Less than a month left...

I haven't done a great job with that #bookaday commitment that I made at the beginning of the summer. There are several YA books and new chapter books that I had thought I would get completed, but it hasn't happened.  I still hold out hope that some will get read.  There is still a month, or so, left on summer vacation.  It could happen...

However, my reading life this summer has included reading things to enhance my role as a librarian and as one who loves to sneak in a writing lesson quite frequently with the fifth and sixth grade students that I see everyday 1st and 2nd hours. So far, I'm re-reading Pernille Ripp's Passionate Readers.   

I was fortunate to hear her speak at nErDcampMI last summer and I loved the things she had to say about reading in the classroom.  Her ideas are realistic and speak truth to the fact that things aren't always perfect or the way we intend, but the battle is waged daily and the war is not lost if there is not success on one or even two or three days.  My hope is to model a love of reading  that I hope transfers so that they think about reading a lot and not just between the hours of 8 and 3. 

Goals can be re-evaluated and revised.  That's where I am.  What can I do to make the rest of my summer productive?  I'll keep working on that.