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Here you’ll find free learning activities, lessons, downloadables, and videos for students in Grades K-12 to keep learning and growing at grade level.
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Meet Owen Bondono, a high school ELA teacher and the first known transgender Michigan Teacher of the Year.
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Join former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter for an episode on media literacy and cyber security in schools.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
May 18, 2021
These 10 Olympics activities for elementary and middle school students will let them sharpen their math, social studies, and writing skills.
Shaped Staff
May 27, 2021
Celebrate Pride Month in the classroom with these LGBTQ educational resources for teachers, including helpful information on pronouns and ways to provide support.
Shaped Staff
June 02, 2021
In this lesson, use factor trees to teach students the concept that a composite number is written as a product of all of its prime factors.
June 21, 2021
Dynamic formative assessment in science engages students and promotes their thinking; additionally, it informs instruction for educators.
Shaped Staff
June 17, 2021
Support students with these seven tips to maximize middle school and high school reading intervention and help your students become better readers.
Shelley Branine
Instructional Coach, HMH
June 03, 2021
Use this lesson to teach students about rational numbers, including decimals, fractions, and integers.
June 03, 2021
As an educator, you may ask, how can you engage students in reading? Try these five strategies to boost enjoyment and engagement in literacy.
Dr. Kristi James
May 26, 2021
Productive discourse lends itself well to building a community where social and emotional learning in science is supported.
Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University
May 25, 2021
Learn the benefits of an integrated curriculum, along with how instruction can be integrated across subjects and standards.
Shaped Staff
May 25, 2021
Discover three lessons that school districts can learn from the pandemic and apply now when planning for academic recovery.
Dr. Bonnie Cochran
Director of Academic Planning and Analytics, HMH
May 21, 2021
Try these 8 summer math activities designed for preventing math summer slide. These are repeatable games and activities appropriate for all children in any grade.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
May 20, 2021
Try these free graphic organizers for reading comprehension for all grade levels to help students visually organize their thoughts about literature.
Shaped Staff
May 20, 2021
Jumpstart your own growth journey for the next school year by identifying your self-talk when you make mistakes and building out a concrete plan.
Anthony Colannino
May 19, 2021
Tune in to the Teachers in America and Shaping the Future podcasts by HMH. Hear from teachers changing lives and experienced innovators and industry leaders.
Shaped Staff
May 18, 2021
Keep your students learning and engaged with these strategies and activities to prevent summer slide from HMH's Chief Research Officer.
Francie Alexander
Chief Research Officer, HMH
May 17, 2021
An educator shares four trauma-informed teaching strategies to improve instruction for students who need it based on her experience across different schools.
Jenn Evans, M.Ed.
Senior Product Marketing Manager for Supplemental & Intervention Solutions, HMH
May 14, 2021
Here’s how schools can address the rise in hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islanders to ensure students’ safety and well-being.
Shaped Staff
May 14, 2021
Confronting bias in ourselves and in our classrooms is an important ongoing process. Help combat discrimination in all its forms with this collection of resources.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
May 12, 2021
Celebrate Juneteenth in the classroom. Explore Juneteenth activities and lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school students.
Shaped Staff
May 12, 2021
Watch interviews with education leaders and business owners about culturally responsive education, recovery in schools, and developing an entrepreneurial mindset.
Shaped Staff
May 11, 2021
