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Shaped Staff

The Shaped Staff is a group of writers and editors with extensive and varied backgrounds in education—consisting of the Content Marketing team at HMH. Together, they bring expertise in education journalism, content development, copywriting—as well as teaching experience in the elementary grades and secondary English and math.

The Content Marketing team includes Christine Condon, senior director of content marketing; Richard Blankman, marketing director; Zoe Del Mar, senior content marketing manager; Brenda Iasevoli, senior content marketing manager; Alicia Ivory, senior copywriter; and Jennifer Corujo, content marketing manager.

They can be reached at Shaped@hmhco.com.

 
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Teaching absolute value can help students understand the distance of a number on the number line from zero, regardless of the direction from zero that the number lies.

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Use these educational activities for elementary school to explore different topics in reading, math, and science and add an element of fun into your lessons.

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School and district leaders should start their summer school planning early to ensure they can secure funding and recruit a strong team.

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While talking to children about the violence at the U.S. Capitol, parents and school professionals can employ strategies to empower them through knowledge while restoring a sense of calm.

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Try these free middle school math activities that cover budgeting, taxes, social media engagement, coding, and many more topics.

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Try free English language arts activities for Grades 6-8 focusing on haikus, metaphors, figurative language, and more curriculum-rich topics.

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Keep students engaged with these fun learning activities for middle school, no matter what subject you teach and whether your students are in person or remote.

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Whether you're teaching remotely or in the classroom, these fun science activities for middle school and high school students can help make learning fun.

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Use these high school English language activities to help your learners discover into their own writing styles and embrace reading.

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Get your learners ready for the next step in learning mathematics with these free high school math activities.

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Free High School American History Lesson Plans and Activities

These high school American history lesson plans will help your students understand the importance of learning from the past in order to build a better future.

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World history lessons activities

From the Renaissance to the Reformation, these world history lessons for high school students can help your students better understand how the past has shaped the present.

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Free High School Learning Activities

Add a bit of dimension to your classroom routine with our free lesson plan activities for high school students in English language arts, math, science, and social studies.

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Give students a better understanding of our global society with these high school world history and American history lesson plan ideas and activities.

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Equity, growth mindset, instructional planning, and remote learning during a pandemic were some of the themes covered at HMH's Think Connected Virtual Summit in October 2020.

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WF1289060 Shaped 2020 Revamp Grade 3 5 Reading

These reading activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will help your students with reading practice so they can gain the right literacy skills.

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WF1289060 Shaped 2020 Revamp Grade 3 5 Science

With these science activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, you can teach your students how to compare and contrast, observe and record, and predict and explain different concepts.

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WF1289060 Shaped 2020 Revamp Grade 3 5

We have fun 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade learning activities that span reading, math, and science on a range of topics to help you find the perfect fit for your students.

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