Day Five of the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Challenge. Be sure to visit some of the posts. There are many wonderful pieces of writing to enjoy.
I'm also slicing with my classroom at Linda & Jonathan's Class Blog.
My assistant Jonathan is also participating at JK's Slice of Life, my colleague, Max at TeachingFromBehind, and his assistant, Kam at A Moment With Kam.
Their class blog is Max and Kam's Class Blog.
I wrote a poem nearly every day last month for Laura Shovan's birthday celebration prompts, 28 sounds. You can find the challenge here. There were a few of us who wrote each day, and it was an enthusiastic group, smaller than this amazing Slice of Life group, dedicated and supportive. This week with more snow, I again hear the 'crunch crunch' of the sound that Laura posted on Feb. 22nd, George Washington's birthday. Again, my thoughts go immediately to Washington’s army. The facts say about 12,000 were there and about a third of them died of cold and starvation. In my warm house with my Smartwool socks and fleece pants on, I too can only imagine!