Slice of Life Story Challenge

SOL Tuesday & Four Weeks Until the March Challenge Begins

In February, there are always new people testing the Slicing waters as March draws nearer. They’re trying to determine whether or not they feel comfortable writing publicly. If you see someone who leaves a comment that says something like, “This is my first slice,” today or Tuesday, please head over to their blog to leave them a comment sicne it's both exciting and intimidating to put your words out in the world.

Discovering the Writer’s Life Blog Series · writing workshop

Keeping a Class List of Writing Ideas: Discovering the Writer’s Life Blog Series

One way to show students how to live a writer's life

Discovering the Writer’s Life Blog Series · writing workshop

Discovering the Writer’s Life Blog Series

How do you encourage your students to live a writerly life? Check out this week's blog series.

Tweet Roundup

Writing Tweet Roundup

Check out Deb's end-of-the-month curated collection of writing Tweets!

commenting · Slice of Life Story Challenge

Last Call for the Welcome Wagon!

Will you help us welcome new Slicers this March?

management · schedules · writing workshop

The Schedule: How Do You Fit It All In?

In this post, I share several examples of daily schedules, along with links to other resources.

reading-writing connections · stories · writing workshop

Story: Still the Heart of Literacy Learning

Take a little tour with me as I share highlights from this new book by Katie Egan Cunningham.

informational writing · stories · writer's notebook · writing workshop

Starting with Story

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 25th Annual Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference in Illinois.  One of the sessions I attended was led by the brilliant and endearing Christopher Lehman.  His session centered around using our stories to generate topics for information writing.  It is a unique approach to a genre that can sometimes feel… Continue reading Starting with Story

SOLSC Classroom Challenge · writing workshop

Join the Fourth Annual Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge!

This March marks the fourth year of the classroom version of the Slice of Life Story Challenge, or Classroom SOLSC. We hope that many of you will join the challenge with your classes!

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SOLS

Today is Tuesday which means it is time to write your Slice, share your link, and give at least three comments to other bloggers.  Don't forget to click on some unfamiliar names in the list of Slicers and get to know some new bloggers! If you are on Twitter, don't forget our new hashtag: #sol16.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join Our Writing Community!

Calling all educators! Whether you're thinking about joining our writing community or coming back for your ninth March writing challenge, please take a few minutes to read this post. (NOTE: There's a change about who can participate in the individual challenge this year.)

don graves · education · katie wood ray · NWP · teacher of writing · teacher writing · Teachers who write · the persona of a writer · writing workshop

Should Educators Be Writers?

Is it important that teachers who teach writing actually write?