Make Your Move… In Classroom Seating

Make Your Move… In Classroom Seating

Posted on by Michele Luck
For the first few weeks of school, my students are tortured with sitting in straight rows, all assigned a specific spot for my benefit.  I am not a name person, so learning the names, first and last, of 200+ students...Read More
Are You Ready for Back to School?

Are You Ready for Back to School?

Posted on by Michele Luck
Are you ready to go back to school? It's almost that time again!  Time to go back into that classroom, to get things cleaned and organized, and to plan out all the great lessons you will teach in the coming...Read More
Surviving, Thriving, & Building Community in the First Days of School

Surviving, Thriving, & Building Community in the First Days of School

Posted on by Michele Luck
  Surviving the Back to School rush and the rest of your 280+ days to come begins with advanced planning, thorough preparation, and skillful implementation starting well before the very first days of school.  But more important than anything else...Read More
How to Teach the Vocabulary Standards in Social Studies Classes

How to Teach the Vocabulary Standards in Social Studies Classes

Posted on by Michele Luck
This is part of my continuing series on Teaching the Standards in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom! In this post, we'll focus on what strategies will work best for teaching the vocabulary standards from a Social Studies perspective. While we...Read More
Curriculum Mapping The Easy Way!

Curriculum Mapping The Easy Way!

Posted on by Michele Luck
One of the most feared responsibilities for new teachers, or even teachers changing courses, is preparing the dreaded curriculum map.  In the ole days, we taught with lesson plans, knowing the big picture, but unsure about when we would get...Read More
Teaching Summary in the Social Studies Classroom

Teaching Summary in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on by Michele Luck
One of the easiest, yet sometimes most daunting skills to teach is summary. Our students are taught how to summarize from the time they are in elementary school, but it seems they forget all of those skills the minute they...Read More
Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Supporting CCSS with the Interactive Notebook

Posted on by Michele Luck
In my university Education program my professor stressed the idea of using an Interactive Notebook for teaching Social Studies.  She loved this idea so much that our entire Masters level course was implemented through the creation of an Interactive Notebook! ...Read More