Our Real Power: Authentic Writing

Monday March 24, 2014Sunday April 6, 2014 Dana Murphy14 Comments

"Stepping into our authenticity is stepping into our real power."

Be Your Higher Self

Monday March 17, 2014Tuesday March 18, 2014 Betsy Hubbard9 Comments

Are you being your higher self? It's not always easy. Barry Lane and Colleen Mestdagh gave me a lesson in teaching this idea to my students through song, writing and conversation.

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Challenge for New Slicers

Thursday March 13, 2014Monday March 17, 2014 Dana Murphy42 Comments

Calling all first-time Slicers!

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Notes from the SOLSC my classroom: how to leave “constructive comments”.

Monday March 3, 2014 Tara Smith10 Comments

Writing a Slice of Life every day is challenging for us, and challenging for our students. And, just as we (may) struggle with getting to everyone and leaving a meaningful comment, so it is for our students, too. For my students, who slice every Friday, all year, as part of our writing workshop routine, commenting was something that had… Continue reading Notes from the SOLSC my classroom: how to leave “constructive comments”.

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Writing in Preschool: Questions and Answers

Friday February 28, 2014Friday February 28, 2014 Betsy Hubbard5 Comments

Before this series of posts on preschool writers began, I asked you to tell me what burning questions you had. Get ready for a Q&A!

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WRITE, SHARE, GIVE: SOL TIME

Tuesday February 25, 2014Tuesday February 25, 2014 Tara Smith95 Comments

“I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still” ― Sylvia Plath, Letters Home Welcome, Tuesday slicers. It is the last Tuesday in February...four days from the start of our March Slice of Life Story Challenge. I, for one, am hoping that the voice within me will not be still… Continue reading WRITE, SHARE, GIVE: SOL TIME

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Writing in Preschool: Scope and Sequence

Saturday February 22, 2014Thursday October 4, 2018 Betsy Hubbard9 Comments

Writing is a big animal. A subjective animal as well when it comes to teaching our youngest writers.

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Keeping a writing blog: taking our writing workshop online

Monday February 17, 2014Monday February 17, 2014 Tara Smith4 Comments

With the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge just around the corner, perhaps some of you are thinking more than ever about starting a class blog just for writing. Over the past few years, we have taken our writer's notebook online in my classroom, not just for the month of March, but for the entire… Continue reading Keeping a writing blog: taking our writing workshop online

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Writing in Preschool. Where Does it All Fit?

Saturday February 15, 2014Friday February 14, 2014 Betsy Hubbard5 Comments

"People who are comfortable composing are much more likely to have strong identities as writers than people who don't." Katie Wood Ray & Matt Glover

Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC Classroom Challenge · writing workshop

Introducing the Support Team for the March SOLSC!

Thursday February 13, 2014Wednesday February 12, 2014 Betsy Hubbard8 Comments

Join us in introducing a great team to make the March SOLSC even better!

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WRITE, SHARE, GIVE: SOL TIME

Tuesday February 11, 2014Tuesday February 11, 2014 Tara Smith103 Comments

With our Slice of Life Story Challenges just around the corner, there is still time to encourage friends and colleagues to create their blogs and get ready to join us as we "write, share, give" in the month of March. I have two colleagues who seem almost ready to take the plunge, and one who is… Continue reading WRITE, SHARE, GIVE: SOL TIME