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Participant Information Form #sol17
Attention first-year and returning Slicers: Please fill out this year’s participant information form. Filling out the form takes less than five minutes and helps with timely prize distribution in April.
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A Baker’s Dozen
Lee Ann Spillane, a high school teacher, asserts that sharing stories at a common table is what the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge is all about.
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Pausing to Reflect: Personal Essays
My third graders are wrapping up their unit on personal essay. While some have grasped the structure and have articulated reasons and examples to support their argument, others have struggled to understand the concept of an essay. I want to take some time to think about what went right when teaching this unit and where the breakdowns occurred.
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Three Ways to Teach Empathy Inside Writing Workshop
This video, narrated by Brene Brown, has been viewed over 7,000,000 times. Empathy is more complicated than its twin sister, sympathy. Empathy is a challenge for a lot of people--not just kids. The great poet Nikki Giovanni has said, "Let me clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems.… Continue reading Three Ways to Teach Empathy Inside Writing Workshop
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10th Annual SOLSC Prize Reveal
Don't let those self-doubting dialogues, "There is no way I can write for 31 days, what am I thinking," creep into your brain! But, in case you need a prize more tangible than the rewards of writing every day, we've sweetened the deal with a prize reveal. You cannot possibly consider turning back now!
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Time for SOL Tuesday
Gear-up for our month-long writing challenge by participating in the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge today. All you have to do is write your story, share the link to it on this blog post, and then give at least three other writers some comment love.
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On the Pitfalls of Hiding Out
Sometimes in a busy and chaotic schedule, we inadvertently miss attending to some of our students who like to "fly under the radar." Being systematic and intentionally positive can make a big difference for some of our writers.
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A Third-Grade Teacher and Her Students Dive Into the Classroom SOLSC
Shelly Surridge and her third-grade students have been slicing for the past few years. In this post, she'll encourage you to join them online next month.
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Tips, Tricks, and Routines for Making Your Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge a Success
Katy Collins, a sixth-grade teacher, has been slicing with her students for several years. If you're thinking about participating in the Classroom SOLSC with your students, then you'll want to read her post.
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The Importance of Science: My 2017 #NF10for10 Selections
These ten picture books will not only teach students about important topics in science, but they'll also help kids become better writers.
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Setting Goals With Students
Once we teach students about goals and the importance of them in our lives, we can use the accompanying language in all aspects of their, and our own, learning.
