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Teacher and author of I Wish My Teacher Knew, Kyle Schwartz, discusses how she helps students feel empowered to make a difference.
Teach students about the Navajo Code Talkers and explore how we can take action to preserve Native American languages today.
Shaped Staff
April 07, 2020
Our first-day-of-school checklist for teachers will help get the new school year off to a great start.
Katie Risolo Radovich
First-Grade Teacher, Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York
July 26, 2022
Explore our hub of 2022 back-to-school articles and resources to prepare teachers and administrators for the new school year.
Shaped Staff
August 01, 2022
Check out these monthly calendar themes for school, complete with teaching resources for holidays and other days of significance for all grade levels.
Shaped Staff
Explore these back-to-school science activities and experiments for the first day of science class.
Shaped Staff
Whether you’re teaching math, science, social studies, or ELA, writing can be a great way to assess students’ learning and deepen their thinking on a subject. Here's how to incorporate writing across the curriculum in your classroom.
Dr. Troy Hicks
Professor of English and Education, Central Michigan University
Try these back-to-school getting-to-know-you activities to help students discover more about their classmates on the first day of class.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
These math icebreakers are games and activities that span all grades to help math teachers get students practicing math while getting to know one another.
Shaped Staff
Learn about student-centered instructional strategies that are common across a wide variety of learner-centered classrooms.
Dr. Phil Vahey
Director of Applied Learning Sciences, HMH
Who is doing the work and overcoming obstacles in order to develop math muscles?
Jennifer Lenhardt
Lead Instructional Designer, HMH Professional Services
Get step-by-step instructions on how to elicit thoughtful questions and responses to tasks that ask students to estimate length.
Shaped Staff
In this hands-on “Guess My Number Math Game” activity for students in kindergarten and up, students can thrill and awe their peers with a mathematical magic trick.
Shaped Staff
Students will learn how to represent multiplication of fractions by drawing visual models, analyzing hypothetical examples of student work, and creating equations.
Shaped Staff
Actionable math feedback examples for students that promotes a growth mindset
Dr. Sue Chapman
Professional Learning Consultant, Heinemann
Estimate the Volume of a Rectangular Prism in this activity from HMH's Into Math.
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Try a factor game to practice finding factors and getting practice with multiplication.
Nicole Kirksey
Get book recommendations to learn more about the science of reading and see how children learn to read and develop as strategic readers.
Francie Alexander
Chief Research Officer, HMH
Read more for tips on how to help students cope with tragic or disturbing news—particularly news that involves something so personal to them, safety at school.
HMH Staff
Learn more about response to intervention (RTI), a three-tier system to identify how to help support your students in the classroom.
Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Staff
Have your students use our free Venn diagram graphic organizer template to organize their ideas.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Round out the school year with a party to remember by trying out some of these end of year celebration ideas.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
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