SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains. --Ernest Hello Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom or personal blog. Then, share the unique URL to the… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 18 of 31

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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It is not length of life, but depth of life. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom or personal blog. Then, share the unique URL to the location of the “round up” of student slices. (Click here to… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 17 of 31

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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We're a little past the halfway mark for the March Challenge!

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.  --Henry David Thoreau Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom or personal blog. Then, share the unique URL to the location of the “round… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 15 of 31

conferences · conferring · Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Conferring

Check out some of our past posts about all aspects of conferring.

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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Writer's block is only a failure of the ego. --Norman Mailer What did your students think of the Classroom Commenting Challenge? Please share their reflections when you leave the link to their slice of life stories today or tomorrow.  (Whatever is easier for you.) Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 14 of 31

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.  --Author Unknown The Classroom Commenting Challenge continues today. (Click here to learn more about it.)  I hope your students continue to feel the comment love! Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 13 of 31

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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Writing is kind of like fishing... you have to rely on your instincts. --Kevin Canty in The New Yorker Get ready for the Classroom Commenting Challenge, which begins today.  Click here to learn more about it.   It is my hope your students will get lots of comments from the entire slicing community over the course of… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 12 of 31

commenting · Slice of Life Story Challenge

Classroom Commenting Challenge #comments4kids

Have you had a look at some of the slice of life stories the students who are participating in the Classroom Challenge have been writing?  I am so impressed -- with the students' writing and with the work their teachers have done to help the challenge become a reality for their students. This is the… Continue reading Classroom Commenting Challenge #comments4kids

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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ATTENTION CLASSROOM TEACHERS: Please leave the total number of students you have who are blogging (and linking) daily. I will need this for a special challenge later this week.

biography · introduction · mentor texts · process · voice

Q&A with the Author of “Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?” + a Giveaway

Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell is an expertly crafted biography that can be used to teach students a variety of craft moves during a biography writing unit of study.

SOLSC Classroom Challenge

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Doing your best is more important than being your best. - Shannon Miller Details: If your students are slicing from their personal blogs, then you should link their blog posts together using your classroom or personal blog. Then, share the unique URL to the location of the “round up” of student slices. (Click here to… Continue reading Classroom SOLSC: 10 of 31