Michele Luck, Author at A Lesson Plan for Teachers

Creating Classroom Activities Students Will Remember

Posted on September 8, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Around the second week of each semester, I would have students coming into my classroom begging to be transferred into my classes. Their request usually came just after my first big experiential exercise and their suffering weeks of dark lectures...Read More

Seating Charts in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on August 8, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Classroom organization is one of the first things that come to mind at back to school time. Desk or seating chart arrangement, along with ideas and planning for behavior management are priorities. A good seating chart template can be the...Read More

Easy Collaboration-Building Icebreaker Ideas for the First Day of School

Posted on August 6, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Starting off the school year on the right foot is important for students, but also for teachers. If you begin by teaching collaboration-building skills as soon as students enter the classroom on the first day, you will help to set...Read More

New Group for Secondary Social Studies Teachers

Posted on July 29, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I love blogging and sharing all of my ideas for creating an interactive Social Studies classroom, but there are so many other great teachers out there that have super ideas for helping all of our students learn! Why not collaborate?!...Read More

43+ Strategies for Addressing the Standards in Social Studies

Posted on July 12, 2017September 9, 2023 by Michele Luck

Need Strategies for addressing the standards? Need strategies to make your classroom more interactive this school year? Take a look at these 43+ Strategies for Meeting ANY Educational Standards in the Social Studies classroom. More importantly, implement these strategies to...Read More

How I Use Highlighters in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on May 24, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Color is important! In my classroom, we color coded everything. And to do that, highlighters became a very important tool! I'm sure your students already use highlighters in your classes, but do they use them in the most effective ways? ...Read More

The Many Uses for Index Cards

Posted on May 1, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

In the old days, Index Cards were one of the most valuable resources for a research-based classroom. But with the introduction of Interactive Notebooks and then technology tools, the index card became a thing of the past. That shouldn't be...Read More

Easy Recipes for Busy Teachers

Posted on April 24, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

School Lunch? Yuck! I hated it as a child and still hate it as an adult. The slop of food onto a tray or even a plate is not my idea of a nice meal meant to refresh me and...Read More

The Power of the Gel Pen

Posted on April 18, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The power of the pen has definitely changed since I started teaching many years ago. Well, actually it is the pen itself that has changed. We've gone from the reliable wooden pencil that required sharpening every so often to the...Read More

Quick Tips for Teaching Geography: Introducing Content

Posted on March 13, 2017July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teaching Geography is one of the best Social Studies gigs to get! There are so many amazing resources for teaching the course, and fun strategies for teaching Geography are also unlimited. Follow this Quick Tips for Teaching Geography Series to...Read More