https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu Welcome! This is our space to reflect, celebrate, and lift each other up as we close out an amazing year. Take a few minutes to add your thoughts to the prompts below — feel free to share something serious, silly, heartfelt, or all of the above. Let’s finish strong, together! en-us 2025-05-19 16:00:22 UTC 2025-05-19 21:12:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/8.0/png/1f970.png christine_shepherd https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457583607 What’s something you’re proud of from your classroom this year — big or small?

]]> 2025-05-19 16:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457583607 christine_shepherd https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584029 What lesson, resource, or technique really worked well with your AP/Honors/AVID students?

]]> 2025-05-19 16:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584029 christine_shepherd https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584268 Who supported, inspired, or collaborated with you this year? Spread the love!

]]> 2025-05-19 16:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584268 christine_shepherd https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584453 What’s a personal or professional takeaway from this year?

]]> 2025-05-19 16:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584453 christine_shepherd https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584825 What’s something you want to try, explore, or improve in your AP/Honors/AVID class next year?

]]> 2025-05-19 16:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457584825 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457608702 Prioritized skills versus getting through every single historical time period.

]]> 2025-05-19 16:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457608702 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457612588 Using Bootcamp as time to give students feedback on DBQs.

]]> 2025-05-19 16:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457612588 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457646768 My students showing up to bootcamp every single week inspired me to keep going.

]]> 2025-05-19 17:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457646768 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457647907 Instilling confidence in students.

]]> 2025-05-19 17:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457647907 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457711745 Just a little grammar activity at the beginning of class was a great way to warm up. The students loved it!

]]> 2025-05-19 18:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457711745 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457713141 The biographies and autobiographies that my students wrote were outstanding.

]]> 2025-05-19 18:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457713141 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457714788 ...who kept us all online with working mics and speakers!

]]> 2025-05-19 18:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457714788 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457715665 New curriculum and reading materials.

]]> 2025-05-19 18:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457715665 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457849787 My AP students performed significantly better on both practice MCQs and FRQs than in years past.

]]> 2025-05-19 20:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457849787 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457850824 Using the AP Lit rubric to assess, critique, and revise our FRQ writing was the skeleton key that seemed to unlock student understanding of how to write effectively. We randomized student practice writing and collectively assessed essays against the rubric, even color-coding the parts of student writing that were and were not meeting the standards detailed in the rubric.

]]> 2025-05-19 20:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457850824 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457852997 Shout-out to Christine, of course!

]]> 2025-05-19 20:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457852997 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457853303 I learned we need a better way to ensure that our AP students all actually show up to take the AP test.

]]> 2025-05-19 20:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457853303 https://padlet.com/christine_shepherd/ei4qai8yf8kuefnu/wish/3457856543 I want to reassess and expand the texts that my students explore, so that they feel more comfortable earlier in the year with their ability to dissect complex literature.

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