Top 15 Picks for Summer Reading

June 14, 2023: Any plans for the summer? How about catching up on some reading? Here are 15 top picks for summer reading from our teachers to you!

1. Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy by, Jan Burkins, Kari Yates

2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by, Taylor Jenkins Reid

3. Awakened: Change Your Mindset to Transform Your Teaching by, Angela Watson

4. The Four Winds by, Kristin Hannah

5. Churchill’s Secret Messenger: A WW2 Novel of Spies & the French Resistance by, Alan Hlad

6. Life Skills for Boys: How to Do Simple Repairs, Using a Map, Basic First Aid, Manners and Setting Goals. Everything a Young Boy Should Know by, Sophie Anna

7. 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators (A 36-Week Plan) by, Tina H. Boogren

8. Life Skills for Teenage Girls: How to be Healthy, Avoid Drama, Manage Money, Be Confident, Fix Your Card, Unclog Your Sink, and Other Important Skills Teen Girls Should Know! by, Karen Harris

9. The Bucket List by, Rachel Hanna

10. Romantic Comedy by, Curtis Sittenfeld

11. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by, Tom Hanks

12. Reading Above the Fray: Reliable, Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills by, Julia Lindsey

13. The Covenant of Water by, Abraham Verghese

14. 10 Women Adventurers who Reached the Top by, Ariana Smith

15. Walk this Way: The Proves Step by Step Low Impact Exercise Guide to Lose Weight, Ease Anxiety, Increase Productivity and Regain Your Health by, Parker Scripps M.A.

Enjoy our picks for summer reading!! 🙂

Clip from Course, Writer’s Workshop

If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar
A hoper, a prayer, a magic bean buyer
If you are a pretender come sit by my fire

“If you are a dreamer come in.” -Shel Silverstein

Have you ever wondered how Shel Silverstein was inspired to write? His cartoons, poems, lyrics, and music have delighted audiences of all ages for several decades. Creativity like that could be emerging in your students and a Writer’s Workshop could provide the perfect environment to cultivate young writers!

This course is designed to help teachers improve their students’ writing skills by creating an effective Writer’s Workshop environment in the classroom. Implementing a Writer’s Workshop block of time will allow your students to explore different styles of writing, learn how to read critically, and become highly engaged in their own writing projects. Teachers will learn specific strategies to help develop writing skills, create tools to support the workshop activities, and design their own custom Writer’s Workshop. Discover a new passion for writing, teaching writing, and watching your students grow as writers!

So here is your invitation:
If you are a teacher come in
If you are a teacher with students you admire
A manager, helper, a school supply-buyer
If you are an educator come sit by my fire
For we have some flax golden tales to spin! Come in! Come in!

Colorado teachers can earn 90 clock hours with ongoing professional development provided by The Teacher’s Academy. Continuing education units are listed on Certificates of Completion that are issued within a few days of course completion. The Teacher’s Academy is approved by The Texas Education Agency, CPE #902185 to provide contact hours for Texas educators looking to renew and/or maintain their teaching licenses. Online professional development courses for teachers are easily accessible from any computer and affordable. Our professional development courses for educators are written by active school teachers and offer strategies that work, useful resources and customizable projects like lesson plans and activities so teachers can apply what they’ve learned within their own classrooms. PA teachers, we will upload your Act 48 hours for you! All courses are approved for Act 48 hours in PA.