InstaDigest: Sept. 16-Sept. 27

What we did + what it looked like

Okay, at least at my school, I think, on this last week of September, we have finally arrived at SCHOOL. At the flow. At the regular routine.

After our whole-school, all-day summer reading party (featuring author Amina Luqman-Dawson), we took our students on two big out-of-town field trips connected to Freewater, our whole-school summer read. Sixth graders traveled to the Great Dismal Swamp, seventh graders traveled to James Madison’s Montpelier. And, in the meantime, eighth grade went on their annual overnight camping trip.

Whew.

We are exhausted. But happy.

Please comment below if you’d like to hear about this whole summer reading thing — field trips included. It’s been a gigantic undertaking, but SO valuable.

In the meantime, my seventh graders have started their music memoirs in earnest, and eighth graders are studying some challenging nonfiction reading.

What We Did

Here is my plan-book from the last two weeks: