“I write to find strength.
I write to become the person that hides inside me.
I write to light the way through the darkness for others.
I write to be seen and heard.
I write to be near those I love.
I write by accident, promptings, purposefully and anywhere there is paper.
I write because my heart speaks a different language that someone needs to hear.
I write past the embarrassment of exposure.
I write because hypocrisy doesn’t need answers, rather it needs questions to heal.
I write myself out of nightmares.
I write because I am nostalgic, romantic and demand happy endings.
I write to remember.
I write knowing conversations don’t always take place.
I write because speaking can’t be reread.
I write to sooth a mind that races.
I write because you can play on the page like a child left alone in the sand.
I write because my emotions belong to the moon; high tide, low tide.
I write knowing I will fall on my words, but no one will say it was for very long.
I write because I want to paint the world the way I see love should be.
I write to provide a legacy.
I write to make sense out of senselessness.
I write knowing I will be killed by my own words, stabbed by critics, crucified by both misunderstanding and understanding.
I write for the haters, the lovers, the lonely, the brokenhearted and the dreamers.
I write because one day someone will tell me that my emotions were not a waste of time.
I write because God loves stories.
I write because one day I will be gone, but what I believed and felt will live on.”
― Shannon L. Alder
It’s Tuesday, let’s write!
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog.
SHARE a link to your post in the comments section.
GIVE comments to at least three other SOLS bloggers.
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
Registration vignettes in prek
https://wakeupandwrite.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/vignettes/
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Reflecting on PitchWars: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/sol15-pitch-wars-and-being-open/
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We planted seeds. They grew! I’m giddy about my first garden! http://www.readingamidthechaos.blogspot.com/2015/09/giddy-about-gardening-sol.html
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The way more Christians should live
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2015/09/slice-of-life.html
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A post dedicated to the authors — thank you! http://wp.me/p3eVyl-cp
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My life in seven stories: http://www.44andoxford.com
I love writing workshop!!!!
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Child Matters. https://daywells.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/child-matters/
Considering what is important in these critical first days of school.
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Be ready….Be brave…first graders are HONEST!
http://deb-frazier.blogspot.com/2015/09/watch-out-first-graders-are-honest.html
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Wow–I’d forgotten how hard it is to marshal my thoughts and write after a long day at school! Here’s a half-baked poem about rain in Paris from my trip this summer.
https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/flashback-rain-in-paris/
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My first video! http://mrstaylorstales.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-first-video.html
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It’s been a while since I’ve sliced…happy to be back!
http://tworeflectiveteachers.blogspot.com/2015/09/slice-of-life-relationships-matter-even.html
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First day of teaching for me! http://iheartpurplestuff.blogspot.com/2015/09/severe.html
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I reach to turn the calendar to September and end up meandering through my summer reads
http://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2015/09/tuesday-sol-good-books.html
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I write to share what’s happening in our classroom. Today was all about the magic of making something out of nothing: http://portable-teacher.blogspot.com/2015/09/making-magic.html
Thank you all for sending me to Highlights! It’s a game-changer kind of place.
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Sometimes it is easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle and hectic mindset that is required in this life. https://edublogs.wcs.edu/teachingfromoutoftheblue/2015/09/01/got-lost/
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I haven’t blogged in ages and found myself writing a very similar thing to my last blog post. Oh, well. It’s current, short and sweet. https://beachhousefarmhouse.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/ive-had-a-brainwave/
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For those of you who know who Little Teddy is, you’ll understand why I aged more today when Isabelle lost her at the library — again.
https://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/losing-teddy-again/
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I have so much fun assessing my new readers 1:1. It really is a personality read.
http://wp.me/p3cml8-no
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Playing with Family History
https://wordsfromjl.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/playing-with-family-history/
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Observing the students during a writing workshop.
http://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2015/09/writing-workshop.html
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https://kkoehlerblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/the-weight-of-all-the-new/
Back to School Weight
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I have not written a slice in awhile due to life TURNS – my short slice for today.
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2015/09/turns.html
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Some things are just too hard to resist.
https://arjeha.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/temptation/
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Settling into our house and fixing things.
http://myreadingblog-jac.blogspot.com/2015/09/sol-9215-small-project-turned-into-big.html
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Sometimes you just have to be you…
http://wp.me/pPury-1h3
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Everything is the same. The same, but different.
https://murphyslawblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/same-but-different/
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Extreme gardening. A metaphor in there somewhere?
https://writeanotherone.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/september-1-slice-of-life-challenge-dividing-the-hostas/
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Love that poem, Tara! Thanks for sharing!
Why did I write today? I write to remember and I write because God loves stories — especially stories about children!
http://literacyzone.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-new-chapter-sol15.html
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Goals I hold close to my heart.
It’s the start of a new year.
Try something new. Have a goal.
http://mrsknottsbooknook.blogspot.com/2015/09/solsc-goals-i-hold-close-to-my-heart.html
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Back at work and setting up my new room.
https://booksandbassets.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/setting-up-the-new-classroom-a-slice-of-life-story/
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A Slice for new teachers…http://hollymueller.blogspot.com/2015/09/slice-of-life-new-teachers.html
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September . . . a time to remember . . .
https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/sol15-the-survivor-tree-and-911/
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Racing the Rain!
https://msvictorreads.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/sol-september-1-2015-racing-the-rain/
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Getting back into slicing and the routines of a new year!
http://assessmentinperspective.com/?p=2890
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something new for me to try with writing. http://thesassybibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/09/on-tuesdays-we-write.html
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Thinking about word choice
http://wp.me/p5LXww-c3
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I wanted to change a rule. Here’s how I went about it through persuasive writing:
http://mywritingstoriesbysally.blogspot.com/2015/08/persuasive-letter.html
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First day of school was professional development with Lester Laminack http://www.literacyonthemind.com/2015/09/slice-of-life-professional-development.html
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I write to have conversations!
http://jaanaswritingblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/dear-new-teacher.html
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Enjoying re-reading Ralph Fletcher’s “What a Writer Needs,” https://aileenhower.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/young-enough/
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The first Chalkabration of the year! Thanks, Betsy Hubbard. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/first-chalkabration-of-the-year/
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Tech woes for a tired mind: http://morebooksthantime.blogspot.com/2015/09/tuesday-slice-debugging.html
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We went to see An American in Paris on Broadway
http://haddonmusings.com/2015/09/01/i-like-a-gersh…-how-about-you/
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Here’s the correct link:
http://haddonmusings.com/2015/09/01/i-like-a-gershwin-tune-how-about-you/
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This first day of school is about my own children. http://moranreflections.blogspot.com/2015/09/stepping-back-on-this-first-day.html
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School begins on Wednesday, and our classroom is ready. Here’s a tour:
https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/slice-of-life-tuesday-class-tour-2015/
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Letters to Tuvia http://wp.me/p3Gehh-D8
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Among the other good surveys of students, this will give some different insights to students: http://www.teacherdance.org/2015/08/things-that-matter.html
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About that time Alex took a flight home to propose to Casey
https://laduchessederat.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/only-3-hours-to-go/
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What a great list Tara. So many reasons to write. Tonight “I write to sooth a mind that races.” https://jarhartz.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/slice-of-life-reading-lessons/
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As the school year begins for me today, thinking about what I wish for all of us: http://couragedoesnotroar.blogspot.com/2015/08/i-wish-us-more-sol15.html
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Hello all, I have not posted much since the SOLSC in March. But here’s post about the start to my school year. Hope your writing and teaching are passionate and fulfilling! http://teachingfrombehind.blogspot.com/2015/08/sol-september-1-2015-back-in-thick-of-it.html
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Summer Day Reflection http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/09/summer-day-reflection.html
Love the poem by Shannon L. Adler
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Answering student’s questions is the best part of teaching…at least it was for me. (And a small tribute to recently deceased Oliver Sacks)
https://barbarasut.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/why-we-should-encourage-curiosity-the-case-for-teaching-ignorance/
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