Freebie: Student Self-Reflection Template
Not a long blog post for this one...just the link for the Student Self-Reflection Template. You can get the PDF below. Self-reflection...
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Welcome to Lucykirchh.com
This is a home for all ways to
Bring Learning to Life for our students and
to stay MotivatED as educators!
Laurel Kirchhoff
- May 1
- 2 min
Single Point Rubrics Changed My Teacher Life (Free Resource)
Rubrics! The mere word can inspire both excitement and dread in my teacher heart. Excitement because the rubric will "once and for all"...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Mar 28
- 4 min
My "Top 4" EdTech Tools with The Social Institute!
Imagine opening an email and squealing with delight! This was me when I received an email from Zoe from The Social Institute a few months...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Happily Exhausted! Spring CUE 2023 Resources!!
As Spring CUE came to a close this past Saturday afternoon, I sat at one of the tables on the grass area and reflected on the whirlwind...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jan 29
- 5 min
So you're attending a conference (or...what I wish I had known)
As January wraps up, education conferences for 2023 are in full swing. The year has kicked off with local "affiliate" conferences (shout...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Exit Tickets for Student Learning (Free Resource)
Exit tickets are great tools to use with students as formative, low-stakes assessments. Not only do they provide great insight into what...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min
A time for reflection-resources for teaching a respectful and inclusive Thanksgiving (all ages)
A friend reached out last week inquiring if I had some resources and lesson plans to share for teaching Thanksgiving through a culturally...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
LGBTQIA+ Resources for History-Social Science Teachers (a curated list)
Many thanks to Amanda Sandoval (@historysandoval) who asked me about LGBTQIA+ resources that I had previously used in my middle school...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
ISTE #DigCit Expert Webinar Resources
Thank you to everyone that attended my webinar on "The Big Three: Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy, and Social-Emotional Learning"...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Podcasting for History Day-California!
This post will be short, sweet and to the point: PODCASTING has been added as a student category for National History Day-California!...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
It's all about choice! Choice Boards for student learning...
Choice Boards are nothing new...I distinctly remember my teachers handing out paper choice boards that resembled a tic-tac-toe board in...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Licks, Toilets & TikTok...
This past week has been a doozy for school bathrooms and classrooms all over the country. Soap dispensers, ceiling tiles, staplers, and...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Constitution Day Resources and Lessons
Constitution Day is THIS Friday, September 17th. This day commemorates the hot day in Philadelphia in 1787 when 39 delegates to the...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Life is so very...Lifey
The title for this week's blog post, "Life is very lifey," comes from my good friend and amazing colleague, Dr. LeeAnn Lindsey...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Life...
This blog post is so very hard to write. My younger brother is in ICU fighting for his life many, many miles away. As I look for flights...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Podcasts and Videos: Welcome to #MotivatEDMondays!
Happy Monday, everyone! This post is just a tad late due to unforeseen traffic on the way home from a whirlwind long weekend trip to...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
Exciting News and Updates!
When I started on this journey of creating Lucykirchh.com almost a year ago, I had no idea what I was doing. All I knew was that I wanted...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Next Level: NHDCA Tips and Tricks
Congratulations!! Your students are advancing from your local or county-wide National History Day competition and now are "going to...
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Laurel Kirchhoff
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
NHD...Happy New Year!!
Welcome, 2021! If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we should expect the unexpected! If you are reading this post, I hope it finds...
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