This is only my fifth year doing the challenge, but it’s enough time for me to see changes and patterns. The act of writing each March has given a window into myself at the time.
Tag Archives: elementary education
Slice of Life Day 30: Yes, and
Yes, I thought i’d dust off a writing format I’ve used before.
No, I have no guilt about it…
Slice of Life Day 29: On Namesakes
If I could have something named after me? oooo this was a fun one!
Slice of Life Day 25: Mea Culpa
Forgive me colleagues, for I hath sinned…
Slice of Life Day 24: Growing Up
What did I want to be when I was five? No idea. But boy, have my plans changed over the years…
Slice of Life Day 21: Coming Together
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.
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…
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 