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Bright Ideas Blog Hop: Meeting Students at the Door for Classroom Management

Posted on June 20, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

One of the most popular books for classroom management over the past few decades was Wong and Wong's The First Days of School. While this book was not as relevant for middle and high school classrooms, it still offered great...Read More

Secondary Smorgasbord: Games to Keep Them Engaged at Year’s End

Posted on May 10, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Teaching new content at the end of the year is most often out of the question with crazy schedules and early dismissed groups as events and other obligations draw our students in every direction. Still, we know we must wrap-up...Read More

Monday Mapping: Test Prep without the Multiple Choice

Posted on April 27, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

When my district first started forcing Test Prep sessions on us for state testing, we had free reign to design those sessions as we pleased. Knowing my students needed the most practice in analyzing primary sources and in evaluating images,...Read More

Monday Mapping: Test Prep – Do I Have To?

Posted on April 13, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Once Spring Break is over, many administrators are forced by their district leaders to start encouraging their teachers to prep for testing. It's a vicious cycle, but ends with your principal peeking into your classroom each day to see how...Read More

Monday Mapping: Cause and Effect in the History Classroom

Posted on February 16, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Students often see historic occurrences as isolated events in time, not understanding that one causes the other and that one causes the next. In both my World and U.S. History courses in mid February, I would be in the early...Read More

Quick Thought Thursday: Scavenger Hunt Bonus

Posted on January 15, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I have never been one to offer random bonus points to my students. Assignments were always valuable in my eyes, and I did not want to dismiss any lesson for the sake of a boost. However, I recently had a...Read More

Monday Mapping: Mapping Out Informational Texts

Posted on January 12, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Students in upper levels are now required to read informational texts as part of state and national standards, yet many have never been taught the foundational standards for understanding those resources. With the new semester just beginning, start with a...Read More

Checking All the Boxes

Posted on December 8, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As you near the end of the semester, it's time to check off all the boxes on your list of to-dos for each of your classes. If you are a CCSS or standards-based school, that means making sure you have...Read More

Work Ethic in the Classroom: Can It Be Encouraged?

Posted on November 10, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

"If you want to make an impression in the sands of time..." My 9th grade principal (way back when) woke us up each morning with a quote. Most of the time, I ignored them, but this one particular morning, I...Read More

It’s A Wrap! Beating the Clock to Wrap-Up Lessons

Posted on October 27, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

You start off the lesson with a great attention grabber, your interactive lecture had students engaged and excited, your mini-activity successfully reinforced the key ideas of the lesson, and then...Five minutes left until the bell. In many classes, teachers give...Read More