End of the Year & Summer Plans

The end of the school year has come and gone in a blur. It is hard to believe that my students have been on vacation for almost two full weeks! The day after our last day I was reading a book and laughed at a section, thinking I could not wait to share it with my students. Then it clicked that I would not have them back in class until August.

The week after school was out we had two scheduled work days, and I decided to go ahead and work the full week. Because my summer will be a lot busier than usual, I decided to take advantage of the time. It was also easier to do since it was still May and felt like I should still be in school anyway! Recently I have been able to do a lot of reflecting and processing; I just haven't had a chance to blog about them. Hopefully over the summer I will be able to post about a lot of my thoughts.

Until then, here are my summer plans at a glance:

• 1st Week - working at school cleaning up my classroom and looking ahead to next year
• 2 1/2 Weeks - spending as much time with my family as possible and doing homework for summer coursework
• 2 weeks - visiting my sister in Massachusetts, Heinemann's Boothbay Literacy Retreat, and driving cross country with my sister 
• 1/2 week - catch my breath from traveling and spend time with the girls and my husband
• 5 weeks of college coursework for my Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in literacy
• Back to school! (The last day of summer school is on a Thursday, and I go back to school on a Friday for teacher work days.)

I have also been making time for reading for pleasure, as always. Today when we returned from a few days visiting family, there was a box from Heinemann waiting for me with these two books:

Reading Ladders

iWrite

Just as the end of the year quickly arrived, I am sure my summer will be flying by. There is a lot to look forward to, and I also need to give myself a lot of reminders to relish the summer!