SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Classroom SOLSC: 16 of 31

Stacey Shubitz
Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge 2013. Feel free to grab this button and use it on your classroom blog. Happy slicing.
Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge 2013. Feel free to grab this button and use it on your classroom blog. Happy slicing.

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” –Vincent van Gogh

“If your plan isn’t working, adjust your plan. Never give up.” –Matt Martin

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” –Les Brown

Can you believe we’re more than halfway through our March Challenge!??!  How’s it going?  Please share any observations, thoughts, or insights by leaving them along with your round-up link OR e-mail them to me at stacey[at]staceyshubitz[dot]com.

Details:

  1. 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 find out what a unique URL is.)  Remember to post one unique URL and use the same username/email to log so your comments will appear instantly.
  2. Only post the link to your students’ slices of life here. Do not post the link to your personal slice of life stories here. Post your personal slice of life story over at the daily call for individual slice of life stories.
  3. Any questions, please contact one of our concierges. (Click here for more information on how to work with our concierges.)

Concierge for last names beginning with A – G: Linda Baie — lindab414[at]gmail[dot]com

Concierge for last names beginning with H – M: LeAnn Carpenter (aka: Elsie) — leannecarpenter[at]sbcglobal[dot]net

Concierge for last names beginning with N – S: Bonnie Kaplan — blkdrama[at]mac[dot]com

Concierge for last names beginning with T – Z: Carol Wilcox — carwilc[at]aol[dot]com

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

13 thoughts on “Classroom SOLSC: 16 of 31”

  4. My students are truly loving this. Many have asked if we can keep going after March. A few even asked if they could blog all summer. Kids who want to write…success! They are very encouraged by comments; discouraged if they are overlooked. I am seeing improvements in their grammar and spelling…they are trying new types of writing after seeing what other kids do…and they are revealing sides of themselves I never knew. It makes me wish we had started in September…but I wonder if it would be as magical? http://kidblog.org/MrsRogersBloggers/

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  7. I didn’t anticipate how much work it would be to support my students in the challenge, but it’s also been just as rewarding as I had hoped. Some of my students are really growing into writers, while for others it’s just wonderful to see them writing in English at all outside of class. They have all been so excited and inspired by the comments they’ve received. Other teachers from our building and district are excited about following along and leaving comments, so maybe we’ll have some more classrooms trying it next year!

    Saturdays have been a light day for us, but a few slices should should up later:

    http://kidblog.org/WritingOurOwnWords/4c717e80-bf91-41b2-aae0-f5ebe2a3d0be/slice-of-life-link-up-16-of-31/

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  12. The challenge is going well in my classroom. For most (all but 3) of my students, blogging is new. They have never blogged before or written online, so this challenge has posed a steep learning curve for many. With so much to learn and try on the tech side, errors abound on the writing side. Still, we are learning. I’ve truly enjoyed using slices during writing mini-lessons these past two weeks. Very useful –there’s a wealth from which to teach. I love the quotes you’ve used to frame the classroom slices too. I want to add them to my list and make images out of them sometime.

    My kids sleep in, so our round up link won’t be populated until later in the day.

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