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Mrs. Cooper's Bio

This is my 20th year of teaching in the Chicago Public Schools and my 16th year at Decatur.  In my 20 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 4th 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.  

 

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Students peer edit creative writing stories about a problem that a 5th grader might encounter during school this year.  
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/ 

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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!
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Katherine Cooper
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4th | ELA and Social Studies
Katherine Cooper
4th Grade Literacy & Social Studies Teacher