#slice2013: 17 of 31
WRITE. Each day in March write a slice on your own blog.
SHARE. Link your post here (using the SAME username each day) before the comments close. (Comments typically close around 5 am.)
GIVE. Comment on at least three other slices.
Any questions, please contact:
- Linda Baie – lindab414[at]gmail[dot]com (If you last name begins with A – G.)
- LeAnn Carpenter – leannecarpenter[at]sbcglobal[dot]net (If your last name begins with H – M.)
- Bonnie Kaplan – blkdrama[at]mac[dot]com (If your last name begins with N – S.)
- Carol Wilcox — carwilc[at]aol[dot]com (If your last name begins with T – Z.)
Useful Links:






Poetry on Sunday:
http://echointhememory.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/slice-of-life-17-of-31/
A belated Happy St. Patric’s Day
http://awriterlylife.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/my-slice-10-sol-17of-31-st-patricks-day/
Not Quite Spring in Wyoming
This would be helpful…
http://imwritingtoo.blogspot.com/2013/03/not-quite-spring-in-wyoming.html
On the joys of testing and whether or not it really prepares our students for the real test…life
http://theothersideoftheequation.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-is-only-test.html
http://thetruthasirememberit.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/more-happy-moments/
http://readwriteinspire.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-favorite-librarian.html
Everything I need to know about book talking, I learned from Tasha
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! http://smilingallthewhile.blogspot.com/2013/03/surrounded.html
I took a great class today. http://girlgriot.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/all-systems-go-solsc-17/
http://zanyzaino.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/no-i-cant-blacklist-that-place/
Day 17: I couldn’t write about my photo today. Instead, I wrote about the news. Two articles. Four teenage boys. Lives changed forever. I am sad for our youth today. I am disappointed in our adults. Did you read these articles? What gives you hope? http://jenbaum-laughoftenlovemuch.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-17-green.html
What a lovely evening.
http://caroline524.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/here-comes-the-bride/
Taking time to reflect on St. Patty’s Day
Touch of Green
http://primarywordbyword.blogspot.com/2013/03/touch-of-green.html
Quick weekend….
http://ihaveboys.blogspot.com/2013/03/quick-notes-tonight.html#!/2013/03/quick-notes-tonight.html
Poison event last night.http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/solsc-2013-day-17-of-31/
We enjoyed celebrating St. Patty’s Day today!
http://morethanblueberries.blogspot.ca/2013/03/nothing-but-green.html
http://lookingforthewritewords29.blogspot.com/2013/03/collector-or-pack-rat-sols-10.html
Collector or Pack Rat?
The boys floor is done! (With pictures!)
http://projectchameleon.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice2013-day-17-of-31.html
Cooks in the Kitchen
http://fearlessthinkingblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/cooks-in-the-kitchen/
http://flukeprints.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/the-comedian/
16 Years ago in first grade, i never would have guessed she’d become a comedian.
Today I drove by a house for sale and the trees inspired me to write this poem.
http://missivesfrommissouri.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-place-i-love-sol17.html
The Challenge in the Challenge…http://www.raisingreadersandwriters.com/2013/03/the-challenge-in-challenge-solc2013-17.html
http://mslusser.edublogs.org/2013/03/18/march-17th/
state tests stress me out…
On this my birthday, I reflect on my life and the important people who have helped shape me. Large portions of my day have been spent thinking about my parents and loss. I visited the funeral parlor tonight.
http://travelinma.blogspot.com/2013/03/when.html
Time to unwind for the night…
http://adventuresofamiddleschoolteacher.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-of-life-march-challenge-17.html
These guys are right at home!
http://slicesfromthesofa.blogspot.com/2013/03/these-little-piggies.html
http://kidblog.org/WiseWordsFromMissAlvezsClass/066abc9f-4cc4-43c0-b90d-98603a42e858/favorite-quote
Wisdom from Tuck Everlasting..
Tried to post Friday but the hotel WiFi did not cooperate. Late on TWT. A short poem, which is not my best writing. I try playing with words so this post surprised me.
http://booksavors.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/solc-happiness-is/
My latest piece of artwork
http://larkinsthoughts.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice2013-17-of-31.html
Where Have I Been? http://booksavors.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/solc-where-have-i-been/
My son made me smile again tonight…
http://skunkle.blogspot.com/2013/03/tonight-my-son-had-to-write-letter-to.html
Struggled to write tonight.
http://sowingseeds.edublogs.org/2013/03/17/mid-challenge-slump
Thinking back through the recipes of my childhood and the ones I make for my kids now
http://tgtmmusings.blogspot.com/2013/03/whats-your-secret-family-recipe.html
This weekend, I got immersed in a good book. It felt so familiar- like coming home
http://thethirdflower.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-im-reading.html
Reading Thieves (they are learning early)…http://ruthayreswrites.blogspot.com/2013/03/reading-thieves.html
I borrowed an idea from Jaana’s Writing Blog- http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-modified-ode-to-color-green.html and wrote about my favorite color (it’s blue, not green
for St. Patrick’s Day…but I did wear green today!)…
http://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/blue-soothes-my-soul-solsc201317/
http://enbuscadeequilibrio.blogspot.com/2013/03/pain-and-fear-slice2013-1731.html
Knowing that the inevitable pain that comes with labor is not that far away!
just one of the top five most embarrassing moments of my life on the blog today. Please enjoy
http://www.selfgoodday.com/2013/03/yolo-baby.html
We get by with a little help from our friends.
http://scatteredthoughtsmary.blogspot.com/2013/03/thankful-for-my-village.html
Prom dress shopping has begun
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-2013-17-of-31-prom-dress-shopping.html
There are so many things to remember
http://you-get-what-you-get-lori.blogspot.com/2013/03/forgotten.html
Baking and sharing with friends…
http://alittlefaithandalotofheart.blogspot.com/2013/03/cobbler.html
Losing weight feels good!
http://lindsayforbesallen.blogspot.com/2013/03/ive-lost-weight.html
I arrive in Arizona for Spring training
http://writekimwrite.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/as-promised/
Some things are just worth writing about…
http://dinacoverstone.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-magic-blanket.html
http://dysfunctionalityisaword.blogspot.com/2013/03/perspective.html
It’s all about the Perspective.
Items from my Happy List & lucky numbers
http://wordfromthecorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-17.html
I posted once, but don’t see it… sorry if it shows up twice!!
Thoughts about being pregnant after seeing my sister at her baby shower today.
http://jilltsouks.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/pregnancy/
http://interstate10revisted.blogspot.com/
Some items from my Happy List… & lucky numbers!!
http://wordfromthecorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-17.html
It was a wild and crazy weekend, but now, silence http://deb-day.blogspot.com/2013/03/17-of-31-silence.html
Weekend slicing is harder for me since I have to write after the kids get to bed.
It was a busy day at Hershey’s Chocolate World
http://mysliceoflifeexperiment.blogspot.com/2013/03/being-tourist-close-to-home.html
Why I write.
http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/2013/03/why-i-write.html
It has been a long day…http://kidblog.org/MrsRogersBloggers/0ffd2735-2171-4363-98ee-e910d3ee636c/unexpected-tears/
And the Countdown begins
http://usingthewholedancefloor.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/and-the-countdown-begins/
A text from a baby
http://delilahgibson.blogspot.com/2013/03/texts-from-baby.html
Today’s slice: My Zero Calorie Problem
http://mindimusings.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-zero-calorie-problem.html
http://archermom.blogspot.com/2013/03/reading-another-benefit.html
A conversation with my son.
My List
http://throighmyeyes.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-lists.html
http://michaelannelaurent.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-braid.html
respite – forced and claimed
http://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/one-pilgrims-process-march-sol-17/
Corned Beef and Cabbage
– http://truestoryofafifthgradeteacher.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/slice-17-corned-beef-and-cabbage/
She told me something about the book I’m about to read. Even when I asked her not to.
http://sliceoflifedeanna.blogspot.com/2013/03/dont-tell-me-anything-about-it.html
Today I Love New Beginnings and Old Traditions
http://triciaeaton.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-beginnings-and-old-traditionsslice.html
Everyone’s a Cinderella
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2013/03/everyones-cinderella-slice-of-life-17.html
Sunday Preparations, yes Monday is here again but
http://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/sunday-preparations-yes-monday-is-here-again-but/
Work is never wasted. Finished my students’ round up slices today: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2013/03/done.html
spilling a family secret plus a poem too…
http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2013/03/is-there-little-irish-in-your-life.html
If you wanna hear God laugh, tell him your plans.
http://thisinbetweenlife.blogspot.com/2013/03/lesson-learned.html
anticipating change
http://chasingstories.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/march-17-changes/
http://www.klingercafe.com/2013/03/this-is-hard-sol-1731.html
Just Write
Changed my mind about the slice I wanted to post. Now featuring Star Meets the Bread Fairy.
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-17-star-and-bread-fairy.html
Chatting with Isabelle about some of the things she’s done this week (that are preparing me for her teenage years when things like this won’t seem as big as they do now).
http://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/mylittledaredevil/
In like a lion –
http://ellensruminations.blogspot.com/2013/03/in-like-lion.html
http://bohemianteachers.blogspot.com/2013/03/1731-solc_17.html
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
http://heinischhome.blogspot.com/2013/03/erin-go-bragh.html
Lesson-planning-Sunday!! http://boxofchocolates29.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/solsc-3-17-13-flipping-out/
Hated finding some well-loved children’s authors in our state test books last week.
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-17-dear-famous-author.html
using my post from last week about my husband as a model for a similar one about my parents: http://ihabloespanglish.blogspot.com/2013/03/they-love-me.html
Here is my post about our Rainbow Fish(-ish) theme birthday party on Saturday – pictures included
http://pursuit-of-sanity.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-rainbow-fish.html
Comments overheard during kindergarten choice time…….
http://thaywoodshappenings.blogspot.com/2013/03/comments-overheard-during-kindergarten.html
Playing around with a new app – it’s lots of fun and could be addictive.
http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/2013/03/17/playing-with-haiku/
Sister-in-Law http://shredsofmymind.blogspot.com/2013/03/sols17-sister-in-law.html
Sure am glad my perspective has changed. Here are the reminders that helped me along my journey.
http://stumblingthroughwords.blogspot.com/2013/03/vantage-point.html
Does a leprechaun visit YOUR house??
http://sunsandstone.blogspot.com/2013/03/lucky-leprechaun.html
On a Mission–involving Common Core, close reading, and humanity–what a combination:
http://meanderingmaya.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/on-a-mission/
How do willpower and vulnerability affect your approach to teaching?
http://literacycoachingthoughts.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-of-life-17-willpower-willing.html#links
Thoughts on what my son’s first word will be
http://erinj7.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/mama-or-dadda/
Green Beer and Pride?
http://kathgillis.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-st-patricks-day-ramble/
Thinking about Sundays – http://chartingbythestars.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/sunday-slice-17-of-31/
What does your grocery cart say about you?
http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2013/03/grocery-day.html
http://jumpinginblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/ending-a-book/
feeling about coming to the end of a good book
My friend helped me fall in love with gardening.. http://www.wnyyws.org/blog/2013/03/solsc-1731-gifts-from-friends/
Pillowcases
http://makesharegive.blogspot.com/2013/03/make-give.html
Musings on St. Patrick’s Day and cultural heritage.
http://mrspayanreads.blogspot.com/2013/03/cultural-heritage-slice-17-of-31.html
LIfe Lessons. Happy Sunday.
http://bkitchen28.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/waitstaff-101/
Pining for Pinterest!
http://becoming-cathy.blogspot.com/2013/03/crafty-mccathy.html
We’re a little bit Irish.
http://morebooksthantime.blogspot.com/2013/03/solc-2013-day-17-luck-o-irish.html
a mid challenge rambling
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2013/03/not-sure.html
A Watershed Event
http://gstevensblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/slice-of-life-2013-day-17-a-watershed-event/
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
http://mvervinck.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day/
http://dreaminwithdar.blogspot.com/2013/03/amelia-tried-to-warn-me.html
living dead girl….wow!
Happy St. Pat’s Day!
http://clayfragments.blogspot.com/2013/03/limey.html
A confession
http://crouchmamma.blogspot.com/2013/03/i-have-to-admit.html
http://writing1973.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/winter/
winter
Letter to a Bunch of Dead Guys
A slice in which I use satire to make a point, and in which I may have gone too far or not far enough, depending on your point of view.
http://mardiesnotebook.blogspot.ca/2013/03/slice-of-life-17-letter-to-bunch-of.html
Keeping in touch is important
http://readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2013/03/keeping-in-touch-solc-17.html
Too much yard…
http://3rdgradeslicers.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/solsc-march-17-2013/
sunday morning oh so blue
http://rzlearnsomethingnew.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-blues.html
Searching for deeper meanign to my writing….
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/why-do-i-write.html
More from TCRWP’s Saturday Reunion: http://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/slice-17-of-31-common-core-connections-and-teaching-science/
I want to have a post one day that has nothing to do with teaching!
http://sliceoflifewriting.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/slice-17/
Maybe in the genes…
http://nana51.blogspot.com/2013/03/maybe-in-genes.html
The children love to read
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2013/03/solsc-17-bring-on-books.html
Rubber bunny. That’s right – those ones.
http://pinkieup.com/2013/03/17/rubber-bunny/
FFO french fried onions
http://deliveringreadingpassion.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/sols-201317-the-backlash/
Life’s difficult decisions – sleeping or slicing?
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2013/03/to-sleep-or-not-to-sleep.html
Where I’m at with the vegan challenge
http://jakartajackie.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/where-im-at-with-the-vegan-challenge/
Mystery St. Patrick’s Day Stew!
http://getroundtoit.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/more-irish/
How I spent my Friday night…
http://teachtoinspire.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/friday-night/
Just a little whimsey today, an app I like to play with on my IPad: http://www.teacherdance.blogspot.com/2013/03/sunday-sweet-sunday-17-of-31.html
http://peanutrwco.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-bee-incident/
My first bee sting
A little music in my morning…
http://kidblog.org/TerrapinsB023/mskteach/good-morning/
happy st. paddy’s day:
http://fireflytrails.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-luck-of-the-irish-solc-17/
Grandma Betty – Day 17: Picking up the Pieces
http://lilieslady.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/picking-up-the-pieces/
A slice I found I had to write – about teachers bullying teachers:
http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-of-life-march-challenge-17-when.html
Some days, things all just click…. http://www.mariaselke.com/2013/03/it-all-clicks.html
My father died fifteen years ago today.
http://www.ipaintiwrite.com/2013/03/17/remembering-my-father/
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! and a nod to my heritage as well
http://bunnysgirl.blogspot.ca/2013/03/sol-17-march-17th.html
A short one for today. http://familytrove.blogspot.com/2013/03/semper-fedelis-felis.html
A slice about holding on to things to help us remember…
http://kkoehlerblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-badge-and-the-ring/
Echoes.
http://elle1955.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-spirit-within/
Going back to my roots today.
http://myblessedlittlelife.blogspot.com/2013/03/sol-317-happy-st-patricks-day.html
Me, trying to write through the crap….
http://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/writing-through-the-crap/
Questions and leadership: http://mrskervina.blogspot.com/2013/03/questions-and-leadership.html
Learning about QR codes. I really have no idea what I am doing.
http://onelitcoach.blogspot.com/2013/03/learning-about-qr-codes.html
Sunday Morning
http://writereadlearn.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/sunday-morning/
Thinking about what I yearn to see . . . will it be today?
http://inspire-lynn.blogspot.com/2013/03/signs.html
SOLC 17 of 31: Poppy and Grandma Janet
http://schoolinspirations.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/solc-17-of-31-poppy-and-grandma-janet/
about the ‘grillos’ that we met in Ecuador…xo
http://twoyearsandfinishingstrong.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/stomping-on-the-grillos/
http://amandacornwell.edublogs.org/2013/03/17/solsc-2013-1731/
Thinking how we measure students and what type of story that tells. http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-seventeen-measuring-students.html
Need a new techno tool? A story about SlideRocket which includes my first project!
http://www.livewriteteach.blogspot.com/2013/03/1731-luck-with-sliderocket.html
I never thought I’d call myself this!
http://ccahilldotcom.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/lessons-learned-from-a-pet/
What transpired when we learned one of my colleagues made all of his lunches in one day…180 sandwiches for the year:
http://walkthewalkblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-sandwich-king.html
Have you ever considered the best part of you?
http://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-best-part-of-me-17/
Why do you teach? she asked me with a tone. You know the tone!
http://www.mymommyreads.com/2013/03/why-do-you-teach.html
Traditions
http://showgem.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/631/
Life is good. http://rdgnana.blogspot.com/2013/03/good.html
Today was all about tomatoes, traditions and time. Passata and preserving…
http://livinglifetwice-alwrite.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/slice-of-life-story-challenge-march-17.html
Struggling in the life as a writer.
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2013/03/solsc-struggle-1731.html
Writing a poem to a prompt from Poets and Writers: http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/15-lines-talking-to-me-today/
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-of-life-2013-you-call-them-toys.html
Thoughts for a snowy March morning.
If my Saturday was a newspaper…..Here would be the headlines
http://thirdmusings.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/headlines-from-saturday/
Okee from Pichokee- Gifts of humor and imagination
http://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2013/03/slice-201317-of-31-okee-from-pichokee.html
Memories of Sundays… http://mshaseltine.edublogs.org/2013/03/17/slice-17-sundays/
Pictures on a sunny Saturday:
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2013/03/pictures-on-sunny-saturday.html
Borrowed an idea from Michelle
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2013/03/day-17-of-31-solsc-poem-from-my-mp3.html
What my son saw, and shareds.
http://missy-gink.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/sol-17313.html
Happy Birthday, Dad http://wp.me/p2dQA-1cE
Sharing my learning. This time it focuses on Conferences that Nudge Writers Forward, a presentation by Matt Glover.
http://aggiekesler.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/conferences/
Yesterday, I wrote tercet stanzas about U.S. Presidents. Today, my patriotic heart drives me to write short couplet stanzas (two short couplets together) about Canadian Prime Ministers!
http://birdsandtreesofthemind.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/slice-17-short-couplet/
(I am a Canadian politics geek, but I tried to write these so that geekdom isn’t required to get a kick out of them. Hopefully succeeded in that!)
short but hopefully relatable to your experiences http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-book-slice.html.
Oh, what a night!
http://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2013/03/when-losing-stings.html
I read a post by Linda at Teacher Dance about being inspired by one word http://windows2mylife.blogspot.com/2013/03/inspired-by-single-word-slice-17-of-31.html
the mountains have got a hold on my heart today http://scribbleandjot.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/1085/
This evening I found writing difficult after a long day of celebrating…
http://wp.me/s3cml8-party
My List
http://throighmyeyes.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-lists.html
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you.
~Dr. Suess
Becoming truer than true to me.
http://show–nottell.blogspot.com/2013/03/truer-than-true.html
A little poetry this morning… fishing and twilight…
http://www.ourcampreadalot.com/2013/03/twilight-slice-of-life-17.html