Catherine Cook

Happily married, passionate about teaching reading and writing using Structured Literacy. Former Reading Recovery Teacher 🐴🐈‍⬛🌲🇨🇦

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

We have to do what’s best for our students!
#KnowBetterDoBetter
#bced
#SD27_CC

[Right To Read Initiative @R2RInitiative]

The creators of the programs and the institutions that provided the training need to put their ego and bank account aside.
#teachers #training #educationprograms #institutions #research #recommendations #RightToReadInitiative

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@JimRChristopher What an amazing opportunity!
Fangirl, too! 🙋🏼‍♀️

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@S_Oberle I'm glad to hear that!

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@JamieClass5 @MarvelTeacher2 I know! I've had quite a bit of fun taking pokes at Building Thinking Classrooms.
Oh the things you can say, when you're retired!
😁

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@AK_El_Jefe Excellent! Glad to hear you're going to share it!

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

This is well worth reading!

[Blake Harvard @effortfuleduktr]

Classroom Seating and Student Achievement

How does the classroom seating arrangement impact student behavior?

https://t.co/gLFDiuyS4y

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@S_Oberle 😳 … 😂🤣😂

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@AbbyTeachesDSM 100%

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@mandylorianm 😢

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

Yes, we are. We've been sold a story about Math instruction, too.
@rastokke @ToddTruitt76508 @BarryGarelick

[Nate Joseph @NateJoseph19]

Are we being lied to about Math instruction?

https://t.co/w1DPyohv7u

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@SoLInTheWild I think you've nailed it! The instructional hierarchy is the key to what kind of instruction is best at each stage. Not all of one, or all of another.

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@tetheredtoed1 It sure is!

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@SciInTheMaking Written feedback for grade ones tends not to be effective. 😂🤣😂

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@EduConsumersFdn @SoLInTheWild Yup! 😱😂🤣

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@EduConsumersFdn @SoLInTheWild I remember a teacher bringing a couch into her classroom for a comfortable reading corner and later having to remove it because a mouse built a nest in it. 😱
There’s a good reason for sturdy, easily cleaned and maintained furniture in classrooms!

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@AbbyTeachesDSM Fabulous results, Abby! 💃💃💃

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@edudissenter @tetheredtoed1 That's crazy!

[Catherine Cook @CatherineCook58]

@SimBadd18 @adamboxer1 Before retiring, the document camera, (visualizer), was my essential teaching tool, for all the reasons explained by @SimBadd18 and more. Primary students need to be able to see clearly what you're doing with your hands when you demonstrate anything.