It wasn’t expressly planned, but it was a very happy coincidence that the days before spring break turned out to be the days my fourth graders and I constructed the artwork for our Leo Leonni anthology. We’re still a work in progress (I mean, aren’t we all?) but I thought I’d share the latest.
Category Archives: SOLSC
Slice of Life Day 20: Ask and You Shall Receive
Today, I asked my fifth-grade students for advice on how to move forward with my story. Boy, did they deliver!
Slice of Life Day 18: 54321
In searching for a post today, I decided to be inspired by Cathy and Erika, and I crafted my own twist on a 5-4-3-2-1 daily review.
Slice of Life Day 17: #TappedOut
Today was #OneOfThoseDays where the writing didn’t come to me as easily as I wanted it to. #ThemsTheBreaks
Slice of Life Day 16: Infinite Pedantry*
Pedantry is the quality of being too interested in formal rules and small details that are not important. Given the grudge I’ve held against my math teacher for almost forty years, that might describe me…
Slice of Life Day 15: Dabbling
Today’s post takes inspiration from a fellow writer. I got to play with some poetic forms and I loved it!
Slice of Life Day 14: Getting Pi-D
How did I celebrate Pi Day?
I got Pi-d in the face…
Slice of Life Day 13: I Didn’t Think
I didn’t think this post would come together, but here it is…
Slice of Life, Day 12: On Confidence
Who’s the most confident person I know? I’d name them here, but that wouldn’t be nice. Let me explain. I looked at this daily writing prompt, and the way it asks about confidence, it gives the impression that more is better. Confidence is good. I work to build it in students plagued by perfectionism. IContinue reading “Slice of Life, Day 12: On Confidence”
Slice of Life Day 10: Begin Again
I didn’t think I’d stick with a gratitude journal as long as I have. But here I am, and I’m signing up for more…
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 