Shaped
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To integrate SEL into your classroom and understand its importance in schools, we've compiled a series of free SEL resources for teachers and administrators.
Meet fourth grade teacher Hannah French, who has moved many of her classes into the woods nearby. There, students engage in location-specific challenges, journaling, and free play.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
October 13, 2021
Shaped Staff
October 01, 2021
Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature
October 20, 2021
Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.
October 22, 2021
A comprehensive list of all of the Teachers in America podcast episodes, seasons 1-3.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
October 15, 2021
In this lesson, students will explore the parts that make up solid figures, including edges, faces, and vertices.
October 14, 2021
Get the answers to commonly asked questions like, "What is personalized learning and why is it important?" Plus, we provide strategies to reach every learner in your classroom.
Jennifer Prescott
Shaped Contributor
October 11, 2021
Get tips for teaching fact versus opinion with these resources, insights, and activities from journalist and educator Esther Wojcicki.
Esther Wojcicki
Journalist and Teacher; Founder, Palo Alto High Media Arts Program
October 08, 2021
We can recover and transition into a new post-pandemic instructional model that fuses the power of technology with the tried-and-true social gathering of the classroom.
John "Jack" Lynch
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, HMH
October 06, 2021
Meet Qorsho Hassan, a second grade teacher and the 2020 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. On this episode we discuss the importance of independent reading, identity, and representation for our students.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
October 05, 2021
The most productive, balanced literacy block schedules include various reading and writing activities and instruction to help build foundational skills.
Shaped Staff
October 04, 2021
Get answers to common questions like "What is social-emotional learning in education?" and "Why is SEL important?"
Jordan Friedman
Shaped Editor
October 04, 2021
The Teachers in America podcast goes to Florida to meet the teachers who educate the Sunshine State.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
October 01, 2021
Motivation, persistence, and scaffolded support through targeted explanatory feedback are key elements of productive struggle.
Shaped Staff
October 01, 2021
Make time in your packed schedule for one-on-one teaching strategies that deliver big benefits for students.
Shaped Staff
September 27, 2021
Ready to help your kiddos develop meaningful relationships and connect with their classmates? Try these classroom community-building activities for elementary students.
Shaped Staff
September 21, 2021
Honor National Dyslexia Awareness Month this October by better understanding how learning differences can affect your students' social and emotional learning.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
September 21, 2021
Meet Shellye Archambeau, former CEO of MetricStream and author of the book Unapologetically Ambitious. In this episode we learn how to encourage our students to be future leaders.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
September 21, 2021
Watch these 90-Second Science videos of quick and easy science experiments for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom.
September 21, 2021
Season 2 of the Shaping the Future Podcast kicks off with special guest Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, author of Happier and co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy. Join host Matthew Mugo Fields as he asks about anti-fragility and the elements of happiness.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
September 20, 2021
Meet Perry Hollins, a fourth grade teacher and former DJ who has spent the past 11 years infusing an African-centered pedagogy into the curriculum. Perry utilizes his education to create a culturally responsive, project-based learning environment for independent, flexible thinkers.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
September 14, 2021
