Catherine Cook
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Happily married, passionate about teaching reading and writing using Structured Literacy. Former Reading Recovery Teacher 🐴🐈⬛🌲🇨🇦
Cariboo, British Columbia
Joined August 2021
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
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Disconnected from research? It’s actually scandalous. It’s fraud. It’s malpractice. AND it’s not just happening with reading/writing. Let’s look at #math too. People in positions of responsibility MUST have the KNOWLEDGE to lead. #SoR
“So many teachers like me have believed that a professor at Teachers College, an Ivy League institution, should be up-to-date on the reading research. The fact that she was disconnected from that research is evidence of the problem.”
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Always pay attention. The Reading Recovery Council of North America is changing its name to the “Literacy Council of North America.” Don’t be fooled. It’s still made up of the same players.
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This message needs repeating! “What comforts adults can harm kids. Practices must align with child development AND evidence, not habit.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@JW_edsolutions @KarinMariaPsyD @Seafood_Savvy @RplusDyslexia @ColleenWalston @DonKAriel @BenisonMrs @Parents4RJ @Parks2032912 @tetheredtoed1 Traditions aren’t truth. What comforts adults can harm kids. Practices must align with child development and evidence, not habit 💙🧠📚 #SPED #education #ChildCentered #EvidenceBased
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"Rather than being the precursor to reading, “phonemic awareness” results from progress in learning to read alphabetic writing." Excellent clarification about phonemic awareness.
New posts about phonemic awareness, structured literacy. New website: still a little rough! #scienceofreading #dyslexia
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Learning the hard way Elementary students share struggles with reading after report reveals education system failing https://t.co/h3Yvp0kLZC
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Hats off @wabkinew and Tracy Schmidt! 🎉Next step: supply your K teachers with low-cost Play Roly Teacher Guidebooks! ✅ Classroom-ready, joyful program ✅ Supports students with low scores on K screeners ✅ Recommended by experts, loved by kids, made in 🇨🇦 Info🎥PlayRolyYouTube
Good news in Manitoba as govt passes Bill 225 for reading screening. "Bill 225 requires elementary schools to systematically screen elementary students for early signs of struggle, immediately act on warning signs and document findings in report cards." https://t.co/bRuBPjAYjB
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This is truly important for teachers to know! #bced
🔁 Increasing opportunities to respond is one the most transformative tools in teaching. More student responses = ✅ higher engagement ✅ more time on task ✅ more learning We discuss why it's important in the clip. Lots of strategies discussed in the full episode. Link below.
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We teachers have a lot of tasks on our plate but scrounging for lesson materials shouldn't be one of them. We need access to evidence-based materials with a clear scope and sequence so we can ensure we are supporting all students towards mastery.
In this Nomanis article, Robert Pondiscio discusses the challenges of creating DIY lessons and classroom resources, and questions why teachers are being called on to be instructional designers. Read in full here: https://t.co/c4GBZ48a78
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Hard-hitting article by the amazing Barbara Oakley. "Our brains need practice & memorization to move facts & skills into long-term memory, freeing up mental space for genuine problem-solving...a student cannot reason deeply about mathematics w/o mult'n facts and algebraic methods
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⬇️⬇️⬇️ Have we been Sold a Story in Math too? 100% yes!
Who remembers that Facebook thread on the @FountasPinnell page about teaching reading? The one about the 20%. Getting very similar vibes in the math conversation now. “You can’t ensure students learn no matter what strategies you use.” Thoughts? @ehanford
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Gosh… The Simpsons really did have so many things right! Way to hit the nail on the head.
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It’s exactly the same as when someone says, they “need to focus on SEL before they can teach any ‘academics’.” What people don’t realize is that their SEL improves as we teach children they can do things.
If your students don’t do as well in reading, writing and mathematics as students from similar backgrounds elsewhere and you claim this is because you focus on wellbeing or ‘the whole child’ then you are telling yourself a comforting lie.
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This was a great episode to listen to on a beautiful fall day. I sure wish I’d known about effective math education BEFORE I retired. Now I know why it was so difficult to implement the programs recommended by my district. I kept going back to Jump Math.
Anna Stokke on Where Math Education Went Wrong - and How to Fix It SUUUUCH a good episode! https://t.co/TOUOLA404k
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100%! As a reading tutor, UFLI has been the easiest program for me to implement. All the bits and pieces are there on the website and in my manual. Plus, I love the new assessment because it accurately shows me where to start each student in lessons.
@rpondiscio @karenvaites @HKorbey @EdReports Usability and appeal is always an essential part of getting any program into practice. Researchers are good at the efficacy part, but seldom focus on these factors. Publishers are better at usability and appeal, but ignore efficacy.
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Fabulous episode about instructional illusions with @P_A_Kirschner, @C_Hendrick, and Jim Heal from their new book! Great fall listening here in the Cariboo. Well worth a listen!
Episode 56. Unmasking intructional illusions with Paul Kirschner, Jim Heal & Carl Hendrick https://t.co/izCVHxUSwA
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This is exactly why “teacher leaders” need to be in schools, not board offices. We need more people modeling and showing teachers how to implement. Many teachers know what to do, but not what it looks like or what to change. #ImplementationMatters
@rpondiscio @karenvaites @HKorbey @EdReports Teachers are left to figure all that out on their own, so of course they treat the programs as a buffet of resources. Ask the people providing "PD" on these programs to model a lesson, and most can't. Their "PD" is simply a tour of the buffet.
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Math & reading scores are declining in BC. Why?Because of this: "Nicol is not convinced we need to change how we teach math in B.C., especially if it involves moving away from inquiry" & "I don’t think [the scores] are anything to be too concerned about" https://t.co/m1KMEgvZRa
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A lot of people wonder about spiral math programs. They way my listener described it: "fractions, one week, geometry the next...topics moved before mastery was achieved." Jonathan Regino and I talked about this in my latest episode. Link to full episode below.
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📬 Focus on teaching what matters! My newest mailbag episode with Jon Regino is packed with listener questions. Here we chat about why it’s so important to cut the fluff and focus on core math content. Link to full episode below.
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This quote needs to be highlighted. I keep it on the back of my door and highlight it for the naysayers. #ItsPossible
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