Courtney Whittaker

Reading Specialist at Brook Forest

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

@norakflynn Love that song by “They Might Be Giants”

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

@PSompolski You are always bringing a smile to peoples faces! This is the best. Thanks Peter!

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Mark your calendars for “Wild About Reading Family Reading Night” on March 5th at Brook Forest from 5:30-7:30! Spend time with your family seeing an animal show, reading to a dog, flashlight reading, making bookmarks and more! #d53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Looking forward to our Brook Forest Family Reading Night on March 5th! Students are reading during February and working to earn a chance to be a special helper during the “Scales and Tails Traveling Zoo” performace at Reading Night. Thanks Mrs. Murguia for creating these! @D53LMC

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Love when students want to read to another class or grade level as an earned reward! KL loved having this second grader read a fall favorite with great expression and fluency! #d53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

The Broadcast Club is really “taking off!” Our student photographers are filming in the air for a different perspective. A HUGE thanks to @MsLongtinD53 for training some of our photographers on how to use drones to capture some exciting things at BF! #d53Learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Students loved the NED assembly today! They learned NED stands for:
Never give up
Encourage others
Do your best.
#d53Learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

5th graders in Brook Forest Broadcasting have been busy filming and photographing exciting things going on this week. Our anchors are all smiles to be back in the studio. #d53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

We served up some amazing writing today at the 4T Writing Luau Cafe. Thanks 1P and 3M for coming to dine and Mrs. Tarantino and 4T students for your hard work! @4TarantinoD53

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

@KinderLauermann So much fun yesterday!

[Carrie Lauermann @KinderLauermann]

Priya got to pie Mrs. Whittaker today! Great job reading to meet our goal. #d53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

These fellow Brook Forest staff members and I are actually WAY more excited than we are nervous to get “PIED”! We know that our students will be able to meet their 500 minutes of reading this month to earn a prize and a chance to throw a pie at a staff member:) #D53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Fifth graders were able to determine many messages or themes in one text. So many great life lessons in one book! Some themes included innovation, thinking outside the box and perseverance. A great tie into our month long STEAM focus at Brook Forest! #d53learns #d53STEAMtastic

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Love seeing all the learning going on today! Got a chance to analyze miscues for F & P, update progress monitoring graphs, analyze data for UDR, do some professional reading and podcast listening... and more. #d53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Full of inspiration after an amazing two days of learning from some of my all time favorite literacy teachers! #19LitCon @JSerravallo @DrMaryHoward @DrJanrichardson ...and more!

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

Have you been to the district You Tube channel? Make sure to check out our district channel and subscribe so you can view our BFPN News Episodes! The You Tube channel is titled “Butler District 53” and is where you can see various videos from our district!

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

My favorite way to end every day. #D53learns #D53reads

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

2 of our new Book Broadcasters! These two students won our BOOK BINGO raffle and will be filming interviews with readers at Brook Forest. Congrats to all of our readers! #D53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

A surprise staff member joined these 4th grade anchors at the news desk for the Nov/Dec episode of BFPN News. Can you guess which staff member joined Broadcasting Club for two filming sessions last week?! #D53learns

[Courtney Whittaker @cwhittakerd53]

First graders worked on a Readers Theatre this week to practice their fluency and expression!