You’ve either made it through the first set of conferences this year, or your time is coming soon.  How do you keep yourself healthy and rested while working the long hours you do?  Be sure that you make time for those things that help you keep on “keepin’ on.”

Al A Carte (Sept. 15, 2013)

Visualizing When They Read – Here’s a great sponge prompt you can give your students.  It would be interesting to see what they say.

Educate Parents on the Habits of Strong Readers — I don’t endorse the products sold by this company (I don’t know much about them), but I like the three reading comprehension downloads that are very parent-appropriate.

Goodreads — Great website for learning about new titles and titles that you may have forgotten but are still good ones.  This site will help you prepare for your next book talks with your classes and give you ideas of genres for those students for whom it is hard to find the perfect book.