Some of my summer reading. Can't wait to see what you read this summer!

Are you ready? I can't wait!

Meeting with our Reading Life Accountability Partners to build a healthy Reading Life. Going strong! #d21learns @holmesccsd21

Look what she's read since the first day of school. Whoop! Whoop! Keep that Reading Life going strong! #d21learns

Writing Circles - a favorite way to spend our Fridays. Jonathan wrote a Broadway musical in his Writer's Notebook this time! Brought lots of smiles to our faces. #21learns Holmes Middle School

Check out these amazing 8th graders using their Readers' Notebooks and each other to make sense of excerpts from some rigorous dystopian fiction. #21learns #ccsd21holmes #tcrwp #ruos

After reading a challenging mentor text & studying author's craft, 6th graders wrote their first extended metaphors. Can you figure out how life is a smoke detector? Or your brain is a bookshelf? How about family is a backpack? Give it a try! #21learns #ccsd21holmes

Former Holmes Middle School students Eleni and Christina worked with our Writer's Notebook Circles on Friday and shared their passion for writing that was ignited in middle school. Eleni just published her first book! Congrats! So inspiring! #21learns #ccsd21

E-learning has its challenges - like not seeing each other face-to-face. But it presents opportunities too! Think of all you're learning about time management, tenacity, and finding pride in responsibility. E-teaching from our "classroom" today- from home! #ccsd21holmes #21learns

Teachers are learning during e-learning too! Cornelius Minor, author of We Got This, joined some Holmes teachers for a book club discussion. We feel motivated to be inventive to help students grow from where they are today. Thanks Cornelius Minor! #ccsd21 #d21learns #ccsd21holmes

What a week it's been... Our staff REALLY misses our students, so following in the footsteps of London Middle School , our staff wanted to send a special message to our students! Cooper Middle School ....ball's in your court! #21learns youtube.com/watch?v=43lCiw…

Amazing 8th grader writes to process her feelings about ending middle school's journey in an unexpected way. She emulated @kwamealexander -"Your writing inspires me to find unique styles to tell a story emotionally in a way that matters." bit.ly/2WZgcF5 #ccsd21holmes

Today's attendance question: What is one new law you'd like to see in place? One sixth grader (who starts EVERY attendance answer with "Hmmmm, that's a hard one...") shared this inspiring proposal. A nice reminder for our world! #ccsd21 #ccsd21holmes

Check out this pressure map! Great example of how readers add on to their thinking as more text is read. We are working hard Community Consolidated School District 21 #21Learns