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Great flowchart/Infographic Flowchart: Which Books to Read this Summer? Teaching students at the University of California School of Education developed this great infographic to help younger students pick books to read over the summer, an important time when young people have the freedom to read what they want to read rather than required coursework. This chart appeared on the "Teach: Make a Difference" blog on June 5, 2012. A chart like this would be a fun and challenging project for a team of teams or a book club.

VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

400 high interest titles from Teenreads.com. Consider for inclusion in summer reading lists or for a reading incentive program.

Best of BookUp Selections, a summer reading list straight from the source: our BookUp students! We asked the students at all six sites in New York City and Texas to vote on their top two favorite books read in BookUp during the 2011-2012 year.

Includes Award Winners, Books Into Movies, Series, Crossovers, Vacation, and Buzzing

"Looking for some new ideas about using Web 2.0 to implement AASL's Standards for the 21st Century Learner? Check out these resources developed by students in FRIT 7090b offered during Summer, 2010 at Georgia Southern University. "

* SYNC is an online community that seeks to build the audience for audiobooks among readers 13 and up. * Each week, SYNC will give away 2 FREE downloads--a popular Young Adult title paired with a Classic title that appears on Summer Reading lists--starting July 1 through September 1, 2010.

Heather B.'s blog about Buffy's presentation at ESU Summer Institute

tons of online pd opportunities! Some great ideas for tchrs' individualized summer pd

Letter to Kershaw County students about the bannng of his book Angry Management from summer reading list.