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The Importance of Cheating for the New Generation

Posted on August 5, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Way back in the old days, when I attended high school, we were mainly taught through the reading of textbooks, the writing of notes, and rote memorization. There were no other tried and true strategies, and classroom teachers were held...Read More

To Text or Not to Text: Part II

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

During the first weeks of school, you will need to set the expectations your students should follow for the entire year. One question you are bound to hear is, "Can we use our smartphones?" For years I fought this "change"...Read More

Warn Against the Addiction!

Posted on May 15, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Many of you are coming close to the end of your school year, and that means you will be giving your students all the advice you can muster for their summer free time. Of course, we want them to read...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

As the Quiet Saves the World

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

We often read stories of Anne Frank's being hidden in her neighbor's home to escape Nazi persecution, or we watch movies about Oskar Schindler and how he saved over 1000 Jews by setting up a factory filled with Jewish labor...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

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo!

Posted on May 3, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

On May 5th, many across the United States of America and in Mexico will be celebrating their heritage. Most Americans misunderstand this celebration, thinking it is Mexico's independence day, just like Americans celebrate every July 4th. Cinco de Mayo is...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

I Got Nothing!

Posted on April 28, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Oftentimes in our classrooms, we hear our students complain that they don't have any ideas, or they have no inspiration for a writing assignment. We encourage them to brainstorm, create lists, do a Venn Diagram, write an outline... And the...Read More

We could all travel anywhere IF…

Posted on April 17, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I remember how, as a child, I loved to escape my small world through reading. I traveled back in time to do chores with Laura Ingalls Wilder, and I lived on a farm with Charlotte and Wilbur out in the...Read More