Cathy Kaska

Wife, Mom, Grandma, retired middle school lang. arts, reading teacher.

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

#AskGMA Why isn't travel being limited to/from infected areas in USA like it is to/from infected countries?

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

#CultureClimate #login Is moving back to multi-age groups (like 1-room schools) a way to close achvmt gap?

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

My dream is that every kid CARES and that they use proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar. #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

My dream is that every kid realizes that their education is in their own hands and they become accountable for it. #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

Maybe the creativity and problem solving needs to come from us first. Maybe we need to be the change we need to see. #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

Agreed. And I think creativity and problem-solving have been part of the system for a long time in one way or another. #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

When I say "change" I mean in education. #fmspln

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I get the jobs thing, TEna, but I also wonder how much we really need to change to accommodate those jobs? #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

@ann_hekteon I think that's part of my problem with FB these days. I refuse to be tied to those levers for social pellets.
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I also enjoy reading their reflections. Most of the time they hand write them though. Pencil technology??? #old # outdated #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

I don't know how much more we can whittle. We have GOT to start reimagining!
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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

I get discouraged b/c I don't have time any more to give their writing the focus it deserves and still make reading important.
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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

I've been considering going back to worksheets that spotlight punctuation and the rules. I know that's against the law.....DESPRATE #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

We'd have a good laugh at what would happen if they used friend lang with parents.
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It was amazing how amazed they were at the dif voices they used for them!
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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

I used to make kids write the same info to three dif ppl: parent, friend, teacher. It was amazing how dif the three were.
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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

Agreed, Kinnick72!
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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

Yes, I use instagram. I use technology. I jus don't know if it changes the learning any. #fmspln

[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

kinnick72: Yes, I've considered moving into the Goodreads realm with my kids.

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[Cathy Kaska @ckaska]

I also struggle with incorporating technology in my literature-based class. I DO it because I feel obligated, but not sure it helps #fmspln