Summer Reads

Summer for teachers means laying poolside and sleeping in for 3 months...right? Riiiiight.

Actually my summers typically do involve a lot of laid back time, not much sleeping in with two little ones though.  We have been playing outside, playing inside, playing princess and playing, playing, playing.   I love spending summers with my girls. Prior to having babies though, I spent my summers working on school stuff so its nice to have this professional break and let my mind relax a bit.

But that doesn't mean I'm on full hiatus.  I have my "next year to-do" list,  I constantly follow my favorite teacher blogs, scanning Pinterest and delving into professional books.  With the possibility of teaching a split next year, my mind wanders often to thinking about what that will look like in our classroom. 

So what exactly am I reading? A bunch.  I'm trying to find new chapter book read alouds for next year, which is proving to be fairly hard.  Looking at books to read aloud that can capture their attention yet be good literature (and not bore me too much).  I'm also in midst of a book study on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  We are hoping to eventually be a Leadership school, which means. I've gotta get myself in order first!  A small group of teachers at my school are working through the book this summer and so far its been a great read. Maybe I can reflect and review it on here when I'm done!

PD on the plane to Cozumel

And somehow I have a book laying around "just for fun" for when I get spare time, haha. Although I actually finished TWO whole books this past week.......okay, I was in Cozumel for a week and had some of that "spare" time.

Until next time...