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Podcast: Future Skills for Fact-Checking Online Fakes

Listen to a podcast on teaching media literacy in the classroom and developing effective media literacy programs in schools, featuring Katy Byron (MediaWise at Poynter) and Erik Palmer (author and former teacher).

Onalee Smith

Shaped Staff

November 19, 2019

How to Use Short Films as a Resource for Teaching World Languages

A Spanish language teacher provides tips for incorporating using short films as authentic, relevant resources in World Languages classes.

Karly Enright

Spanish Teacher

November 18, 2019

Wordless Picture Books in the Classroom: Telling Stories Through Illustrations

Wordless books, where the story is told entirely through illustrations, can teach kids how to look closely, notice details, and gather information from visual clues.

Susan Steinway

Archivist, HMH

November 15, 2019

3 Kindergarten Math Games and Activities for the Classroom

Download these math activities for kindergarten to teach your students about addition, numbers, and counting.

Shaped Staff

November 14, 2019

Teaching Metacognition in the Classroom: Just Think About It!

By focusing on metacognition in the classroom, students can continually monitor their learning. Teaching metacognition also allows students to apply their most effective learning strategy to the task at hand.

Michael DiSpezio

Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

November 13, 2019

How This Superintendent Saved a School Through University Partnership

Dr. Shaun Nelms, superintendent of Rochester East Upper and Lower Schools, answers questions about how partnering with the University of Rochester saved his school from closure.

Jordan Friedman

Shaped Staff

November 12, 2019

Podcast: Teaching Impeachment and Controversial Issues

Listen to a 15-minute conversation about how teachers can facilitate difficult classroom discussions, particularly considering questions that may arise about the impeachment inquiry currently in the news.

Onalee Smith

Shaped Staff

November 12, 2019

4 World Kindness Day Activities to Teach Tolerance and SEL Skills

Use these World Kindness Day activities and ideas for the International Day for Tolerance to ensure that every day includes a little (or a lot of!) kindness in your school.

Christine Condon

Director of Content Marketing, HMH

November 11, 2019

Developing a Student Exit Slips Strategy for Formative Assessment

By developing an exit slip strategy in the classroom, you can more easily complete a formative assessment of your students' understanding of a given lesson.

Amanda Bratten

Senior Assessment Specialist, Learning Sciences, HMH

November 11, 2019

Try Some Mofongo With Your Turkey This Year

Get your students talking about different dishes and the cultural influence they bring to the Thanksgiving table. Better yet, have them practice speaking in the target language!

Liz Rigg

Shaped Contributor

November 09, 2019

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