Shaped
A community-driven blog supporting educators, building lifelong learners, and shaping the future of education.
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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 Perry Hollins, a fourth grade teacher and former DJ who has spent the past 11 years infusing an African-centered pedagogy into the curriculum.
Dr. Adriana Chavarín-López
Strategy and Instructional Support Officer, San Diego Unified School District
August 27, 2021
Amanda Patterson, EdD
National Director, Academic Planning and Analytics, HMH
August 25, 2021
Daniel Poremba
Senior Tier II Specialist, HMH
August 27, 2021
These ELL strategies for math instruction will help you with teaching math to English language learners and supporting math learning for multilingual students.
Shaped Staff
September 10, 2021
With this math lesson, you can teach students about coordinates, integers, coordinate planes, and functions on a graph.
September 01, 2021
Get tips on how to build a classroom library—and where to find books for elementary and middle school students.
Lisa Sims
Former HMH Consultant
August 31, 2021
Explore these back-to-school science activities and experiments for the first day of science class.
Shaped Staff
August 26, 2021
How do you teach younger students about the September 11, 2001 attacks and their impact? We've got you covered with these 9/11 activities for elementary school.
Shaped Staff
August 25, 2021
Happy World Teachers’ Day! Read all about 2021 World Teachers' Day, and learn why it is important to celebrate.
Shaped Staff
August 25, 2021
Here are some fun ways you can help your students celebrate International Podcast Day, introduce them to an engaging form of media, and even get them making their own podcasts!
Joanna Miral
Shaped Staff
August 24, 2021
Dynamic formative assessment using technology helps guide teacher instruction and keep students on the right track.
Shaped Staff
August 23, 2021
Learn how integrating science and literacy in the classroom helps students behave and think like real scientists and engineers.
Marjorie Frank
Author, ELD Specialist, Adjunct Faculty of Hunter, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Colleges
August 23, 2021
School's back in session, which means it's time for a fresh batch of writing prompts for the new year. Have your high school or middle school students try these Back-to-School prompts this fall.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
August 10, 2021
Looking for ways to help your students understand the September 11 terror attacks and their impact? Use these 9/11 activities and lesson plans designed for middle and high school classrooms.
Shaped Staff
August 10, 2021
Teach students about the different types of polygons in mathematics, which can be described as flat, closed figures with three or more sides.
August 10, 2021
This lesson explores how to write a reflective narrative essay, a type of writing where writers reflect on an experience and show how their lives changed.
Shaped Staff
August 09, 2021
Learn about action items for creating an inclusive school and ensuring equitable instruction so that that all students, especially underrepresented students or marginalized students, feel like they belong.
Anthony Colannino
August 06, 2021
Looking to include ELA instruction in your social studies classroom? This Mayan pyramids vs. Egyptian pyramids lesson plan idea has students discuss the similarities and differences between the two types of structures through writing an essay.
Shaped Staff
August 05, 2021
Try these Meet the Teacher Night ideas to give students and families a warm welcome to your classroom and start off the school year right.
Katie Risolo Radovich
First-Grade Teacher, Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York
August 03, 2021
In the new school year, teachers will face challenges surrounding social and emotional learning and potentially continued remote learning for some students.
Rachel Swartz
Sixth Grade Teacher, Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (MS/HS 141), Bronx, New York
July 30, 2021
As you return to your school or classroom, keep these ideas in mind to create a neuro-friendly environment as a teacher or administrator.
Adam Drummond, EdD
Associate Partner, ICLE
July 29, 2021
