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I hope my title was not misleading. You will only find G-rated media here. My cyber-colleague, Kim Douillard, puts out a photo challenge every week. This week her challenge was shades of grey. An appropriate color for February. I took a walk with my favorite grey pooch, Charlie.
The sky was grey with a little blue trying to peek through. The wind was blowing, but the temperature was mild.
The Japanese magnolia is in full bloom. The blossoms are fragrant and vibrant pink. The trunk and branches are all grey, no green leaves. The grey backdrop makes these flowers pop and please.
Grey moss hangs from the live oaks year round. Watching the moss sway in the strong wind, I came to the conclusion that grey is beautiful.
Join the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Challenge.
This format of themed images with descriptions could work well for a Slice of Life post. If you are not familiar with Slice of Life, it is a monthlong writing challenge created by Stacey Shubitz of the Two Wiring Teachers. I believe, like Stacey, that a teacher of writing must be a writer. We must practice what we preach. The SOL challenge gears up in March. Today is the day to make your commitment. Be sure to go over to the site and sign up. I testify that slicing has changed my life. The daily practice of meeting a blank page and knowing I have a kind, like-minded audience waiting has made me a better teacher and a better writer.
Along with SOL month, it’s time to make plans for Digital Learning Day on March 13, 2015. Join me in a super-duper comment challenge. My students will be in their second week of the Slice Of Life Story Challenge. (Go to Two Writing Teachers for more information.) They asked me if we would be doing a comment challenge this year. So I want to declare Digital Learning Day, March 13th as Crazy Comment Challenge Day. My students slice on Kidblogs. We can only access other Kidblog sites. So if you have your students blogging, send me the link. On March 13th, we will try to visit as many sites as possible within our class time frame. Let me know if you want to take the plunge.
Tara Smith wrote a great post about preparing your students for the Slice of Life Challenge. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other classrooms across the globe and to get your students writing daily in an authentic way. I am one of the classroom concierges for the challenge. Do not hesitate to contact me with questions.
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This is such a great reminder for me. I feel I have neglected my kid’s KidBlogs for a while. They have become something they have to do instead of what they used to love. I know that, like BookTalks, blogging must be mentored as well. I will focus on commenting so that we can participate in a comment challenge as well. My kids blogs can be found at http://kidblog.org/MrsMoransSecondGrade/
Your class is on our blog roll. Perhaps we can set up a partnership. I have only one second grader. Could he partner with two of your higher students? His user name is Andrew. http://kidblog.org/class/SliceofLifeChallenge/posts
Yes, I’ve got some very high students this year. I will find two who would be reliable.
I just saw this! Do you want to partner? I’ve got a couple super smart boys. They’d love to do this!
Here is Andrew’s link. He’s in 2nd grade. http://kidblog.org/class/SliceofLifeChallenge/posts?author=u4919456&status=published
And Jacob is first. http://kidblog.org/class/SliceofLifeChallenge/posts?author=u6141495&status=published
Great ideas, Margaret – I’m a big fan of giving our kids visual tools to inspire writing.
Thank you for inspiration Margaret. I’m with Tara. Excited for slice of life 15!
You found such beautiful representations for grey. It’s all about perspective, isn’t it? There is so much grey around Ohio right now, but the contrast with the white snow makes it pretty. Have a great week!
Your title made me laugh! 😉 Loved your photo essay. You managed to make grey look beautiful. I’m excited about SOLSC starting AND participating this year in the classroom challenge!
And oops – ignore #5 on the link up – I messed up the first time. 😉
Margaret, I thought I left you a comment yesterday but maybe I was so tired that I did not hit the send button. Your shades of grey collection is eye awakening, especially the old tree with hanging moss. I have never seen such a product of nature. How massive and impressive. I can see writing under that tree being a pleasurable event. I actually have a blog post ready for Digilit Sunday so I am sending it your way.