The end of the school year means time to have an end of the year celebration.  These celebrations don't have to be time-consuming or expensive. I'm sharing 6 ideas for small end of the year parties including a movie day starring your class, a glow party, countdowns, and easy room transformations. Take a listen today and make sure to view the show notes for links to the explanations of many of the ideas on today's episode. Show notes are available at: https://sharedteaching.com/end-of-the-school-year/

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As the end of the year unwinds, it becomes time to start to declutter our classrooms. Where do we even begin? On today's episode I'm walking you through a few tips I use when I declutter my classroom. Let me help you reflect on what you want to keep inside your classroom.  Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/declutter-the-classroom/

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Need some inspiration for how to teach narrative writing? Today's episode is an invitation into an actual, real lesson with myself and my online second grade class as we create a tree map plan of a fiction story.

Teaching writing can be incredibly difficult to figure out because a typical classroom has many, many different levels of abilities. If writing just isn't your thing well, then it can seem pretty overwhelming.

During this lesson we have completed a personal narrative unit and are at the beginning of our fictional narrative unit. Students have done work on listening to various read alouds and finding the problem and solutions in those stories. We have explored the importance of describing characters and adding dialogue. 

Today's fictional narrative lesson explores how to plan a fiction story focused on a problem and the solution to that problem.  I don't want students to just write a two sentence story with only the problem and the solution but I want them to add details with a series of events before a solution is found.

Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/narrative-writing-lesson/

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Struggling with how to teach writing? Today I'm opening the doors to my classroom and letting you listen in on a real classroom lesson taught in a distance second grade class. This is the second lesson in a new unit on expository writing. While little modeling of writing is done, I am setting students up for the understanding of the difference between facts and opinion which will not only be beneficial in the expository unit but the opinion unit as well. Listen in on our classroom lesson and take away some ideas to use in your own classroom. Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/expository-writing-lesson/

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Even though it is a little less than 2 months from the end of the year for me, I am already planning for the next school year.  Planning now for what I need ready for next year will help make my summer less stressful and my back to school preparations a breeze. Be first in line right now at the copier before the back to school rush after summer. Today I'm discussing my thoughts for next year, how to plan for more differentiation, and my must-haves that I will be using again this coming school year.  Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/preparing-next-school-year/

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Want to get started with mentor texts but struggling with choosing ones that will work for your classroom?

My top tip for choosing the right mentor text is to focus on what you want your students to learn.  

You can find lots of free mentor texts lists all over the internet but you need to choose the best text that works for you and your students.

Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/choosing-mentor-text/

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Stuck in never ending online digital grading?  

There is an easier way!  Today I'm sharing 4 tips with you to have more efficient digital grading  - especially if you are using Google Classroom as your online teaching platform.  You will learn to reduce the amount you are grading, easiest way to check student work, adding comments to work quickly and efficiently, and automatic grading for assessments.

Show notes available at:  https://sharedteaching.com/efficient-digital-grading/

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Are you about to transition to teaching hybrid?  Or maybe you've been doing it awhile but still wonder if there's a better way that won't cause you to lose your mind.

Today I'm discussing some ideas that have helped me to save time (and my sanity) while managing both an online class and in person students.

Show notes available at https://sharedteaching.com/teaching-hybrid-class/

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Are parent teacher conferences a struggle for you to plan and organize? Today on the Shared Teaching Podcast I'm sharing how in 6 steps I've formatted my conferences to fit a 15 minute time slot.

Learn about how I make my conferences simple, easy, and as stress free as possible in this episode.

Show notes available at: https://sharedteaching.com/organizing-parent-teacher-conferences/

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Wondering about teaching math virtually?  I wondered too when I first started teaching virtually.  After some careful thought and planning I discovered an easy way that seems to work well for my students and I.  Today I'm unpacking my math block for you and sharing what I learned in the hopes it will help you.

Grab the show notes or to listen on the blog here:  https://sharedteaching.com/teaching-math-virtually/

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