I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, teacher, collector of children's literature, writer and singer who lives a life that is full of blessings.
Michigan, USA
Joined May 2016
- Tweets390
- Following237
- Followers186
- Likes1.7K
Some teachers invest beyond the walls of the school. Thank you, Mr. Blackburn, for remembering my daughter and presenting her with a finished project that she started in your woodshop class two years ago. This means more than we can express! @DonJEastman #gogulllake
Catherine retweeted
I'm excited to announce the release of a FREE study guide for my book Leading with People!
It is for individuals, teams, schools, and organizations. Iron sharpens iron!
Like and Reshare for a chance to win a free copy of Leading with People! #LeadWithPeople
#glcsRyan student Lighthouse team engages with the animals at Kalamazoo SPCA. #goGullLake students donated supplies to support! @rwoodrow8 @CanHolmes24
#gogulllake #glcsryan 5th grade teachers have worked hard to teach students high leverage literacy engagement tasks. This is SQ3r in action in Mrs. Renne's room. Thank you to the Foundation for letting me use Lunch Learn & Launch to share these strategies!
A wonderful Lunch & Learn today as students helped teach the teachers! Thanks Josh and Chartwells staff, and to @GLCS_Foundation for an amazing Italian lunch! #gogulllake @rwoodrow8 @CanHolmes24 @DrewBordner #glcsRyan
Catherine retweeted
Some of GL's Literacy Leaders attended a great PD with Julia Lindsey in Kalamazoo today! Thanks for great sessions and conversations about literacy instruction in Michigan to gather ideas to guide our literacy work in GL! #MEMSPA #GoGullLake #glcsrichland @DrewBordner
MEMSPA Michigan Literacy Summit with #gogulllake family! @courtneylboyce @mrsdbuckmaster @MrsHawkinsGL @kendrick_peggy
Catherine retweeted
Thanks to @MEMSPA MI Literacy Summit partners @Scholastic & @MAISA_ISDs - supporting MI students literacy achievement.
Catherine retweeted
A big thank you to our GLCS Foundation for helping deliver our OCOB to each of our classrooms today.
Catherine retweeted
The. teacher. matters.
So proud of the work of our #glcsMS teachers every day, and especially today. #gogulllake
County wide Instructional Rounds @glbluedevils Middle School. Educators from throughout SW MI observing and providing feedback on Engagement within Reading, Writing, and Speaking with Purpose. #GoGullLake @Dr_Maring @jboerman75 @TeachLikeAChamp
#gogulllake teachers are implementing engagement strategies for partner reading and comprehension! 3rd grade rocks! Thanks to Mrs. Matthews, Miss Jansen, Miss Keating for welcoming me to watch it happen! #glcsRyan @rwoodrow8 @CanHolmes24
Mr. Wester & Ms. Latham welcome parents to join PE & Music! @DrewBordner @rwoodrow8 @CanHolmes24 #gogulllake
Catherine retweeted
**SUPER** excited to host instructional rounds & seeing it being embedded in Kalamazoo county!!! @KRESAIS #gogulllake @DrewBordner
Miss Rigel teaches students behaviors of independent writers as students contribute to what their classroom will look like. Reading, writing, and speaking with purpose!
Mrs. Holmes uses the Whiteboard Relay and TTQA to scaffold restatement of questions in constructed responses. Every student reading, writing and speaking!
Mrs. VanEgmond implements the SQ3R strategy to promote questioning and response skills. All are engaged in reading, writing and speaking!
