Merely Day By Day

It's  day eleven of the March Slice of Life Challenge .  31 days of writing.   Thanks to the amazing  Two Writing Teachers team  for all of their support in this event.   Here we are viewing a tutorial on how to add images to your blog. When I told my class about the Slice of Life Challenge, they were quick to jump into the game .  I wasn't sure how first graders would handle a challenge, but I decided to dive in with them.  We developed a plan for the challenge and the kids dove right into it.  As part of our plan, we decided to meet every Tuesday for lunch in the classroom.  Our days are busy with learning so we weren't sure we would be able to find time during our day to talk about the challenge.  Lunch on Tuesday's would allow us to check in with each other.   Today was Tuesday.  It was the Slice of Life Challenge lunch day!  After recess, the students who were buying went to the cafeteria ...

It's day two of the March Slice of Life Challenge .  31 days of writing.  Today's post is the story of how I found myself starting my first Class Slice of Life Challenge with FIRST GRADERS .   Thanks to the amazing Two Writing Teachers team for all of their support in this event.  A big thank you to my colleagues Deb Frazier , Carolyn Carr , and Julie Johnson who helped give me the courage to take the classroom plunge.   Why Do You Write? On Thursday I sat down beside a young writer to talk about his story.  The writer seemed to be going through the motions.  Sadly, he didn't look at all interested in what he was doing.  His book had one sentence and an illustration on each page about different plants he had.  I quietly sat beside him and began a conversation with him about his piece.  He'd picked an interesting topic and I especially wanted to know more about the cactus. I noticed, as I started asking him some questions, his...