I visited my old school this past fall and had lunch with several of my former students, some of whom were part of DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women, and asked them if they were interested in writing another book. Well, I FINALLY have a cohesive cadre of girls together who have… Continue reading Writing Miles Apart
Author: Stacey Shubitz
Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her new book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.
Celebrating with Slices of Cake
I gathered all four of the students who completed 31 Slices of Life during March for a luncheon today. School food for main courses and some Entemann's for dessert. They informed me about the way they'd like their Slices to be preserved. Two selected a digital scrapbook and two asked me to do it by… Continue reading Celebrating with Slices of Cake
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Voice/Silence — Poetry Friday
Staying with the voice/silence theme my class has begun to think about during our Interactive Read Alouds, I give you this poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller on the first Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month. First They Came for the Jews First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I… Continue reading Voice/Silence — Poetry Friday
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Of course you can write!
My kids returned from lunch and recess looking like they were ready for a discussion, not a read aloud aloud. However, it was time for Interactive Read Aloud and we were supposed to look at The Other Side though the voice/silence lens. However, I decided to deviate from the plan and went through the "Voice/Silence… Continue reading Of course you can write!
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Writing Free Verse Poetry: More Mentors
I was reading a post Franki wrote about a new free-verse poetry novel, 42 Miles. After reading about it, I went on to Amazon and purchased a copy through the Strand Bookstore. I'm excited about this book since it'll likely be another mentor text of free-verse poetry that I can place in front of my… Continue reading Writing Free Verse Poetry: More Mentors
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Made with free image tools @ TXT2PIC.com 80% of my class turned-in their Poetry Circle Poem Submission Forms on-time today. Yahoo! Many of them submitted their own poems, but others chose to submit poems they love by poets like Silverstein, Lansky, and Nesbitt. I cannot wait for tomorrow afternoon!
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Sketchcast
My mother-in-law, who is a Literacy Coach, emailed me this evening to inform me about a resource called Sketchcast. I went online and checked it out tonight to start thinking of ways I could use it in my classroom. I thought of vocabulary instruction immediately, which is how I came up with this. Have you… Continue reading Sketchcast
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Notebooks
Literacydetails' Post reminded me of a conversation I had with the student who inspired the SOLSC. He confided in me about a week or so ago. Here's a close approximate of the conversation: I walked into the hallway and saw C standing at his backpack shaking his head. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Ms. Shubitz, I… Continue reading Notebooks
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And the winner of Ali Edwards’ Book is…
THE READING ZONE Thank you to EVERYONE who participated for part or all of the first-ever Slice of Life Story Challenge!!!
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Four Kids Hit 31!!!!
Cards for the Fab Four Originally uploaded by teachergal 20% of my students wrote 31 Slices of Life Stories this month. ONE EVERY DAY!!! I'm so proud of them. These are the outer shells of the cards I'm creating for them. They'll find them in their mailboxes in school tomorrow. I picked the grand prize… Continue reading Four Kids Hit 31!!!!
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Stacey’s Slice of Life Story for 4/1/08
It wasn't on the side table. It wasn't on my desk. It wasn't on the storage shelf. It wasn't anywhere that it should be. WHERE ON EARTH WAS MY WILSON CURSIVE KIT!?!!? I wondered. I scheduled my kids' first day of cursive writing instruction for tomorrow afternoon and I couldn't find the box that contained… Continue reading Stacey’s Slice of Life Story for 4/1/08
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Welcome to the first WEEKLY SOLSC!
Please use Mr. Linky to add your post to today's SOLSC Round-up by clicking on the image below: Be sure to tag your post with the words "Slice of Life Story Challenge." To learn more about the weekly Challenge, click here. To learn more about the month-long Challenge that just ended, click here. Glad you're… Continue reading Welcome to the first WEEKLY SOLSC!
