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Posted on February 20, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Each month, I join up with the Secondary Smorgasbord group to write a topic-related blog post. I often struggle to find my personal take on the topics and beg and plead with my friends to help me unfreeze my writer's...Read More

Taking A Gamble: Preparing for a Sub in the Secondary Classroom

Posted on January 15, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As winter set in each year, so did sinus infections that filled me with fever, mucous, and dread. I could handle the sweats and chills. I could take on the drips and floods. But the thought of placing my classroom...Read More

Evaluation Time

Posted on January 4, 2016July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

For many, this is the time of the school year where the administrators begin coming in to the classrooms to do the official evaluations on teachers. Remembering back to my first year and my first evaluation, I now think, "What...Read More

End of the Semester Expectations

Posted on December 7, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I originally posted this in December of 2011. I read it now and ask... Has it gotten better? Or worse? It's the END of the semester! Time for in-depth reviews, developed discussions on the content of the semester, thoroughly researched...Read More

Giving Students Identity

Posted on November 21, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Just recently, I met my biological father's daughter - my half-sister. I am 46 years old, yet my lack of identity still haunts me to this day. I desperately want to know my heritage, how I came about, and what...Read More

Effective Questioning 101 for the Secondary Classroom

Posted on September 28, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Years ago, when I was a student, the basic questions for learning were the the 5 Ws and H. Some teachers just wrote "5WH" on the board, and we knew what was expected for our assignment. We compiled our assessments,...Read More

Monday Mapping: Promoted Thinking in the Social Studies Classroom

Posted on September 21, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Students often enter their Social Studies classroom thinking it will be a course based on simple facts and memorization. They do not see the classes in the Social Sciences as those requiring thought, and definitely not ones that will teach...Read More

Monday Mapping: The Struggle for High School Reading

Posted on August 31, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

I just finished reading an inspiring blog about reading and the easy impact one can make for our young ones. The question I am left with, as a high school teacher, is What can I do now? Many of the...Read More

Quick Thought Thursday: An Early Self-Assessment

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

At the start of the school year, we were all so filled with excitement. We were anxious to meet our new students, enthusiastic about the new lessons we had prepared, and hopeful that we would do it all "right." Now...Read More

Monday Mapping: Games to Reinforce Geographic Knowledge

Posted on August 24, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

While many schools introduce basic Geography skills and knowledge through year long courses, others only call for the integration of Geography into other Social Studies courses. This often leaves students with gaps in their learning, where basic map or cultural...Read More