School's Out for the Summer...What do Teachers do in the Summer?

At the end of May my room was boxed up, my kids were headed home, and we were all talking about how great summer was going to be.  Well, it's the end of June and school is finally out for me.  Yes, I was one of the crazy people that signed up to do summer school for a month.

I can't complain because I actually enjoy it.  For a whole month I don't have a set agenda of what HAS to be accomplished.  Instead, I get to see where some of my future students are at, what skills we need lots of work on, and what I honestly don't teach well. I use summer school to be a better teacher.

I spent the first couple weeks of summer school really focusing on grammar.  Grammar is one of those things that many people I know struggle to teach and I don't always do the best job at it.  So I taught the first few grammar skills that we would be learning next year.  I found some great resources, created some powerpoints, and came up with a list of ideas for future resources I want to create.  If I hadn't taught summer school I wouldn't have been able to try some of these out on my kids to find out what was working for me and what wasn't.  Once I've refined those resources a little more I will start sharing. :)

So now that summer is over, what in the world will I do?  Anyone else have a summer "want to" list?  Mine is pretty long.  I will be spending some togetherness time with my family this summer and later this summer I will be helping my mom set up her classroom since she is changing grade levels.  The last two years she has gone above and beyond in helping me with my classroom so I'm hoping I can be half as helpful.

I do plan on doing lots and lots of reading this summer.  I love reading, but somehow it just doesn't get done as much during the school year.  On my summer list are:

1. My Dad's book (No that isn't the name of a book.  My Dad wrote a book he hasn't published yet and I am in the middle of reading it.)
2. Lies My History Teacher Told Me
3. Yoga School Dropout
4. The Bhagavad Gita
5. Fault in Our Stars (I know I'm a little late to the show on this one. Don't ask how long it took for me to get around to the Divergent series.)
6. The other five billion and one books that are on my list that I haven't read yet.

The other big item on my summer "want to" list is to add to my TPT store.  I got started during the snow days and then didn't keep creating.  I get super excited when they send an e-mail saying I've sold something.  Now I just have to get a more somethings up to sell.  I have a list of a million resources I want to create, so it is just a matter of sitting down and creating them.  Along with creating resources I also need to create some centers.  I have lots of prepackaged games on my shelves that our district has purchased, but I usually want something a little more specific for my kids.  My goal is either to find some games or centers that target exactly what I want or to create some.  Of course that means ultimately there will be lots of laminating and cutting and folders and ziploc bags and time spent on the couch organizing and putting together.  At least I have Netflix right??

What are your summer plans?