We're back to slicing on Tuesdays only. (Insert the Whew! or That's all we do now!??! here.) Therefore, please submit your Slice of Life Story, as a comment, on this post. Bonnie has generously donated a photograph she took at sunrise, over the Hudson River, recently. She'll print it out and send it to you… Continue reading Slicing on Tuesdays
Category: Slice of Life Story Challenge
Images from Yesterday’s Slice of Life Celebration
I celebrated with some small notebooks, pens, notes, and cake with my eight students who wrote for 25 - 31 days last month. Some images from the set-up for the Celebration: From Slice of Life Story Challenge Party
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Silent Movie: The Reveal of the Final Giveaways
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SOLSC – Day 27 of 31
We're on the 27th day our month-long writing challenge! Please link your Slice of Life Story to this post by leaving a comment (scroll to the bottom of this post) before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time today.
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Ruth’s Slice: Debbie Miller Observation!
Sitting on the floor of a primary classroom, watching Debbie Miller lead a reading workshop, I am reminded of the importance of a student-led classroom. It all comes down to either embracing the thinking and work of students or embracing standardized test prep. It's either empowering students or it's empowering the test. I am renewed… Continue reading Ruth’s Slice: Debbie Miller Observation!
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Ruth’s Slice: Morning Tea.
His loud wailing sobs broke into the serene morning. Our mornings are peaceful. Always. (Usually.) Right now it isn't quiet. The sobs are echoing through the entire house -- bouncing off of the floor; binging off of the walls; filling the house. In my mind I growl my five year old's name. Certainly she did… Continue reading Ruth’s Slice: Morning Tea.
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Link Your Slice of Life Story Here!
The month-long Slice of Life Story Challenge is a few days away. If you're looking to get ready to launch a month-long Slice of Life Story Challenge in your classroom, then please click here for details. However, if you stopped by to submit the link to the Slice of Life Story you wrote for today,… Continue reading Link Your Slice of Life Story Here!
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Gearing Up for the Classroom Part of the Slice of Life Story Challenge
Are you planning to host a Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOLSC) in your classroom during the month of March? If so, here are some basic tools to launch it this-coming Sunday, 3/1/09. #1) Send home an announcement about the SOLSC this week. Here's an example of the one I'm sending home, which looks a… Continue reading Gearing Up for the Classroom Part of the Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Ruth’s SOLS: The Morning.
About a year ago I recorded our bedtime routine -- I should do that again, considering there's two extra kids in on the gig. It's funny, though, how much of it is still the same. I was thinking on the way to work today that I should record the morning routine. I don't have photos… Continue reading Ruth’s SOLS: The Morning.
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New Buttons.
Now if these don't inspire you to participate in this week's challenges, then I don't know what will! Feel free to use these buttons for your Memoir Monday and Slice of Life Tuesday posts.
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Weekly Challenges
Some writers live a solitary life. Many write in isolation and put their work out into the world only when they feel it's, well, perfect. As a reader of the Two Writing Teachers Blog, I have a feeling you are aware that Ruth and I have been trying to ensure that teachers of writing do… Continue reading Weekly Challenges
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Ruth’s SOLS: October.
Here's a Slice of Life that I can hardly wait to experience . . . (Is it a SOLS if it's yet to come? I suppose, since I've experienced it in the past!) I walk outside and around me I hear the last of the birds waiting to fly to warmer places. As my walk… Continue reading Ruth’s SOLS: October.
