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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

Building up Expectations… A Requirement in Every Classroom

Posted on September 29, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Almost a decade ago, I sat on a desk in my classroom talking to my student teacher on her last day. She was sharing her fears about stepping into her own classroom, and I was trying my best to offer...Read More

Make Your Move… In Classroom Seating

Posted on August 14, 2014July 25, 2020 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

Say the Goodbyes You Want to Say!

Posted on May 31, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As the school year comes to a close, we are all often overwhelmed with everything that must be done. We worry about the EOCs, the final exams, the last minute assignments, and all the required data analysis. Sometimes we are...Read More

It’s Coming…

Posted on May 24, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The last weeks of each school year are always the hardest. There are just so many factors coming into play, making each day its own challenge. The students are antsy, you are thinking about your summer plans, and yet you...Read More

That Dream Trip

Posted on May 12, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Since I started reading (and actually being read to as a small child) I have imagined visiting the places in my favorites stories or books. The settings always came off the page to me and were so visual in my...Read More

National Teacher Day!

Posted on May 6, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Most TEACHERS are TEACHERS because of a significant TEACHER they had in their academic careers! I had three of those significant TEACHERS, and I consider myself very lucky to have been placed in their classrooms and to have learned how...Read More

Dancing the Maypole or Protesting in the Streets

Posted on April 30, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As a child, I remember celebrating the coming of Spring with our May Day festival. We learned dances, and practiced moving around the "May Pole" (which was actually out tether-ball pole!) with our ribbons in hands and our best Spring...Read More

It’s the End of February!

Posted on February 24, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

The month is almost over, and if you have forgotten, it was the month for so many celebrations! We celebrated our presidents and we've celebrated Black History. Or did we? So many of us, all across the country, including the...Read More

A Walking Tour? What is that?

Posted on February 18, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Back in the good ole days of teaching, we were able to pack up our students and take them, with assistance and funding from parents and our district, to museums, historical sites, and even cemeteries if we could show there...Read More