It has been quite a year! We each had a son graduate from high school, we continued learning with teachers in over fifteen school districts, and we published our second book. This time last year, we were in the thick of revisions and still envisioning...
Early this morning I sat down in my garden with a cup of coffee (in my favorite writing mug) with plans to write my slice of life. I thought through my topic and my structure the prior day. I even had my lead sentence drafted...
In an interview with Jessie Grearson from Kirkus, Erin Entrada Kelly said, “All my novels begin with a picture of a character. Then I start asking him or her questions—my favorite being why.” When we read this line from the interview, we smiled. The characters in Erin’s...
“Organizations need to address their core goals and practices with relentless consistency, while at the same time learning continuously how to get better and better at what they are doing. Consistency in core practices and key language is essential to the change process.” ...
So when did you being slicing? A teacher recently asked me this question and it took me by surprise to realize I did not remember when I joined the Slice of Life community. I immediately logged on to our website when I got home to find...
When we select texts for content-area studies in the classroom or when we show students different ways to structure informational writing, we are always on the lookout for poetry to include in our text sets. Poetry adds depth, beauty, and perspective to our content-area studies....
On Monday, we shared a book that we would put in this basket. Here are some other titles we might add: What books would you put in this basket? Leave the titles in the comments below, we would love to add them to our Facts Meets Fiction...
This week we received an email from a school asking our advice. This school will be adding a first-grade section next year. This school wants advice on how to get a classroom library set up now for the teacher and students arriving in September. Do we...
If you have an opportunity to read this book to your class or to some children over the summer, you will be so happy you did. This book is laugh-out-loud funny and watching children’s reactions is priceless. When the kids stop laughing, they have so...
There are so many events happening nationally in our schools right now that are disheartening. Stories of bullying, violence, terror and school shootings fill our social media feeds. Some days it is hard to keep a positive attitude and believe that there actually is good in the...