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This is my 18th year of teaching in the Chicago Public Schools and my 14th year at Decatur.  In my 18 years of teaching, I have taught everything from 1st grade to 8th grade!  Literacy & Social Studies are passions of mine and I am very excited to be teaching 5th grade English Literacy and Social Studies this year.    
 
I received my undergraduate degree from DePauw University in elementary education and history.  Later I attended DePaul University and received my master’s degree as a reading specialist with a focus on learning disabilities.  I'm excited to be utilizing my background in history & literacy in my classroom on a daily basis. I'm lucky to be able to teach two of my favorite subjects this year! 
 
When I'm not teaching, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, figure skating, and doing needlepoint.  I also am very excited to be having my first child this fall!

 

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Building community through hexagonal thinking!  Students created hexagons to represent themselves and then found connections between their classmates. 
5th Graders show their understanding of our novel, Amal Unbound, by creating poems to describe the main character and drawing symbolic henna on her hand to show things to represent her character.  
4th Graders showcased their critical thinking by creating patterns & connections between important ideas from their novel, The Dreamer. 

Title IX (OSP Sexual Misconduct Training *CHANGE* Thursday, March 30th

The Office of Student Protection and Title IX (OSP) Sexual Misconduct, Title IX and Bias-based Behavior Student Training covers the following five learning objectives using developmentally appropriate language:

  1. Students will understand CPS Title IX Policy and Discrimination Statement

  2. Students will know who the Title IX Coordinator is, what OSP does, and how to get in touch with OSP

  3. Students will understand what constitutes sexual harassment and bias-based harm

  4. Students will be aware of the resources available to students who report sexual harassment, retaliation, or bias-based harm, including supportive measures pending an investigation

  5. Students will know what to do if they believe they or other students have been subjected to sexual harassment or bias-based harm

Important details: 

  • The sessions have been broken down by grade and are all around 30-45 minutes. 

  • Parents have the right to opt-out. If you choose to opt your child out please email your teacher. 

  • If you wish to teach your child this material yourself, you can access the videos to the sessions on the OSP website at www.cps.edu/osp. 

  • For questions about course content, please submit them here, and the OSP Training Team will get back to you.

Yearbook Update!

Yearbook Orders:  Please visit the Jostens website to directly place orders for the 2022-2023 DCS school yearbook.   Yearbooks will be distributed to students during school at the end of the school year in June.  All orders are due before April 1, 2023.  Please email Miss Mitten at [email protected] if you have any questions.


Yearbook Photo Submissions:  You can submit photos from DCS school events, sports and activities for the yearbook at:

 

ReplayIt  https://images.jostens.com/ 

Login ID 0mqxalssEyKOu4-kfnjooZA


Yearbook Cover Art Contest:  DCS students voted this week for their favorite student-created yearbook cover art.  Teachers will vote next week and winners will be announced before winter break.  Thank you to everyone who participated.

4th Graders had fun digging deeper into the characters from our novel by making a cootie catcher to ask each other deep thinking questions!

Yearbook Information

Yearbook Information


Orders:  Please visit the Jostens website to directly place orders for the 2022-2023 DCS school yearbook.   Yearbooks will be distributed to students during school at the end of the school year in June.  All orders are due before April 1, 2023.  Please email Miss Mitten at [email protected] if you have any questions.


Photo Submissions:  If you have some fantastic photos from DCS school events, sports and activities please consider submitting them to Yearbook Club to consider for use through the easy & secure ReplayIt website at  https://images.jostens.com/ using the login ID: 0mqxalssEyKOu4-kfnjooZA


We cannot guarantee all submissions will be used and will not be able to use any with students who have not given permission for their images to be used in media; however, the Yearbook Club would love to see all your great pics and have a variety of options to select from.  Photos will be accepted until April 1, 2023.  Thank you in advance!


Cover Art Contest:  DCS would like to showcase student-created artwork on the yearbook cover again this year.  Students in grades K-8 can turn in their entries to Miss Mitten in Room 112 anytime before Friday, December 12, 2022.  See the attached flyer for more information and specifications.

4th graders wrote progressive spooky stories where each student chose a prompt to start writing and then passed their notebook to another student to continue the story for them.  
Check out WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT LISTS posted in your student's Google Classroom Stream!  This lists will be updated as new assignments are added.  Students should get in the habit of checking their Google Classroom each evening to make sure they have completed all work that is due.  
5th graders showed what they learned about a nonfiction text by creating a one-pager to outline important, topics, themes and ideas.  We love showing what we've learned in different ways!
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Name
Katherine Cooper
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4th-5th | ELA
Email
kgcooper@cps.edu
Katherine Cooper
5th Grade Literacy & Social Studies Teacher