When asked, ‘How do you write?’ I invariably answer, ‘one word at a time.’
– Stephen King
It is often said a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. So too, a story begins with a single word. Today, don’t wait to begin.
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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I realize it’s Saturday, but I did finally get around to writing my slice for the week. My apologies for being so late.
http://readwriteregretnothing.blogspot.com/2015/08/catch-up-reading-slicing-and-celebrating.html
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About an interesting reading event among pine trees.
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2015/07/reading-under-pine-trees.html
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How I spent the last day of my summer vacation.
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2015/07/slice-of-life_28.html
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Day 2 of writing camp: small moment
http://wp.me/p3cml8-mj
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Proud Moment: http://teachingwithsmiles123.blogspot.com/2015/07/proud-moment.html
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This week, I wrote about ILA15 and how it was an “epoch” in my life.
https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/thinking-about-ila15-sol15/
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Back to School–Preplanning
I Still Choose This
Do you?
https://meanderingmaya.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/i-still-choose-this/
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A deep question…
https://newtreemom.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/choice/
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http://archermom.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-nightmares-have-started.html
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Last few days of summer
http://makesharegive.blogspot.com/2015/07/share.html
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A picture tour of Reading Summit in Cincinnati. More tomorrow! http://wp.me/p3eVyl-bB
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Enjoying a relaxing week of summer. http://sherlockesque.blogspot.com/2015/07/summertime.html
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Late post have been running around getting stuff for our trip!
http://inspire-lynn.blogspot.com/2015/07/anticipating-my-trip.html
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Finally home and savoring armchair travel this week!
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2015/07/tuesday-sol-traveling-to-spain.html
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I’m so glad to be back for Tuesday Slice of Life Writing!
http://galleystreet.blogspot.com/2015/07/under-surveillance.html
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writing and running
http://www.bigtimeliteracy.com/2015/07/im-runner.html
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Reading Ta-Neishi Coates’s “Between the World and Me” as a Privileged Middle-Class White Woman: http://evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/2015/07/reading-ta-neishi-coatess-between-world.html
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Stuff: https://surridgestuff.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/an-interesting-realization/
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being a learner myself this week: Encaustic art
https://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/opening-to-something-new/
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A little slice of life reflection after ILA … thankful for my learning communities!
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2015/07/connected-learning-sol15.html
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A parenting slice about mornings and slices that just won’t come together as coherent pieces of writing: http://wp.me/p2Pe2s-1rm
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The Parking Ticket
https://goo.gl/PX8hj4
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A Sonnet that Is a Small Moment
http://show–nottell.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-small-moment-sonnet.html
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FInding happiness at the yard sale
http://drferreri.blogspot.com/2015/07/sol15-15-bubbles-and-books.html
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Flashback! Childhood Memories & Gifts- Do you remember telephone wire jewelry and the giant spools? http://bit.ly/1LUajj5 #SOL15
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What a hotel manager in Costa Rica taught me about being a teacher:
http://useyouroutsidevoice.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-hotel-manager-in-costa-rica-taught.html
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Mid-summer reflections and photos from a great school year
http://myiearlychildhoodreflections.blogspot.com/2015/07/tuesday-sol-summer-musings.html
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My first Slice of Life. (I think I previously posted in the wrong place, so this may be here twice.) Writing is hard. http://www.literacyonthemind.com/2015/07/slice-of-life-writing-is-hard.html
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Rainy Days – Slice of Life
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/rainy-days-slice-of-life/
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A slice about finding homemade root beer in Amish country: https://rogueanthropologist.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/slice-of-life-homemade-root-beer/
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Hi Slice of Lifers – This short post is about the importance of giving yourself permission to take care of YOU – I’d love your feedback on what you do to make that happen http://wp.me/p6fpbi-lm
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August is upon us. http://responsiveliteracy.blogspot.com/2015/07/slice-of-life-august.html
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You know those teacher moments you can’t forget? Still figuring out what went wrong…
https://pencilonmybackporch.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/learning-from-tania/
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Thoughts on community during the last week of the NYC Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute: http://thosewhocan.org/2015/07/28/my-people-sustaining-a-teaching-life-by-staying-connected-with-my-tribe/
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Happy family news in the midst of a yearly summer tradition.
http://rdgtchr.blogspot.com/2015/07/something-new-during-our-annual.html
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Last week there was a quilt show in Hershey. Of course we went.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/quilt-odyssey-2015/
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Revisiting my ILA experience
https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/thoughts-on-ila/
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Podcasts http://mrstaylorstales.blogspot.com/2015/07/podcasts.htm
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Water is Water. It equalizes us. Using an article about paralympic swim meets and thinking about how it relates to school.
http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2015/07/solsc-water-is-water-72815.html
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Reflecting on the idea of “ripples” and friendship in today’s Slice.
http://thebookmavenshaven.blogspot.com/2015/07/ripplesslice-of-life-july-27-2015.html
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Today I’m sharing about receiving feedback about my own writing and what I don’t like and how that will impact my classroom.
http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2015/07/slice-of-life-i-dont-like.html
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A short slice of life about my frustrations as an educator for my own daughter. (Sometimes I wish there was a curriculum book that would remind me of what it is I should be doing with her at all times!)
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/spiraling-back-to-patterns/
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Teaching connections at the vet’s office:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/slice-of-life-tuesday-teaching-connections-of-course-at-the-vets-office/
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One of the joys of my summer: My Reading Nook
https://runreadmom.wordpress.com/?p=1641
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Ever thought about how weird the drive thru is? http://wp.me/p6sSVO-2m
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A busy two weeks since the move.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2015/07/tuesday-sol-72815-settling-in-and.html
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Sharing a favorite lesson in fiction, wondering about retirement: http://www.teacherdance.org/2015/07/a-slice-of-lesson.html
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Last night, we had a college essay bootcamp at our house. http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2015/07/slice-of-life-college-essay-bootcamp.html
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I decided to think aloud and get some questions out of my head. http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2015/07/questions-of-heart.html
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My dad passed away on Saturday. Some thoughts about him.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/reflections-on-the-passing-of-my-dad/
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Jeannot won the first prize of the lottery. How did he react. The answer is 100 words long.
https://laduchessederat.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/100-word-story-revers-de-fortune-july-26th/
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So here is my plan for training my students in the library this year http://www.thesassybibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/07/library-page-boot-camp-training-plan.html
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After an long absence, sharing a walk through creation
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Plans for a “quick” slice on this last day of vacation turned into a trip down memory lane (and a wish that my pictures were REALLY all organized in one place! You may recognize some “Slicers”!
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/sol15-oh-the-friends-you-meet-when-the-places-you-go/
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Is the internet putting an end to the well written sentence? Is grammar dead? My husband challenges my thoughts on language. http://wp.me/p4Wp6C-lV
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Great post on language and grammar, Kathleen!
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Mentors. http://wp.me/p1JpUz-TG
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Somehow I link my obsession with baking to earning certification from NBPTS
https://skinnedkneesandrunnynoses.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/personal-journey/
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After reading Fish in a Tree and discussing it in my book club, here’s my final reflection:
http://mywritingstoriesbysally.blogspot.com/2015/07/fish-in-tree-my-writing-about-my-reading.html?m=1
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A time for renewal –see you in September!
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2846
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The Tour de Parks!
http://theamyrudder.blogspot.com/2015/07/tour-de-parks.html
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Confessions of a (temporarily) lapsed reader. I’ve been in a reading drought…http://1gratefulteacher.blogspot.com/2015/07/reading-drought.html
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A meditation on Robert Browning.
http://www.haddonmusings.com/2015/07/27
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Here is your link:
http://haddonmusings.com/2015/07/28/robert-browning/
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Felt a song coming on this morning: http://morebooksthantime.blogspot.com/2015/07/tuesday-slice-summertime-blues.html
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Join me on the porch in Acadiana, Louisiana. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/a-slice-of-culture/
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In praise of writing retreats and critique groups. . . http://rwtlive.blogspot.com/2015/07/retreating.html
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Summer vacation?
http://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2015/07/summer-vacation-sol15.html
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And here I was, foolishly thinking you were finally enjoying some non-teacher time with your family and most importantly, yourself! You have accomplished the work of 3 teachers this summer already! Too bad there isn’t a Teacher Olympics you could enter…you’d win! Take some time to replenish…or the well will run dry. (I know how hard that advice is for you to take!:)
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Travelling is always interesting!
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/random-thoughts-on-travel.html
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Final attempt for tonight…sorry. (Oliver Sacks…)
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/oliver-sacks-and-his-periodic-table-it-is-the-process-of-dying-that-matters-most/=
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A slice on the profound effects of reorganizing your desk.
https://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/slice-of-life-turf-wars/
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Here is a continuation of my #ILA15 trip-“Travel Mishaps Tip My Balance”=>http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/07/travel-mishaps-tip-my-balance.html
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Carol, for some reason I can’t see where to post a comment on your slice!
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So we did it. We bought a minivan. And here’s what it meant… http://triciaebarvia.org/2015/07/28/slice-of-life-to-minivan-or-not-to-minivan/
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I think this link might work: https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/oliver-sacks-and-his-periodic-table-it-is-the-process-of-dying-that-matters-most/
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One more time…
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/oliver-sacks-and-his-periodic-chart
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I could not get the final link to work.
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oops: a small error in the URL; change to the following
barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/oliver-sacks-an-his-periodic-chart
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Oliver Sacks shares his thoughts about his own process of dying…not morbid, I promise!
barbarasut.wordpress.com/015/07/28/oliver-sacks-and-his-periodic-chart
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Since I go back to school officially this week my mind is all over the place.
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/sol-july-28-2015-just-like-that-currently/
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