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.
Elementary teacher Kitty Donohoe joins us for a discussion on reading, looping with her class, and her debut children’s novel, How to Ride a Dragonfly.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
November 06, 2020
Onalee Smith
Shaped Contributor
November 23, 2020
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
November 15, 2021
Thinking of moving your classes outside? Learn how to make the most of your school's location with these outdoor teaching tips.
Hannah French
Teacher, Rowe Elementary School, MA
November 22, 2021
Get strategies for maximizing instructional time in the classroom to meet your teaching goals and each student’s needs.
Jennifer Prescott
Shaped Contributor
November 15, 2021
Give a lesson on the significance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with these Pearl Harbor activities for elementary and middle school students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
November 10, 2021
How do we reframe our pedagogy to incorporate multiple narratives within our classrooms? We can start with three building blocks: reading, content integration, and scaffolding of information.
David J. O’Connor
American Indian Studies Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
November 04, 2021
Our latest Educator Confidence Report shows many teachers don't feel that respect for the profession has increased in the last year, after feeling an initial surge of appreciation at the start of the pandemic. Here’s what can be done.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Editor
November 04, 2021
Students need to believe that they belong in their learning environment. Learn about the importance of classroom community—and ways to foster positivity.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
October 29, 2021
Teach your students about the different ways to describe data, including the concepts of mean (average), median, and mode.
October 29, 2021
Discover helpful tips for teaching the election process to elementary students and how important voting is in a democratic society.
LaNesha Tabb
Kindergarten Teacher, Indianapolis, IN
October 29, 2021
Research suggests that online coaching has several strengths, including lowering costs while increasing scalability, which makes it overall effective.
Dr. Grant Atkins
Education Research Director, Professional Services
October 28, 2021
These math intervention strategies for struggling students provide lessons, activities, and ideas to support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 math students who are two or more years behind grade level.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
October 26, 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
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.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
October 19, 2021
How media literate are you? Take our quiz, then try our four tips for teaching media literacy in the classroom.
Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature
October 19, 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 students excited about reading by organizing your classroom library with relevant books and updated displays.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
October 13, 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
