8.1 New Season, New Stories
From Reading Teachers Lounge by Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
October 3, 2025 · 46 min · Season 8 · Episode 1
About this episode
Shannon and Mary reflect on the podcast's journey, share teaching tips, and discuss future plans for featuring more teacher voices.
Shannon and Mary kick off the new season with reflections on how far the podcast has come, from family anecdotes to stories of former students thriving—like Rigby, a once-struggling reader now headed to college. They share practical tips for using Canva to teach morphology, highlight successes from their summer tutoring, and discuss balancing work, rest, and family life. Additionally, they unveil exciting plans to feature more teacher voices in the show through their bonus episodes, available...
People in this episode
Hosts: Shannon Betts, Mary Saghafi
Topics covered
- podcast reflections
- student success
- teaching tips
- morphology
- work-life balance
- teacher voices
Keywords
- podcast
- education
- teaching
- morphology
- student success
- work-life balance
- Canva
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