-this-a-message-from-you-mom-solc-day-24/
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Back to school after spring break – today a poem about banana cream pie!
https://wordancerblog.com/march-sol-2025-poems-about-nourishment/
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A quick slice written during a stolen moment at a workshop. Using the right now format. https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2025/03/right-now-stolen-moment.html
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Monday motivation… https://standingtall47.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/monday-motivation-4/
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My niece got a song stuck on loop in my head http://writingwithabandon.com/2025/03/24/apt/
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https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2025/03/sol25-march-25-lost-trombone.html
Real life has so many stories like this one, a lost trombone?
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Seeing my colleague, Amy, as the spotlight today (Congrats, Amy!) got me thinking aobut MY PATH to this challenge. Wrote is as a Before That poem…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/before-that-3/
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A Sunday road trip leads to memory lane… https://humbleswede.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/on-the-road-again/
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Pondering my personality https://nixthecomfortzone.com/2025/03/24/solc-day-24/
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A huge thank you to this community for your comments on Aging – https://ebgriffin1119.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/more-thoughts-on-aging/
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I grew up in a “white” neighborhood. https://amyjuengst.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/white-knights-of-the-hood/
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Sharing a snippet of the rural life in Ghana https://justgiftslife.gift/2025/03/24/amas-soup/
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My son knows how to mess with my heart. https://camashmorr.blogspot.com/2025/03/messing-with-my-heart-solsc25.html
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Remembering my father https://thespacebetweenthepages.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/how-long-has-it-been/
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A burst of energy a fellow slicer’s missing mustard inspiration set the stage for a cleaning event https://kimhaynesjohnson.com/2025/03/24/march-24-516-547/
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We would eat this meal weekly, maybe more if I let my husband have his way. https://pushtowrite2020.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/pasta-fagioli/
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What brings you calm? http://wherethereisjoy.blog/2025/03/23/calm/
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One of the two requests, done…sorry bluebirds! https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2025/03/slice-of-life-2025-24-of-31-apologies.html
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When your 98 year old neighbor calls… https://dmsherriff.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/friday-night-utility/
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A common topic and an old pattern make up today’s slice. https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/solsc25-day-24-time/
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Figuring out how to cross the street in Tbilisi was an adventure! https://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/how-do-i-get-across/
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You can endure the storms of life…a rainbow and a pantoum poem to capture it: https://litbitsandpieces.com/2025/03/24/rainbow-reminder/
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Hustlers gonna hustle https://getupeight.home.blog/2025/03/24/hustle/
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A walk near my house for my slice of the day. https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2025/03/23/march-24-516-547-p-m-california/
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The hardest decision of my day: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/the-hardest-decision-of-my-day-solsc25-24-31-516-p-m-to-547-p-m/
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