It isn’t often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
– E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
Writing has the power to open minds, touch hearts, and save pigs from untimely deaths. Today, know that your words matter. Share your story, and you will likely change the course of your day, and perhaps someone else’s, as well.
Please write your Slice of Life Story, share your link, and give at least 3 comments to other Slicers by clicking on their links below.

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Published by Anna Gratz Cockerille
Anna is a staff developer, literacy coach, and writer, based in New York City. She taught internationally in places such as Sydney, Australia; San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and Auckland, New Zealand in addition to New York before becoming a staff developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University (TCRWP). She has been an adjunct instructor in the Literacy Specialist Program at Teachers College, and teaches at TCRWP where she helps participants bring strong literacy instruction into their classrooms. Anna recently co-wrote Bringing History to Life with Lucy Calkins, part of the 2013 series Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing (Heinemann). She has been a researcher for Lucy Calkins, contributing especially to Pathways to the Common Core (Heinemann, 2012) and Navigating Nonfiction (Heinemann, 2010).
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Here is my slice for this week:
http://mary-anderingcreatively.blogspot.com/2014/08/full-circle-family-reunion.html
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http://posnackteachers.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/college-bound/
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Hello Slicers,
After writing every Tuesday for two years and sharing here I stopped. I have missed you.
xo
Pamela
http://www.ipaintiwrite.com/2014/08/27/smile-you-are-beautiful/
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Let’s see if this will post today since it did not yesterday. http://familytrove.blogspot.com/2014/08/distractions-while-writing.html
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What’s Most Important: One of My Former Students Was Killed in a Car Accident
http://www.room212.com/simmons-blog/whats-most-important
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An episode in my ongoing struggle against inertia
http://wp.me/p3cml8-dL
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It’s getting late. The title of this post says it all:
http://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/slice-of-life-this-post-is-not-perfect/
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The youngest is off to college. A short narrative about goodbyes, new places, and possibility.
A World Awaits
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-world-awaits.html
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Sometimes a short slice is an accomplishment at the end of a busy first day of school, right? right? http://onathought.com/2014/08/26/a-slice-of-the-first-day/
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Sometimes the dark moments help you appreciate the bright ones. http://msssunshine.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/slice-of-a-mothers-love/
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My first SOL story – MRI thoughts. http://ckireswritersrock.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
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A little bit about living. http://imlivingmywords.blogspot.com/2014/08/living.html
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So I apparently let a month pass since my last post! One word to describe me this last month: tired.
https://wordpress.com/post/47785336/1282
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Answers to the questions my students asked in their summer letters to me.
http://teachingfrombehind.blogspot.com/2014/08/questions-to-start-year.html
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I’m a little late today – just got in from Saskatchewan. Here’s my pot about my dog, Cyrus.
http://www.mentortextswithlynneandrose.com/blogging-with-rose
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I’m a little late today. Just got in from Saskatchewan. Here’s my post about my dog Cyrus.
http://www.mentortextswithlynneandrose.com/blogging-with-rose
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I took a summer hiatus…but am ramping up for writing with my students this fall! http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2014/08/life-sentence.html
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I took a summer hiatus…but am ramping up for writing with my students this fall! http://seekingsix.blogspot.com/2014/08/life-sentence.html
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I’ve been go-go-going all day! Finally got the chance to write my slice of life about the concept of green means go/red means stop.
http://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/gogogostop
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http://showgem.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/first-day-2/
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We pretty much won the neighbor jackpot!
http://whateverings.blogspot.com/2014/08/neighbors.html
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What do you do to keep your energy up and positive at the start of a change-filled year? Self care at year’s start: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2014/08/self-care-at-years-start.html
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I really ought to call these slices the Chronicles of the Chronically Stressed Student Teacher: http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-short-and-chunky-ball-of-anxiety.html
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Loving the freedom I feel with my new, shorter work commute!
http://useyouroutsidevoice.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-looking-on-bright-side-of.html
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http://lgrainger125.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/and-shes-off-to-wpi/
Off to college, my one and only child
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Trying to get back in the Slicing habit. A short piece about being late for work and what really matters.
http://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/accident/
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I have tried since one to post my blog and it seems to not work. I keep saying, one more try…but here is another one. http://familytrove.blogspot.com/2014/08/distractions-while-writing.html
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Better late than never: Slice of Life: School Starts
http://missskopec.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-school-starts.html
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Isn’t it fun when places evoke special memories?
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2014/08/our-story-street.html
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Kid President helped me out today with Quick Writes: http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-kid-president.html
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Time to establish some routines!
http://beverleyabaird.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/slice-of-life-tuesday-14/
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I need an intervention…
http://alotalot.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/slice-of-life-unpacking/
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Sometimes, we have to look at life’s situations through the eyes of a child…
http://memoirsfromthebelly.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-smashed-flower-pot-and-my-sons-kind.html
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It’s all in how you define it.
http://wp.me/pPury-16R
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ALS IceBucketChallenge gave me a chance to pause for a moment and ask some big questions – http://jazzymiles.blogspot.com/2014/08/asking-big-questions.html
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Things have change since last year at this time.
http://arjeha.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/beginning-year-two/
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looks like the last try didn’t paste correctly. Trying again!
http://ccahilldotcom.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/road-trip-2014…oom-chronicles
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Road Trips. What fun they are!
http://ccahilldotcom.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/road-trip-2014…oom-chronicles/
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Back to School Inspiration to Spark Energy and Positivity http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-to-school-inspiration-to-spark.html
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A slice of yesteryear
http://otterlanding.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/a-slice-of-yesteryears-treasure/
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A piece from my teacher side today . . . http://mrsmendelisteach.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-is-ela-really.html
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http://dkdougka01.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-tuesday-building.html
Thinking of all the teachers out there building communities in their classrooms.
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Good morning! A little slice about something old but new to my girls.
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2014/08/sols-old-but-new.html
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I know many of you have started your year, but wanted to share a community building activity, or one that can work in numerous other ways during the year. Have a great week! http://www.teacherdance.org/2014/08/linking-up-jigsaw-art.html
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Thinking about time and the start of the school year. http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-time.html
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As I get ready to return to the classroom I have been mulling over what it means to be a writer: https://myrandomwonderings.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-writer/
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Missed writing for a couple of weeks, though I have been reading what fellow slicers have been posting. Hopefully I will get back in the swing of things completely now.
How’s your weather? It is finally hot here.
http://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/its-hot-its-humid/
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I got my ears repierced!
http://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/ear-piercing-a-slice-of-life-story/
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http://kkoehlerblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/racing-mommy/
The silly nighttime routine that makes my night. Every single time.
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So many things I COULD have written about this week…but I chose a tiny slice of my end of the summer staycation!
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2014/08/sol2014-walkway-over-hudson-edition.html
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It’s a monumental week int he Meehan household…
http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life-big-moments-in-family-life.html
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last day of summer for me. It always strikes me, the morning darkness this time of year, so today was a poem kind of morning.
http://parentingandpedagogy.blogspot.com/2014/08/twilight.html
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I’m modeling SOL for my students and writing about something very ordinary, my hair style. http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/hair-in-my-eyes/
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I’m reading for my soul… How that line stuck out to me. http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2014/08/solsc-feeding-my-soul-82614.html
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Trying to convince myself that it’s OK to go back to work because summer is over…The signs of fall: http://sweetwritinglife.blogspot.com/2014/08/signs-of-fall-sol-8-26-14.html
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Our Summer finishes next week – will join back in with Slice – when the new term starts. Charlotte’s Web was my favourite book in the school library in KS2 🙂
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I think I need to practice my ESP abilities.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2014/08/tuesday-sol-82514-do-you-have-esp.html
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Surfing and the optimal learning model: http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=1853
Clare
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I am still on a blogging vacation, and yet, I write. Here, instead of my blog, I am sharing a Storify of some #25wordstory pieces from the past week.
https://storify.com/dogtrax/stories-told-in-a-few-words
Kevin
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Starting the school year with reflection & setting goals: http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2014/08/me-as-teacher.html What are your goals for this year?
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Struggling with a PD topic that is so important that I want to get it right and yet have teachers “change their practices” so trying a new approach – a small bit of inquiry
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/editing-sticks/
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Good to be home and almost over with Jet Lag 🙂 http://wp.me/p3Gehh-r7
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And add a cat to the mix; http://sliceoflifewitherikaaltensee.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/bacon-thief/
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I’m an Author – http://readingtl.blogspot.com/2014/08/slice-of-life.html
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The first day of school
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-first-day-of-school.html
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A teeny slice of parenting life https://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/slice-of-life-moments-that-bubble-and-pop/
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Summer Writing Group: http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/solsc-2014-summer-writing-group/
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