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See how the staff of Glasgow Middle School in Glasgow, Kentucky measured and met their students' social and emotional needs as their classroom went virtual.
Regina Murphy
Principal, Glasgow Middle School
July 12, 2021
There are various benefits of independent reading, including improving your students’ fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Read more about how you can empower your students to become lifelong readers by providing an independent reading library.
Shaped Staff
July 12, 2021
Teach students about plane shapes, or closed, two-dimensional figures, and solid shapes, which include many of the everyday objects with which students are familiar.
July 12, 2021
Need to catch kids up or move them forward? Try these research-backed accelerated learning techniques.
Shaped Staff
July 07, 2021
Teach students the skills needed for success in and out of the classroom with these social and emotional activities and SEL lesson plans.
Shaped Staff
July 06, 2021
An engaging ELA-based science curriculum that features hands-on science activities allows students to hone their writing, speaking and listening, and reading skills while developing a deeper understanding of the subject.
Shaped Staff
June 28, 2021
Get tips from literacy expert JillE on small-group reading instruction, which allows for a more intimate setting and enables teachers to observe students more closely.
Jill Eggleton, QSO
International Literacy Consultant and Children’s Book Author; Author and Advisor, Into Reading
June 24, 2021
Five routines are provided to help math teachers establish routines and promote mathematical discourse this school year. The routines consist of four Talk Moves and one language routine.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
June 22, 2021
In this lesson, use factor trees to teach students the concept that a composite number is written as a product of all of its prime factors.
June 21, 2021
Dynamic formative assessment in science engages students and promotes their thinking; additionally, it informs instruction for educators.
Shaped Staff
June 17, 2021
Find free teaching resources. Explore fun classroom activities, lessons plans, downloadables, and videos for Grade K–12 kids to keep learning and growing at grade level.
June 16, 2021
Meet Owen Bondono, a high school ELA teacher and the first known transgender Michigan Teacher of the Year. He uses his platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ student spaces and anti-racist teaching practices.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
June 08, 2021
Support students with these seven tips to maximize middle school and high school reading intervention and help your students become better readers.
Shelley Branine
Instructional Coach, HMH
June 03, 2021
Use this lesson to teach students about rational numbers, including decimals, fractions, and integers.
June 03, 2021
Celebrate Pride Month in the classroom with these LGBTQ educational resources for teachers, including helpful information on pronouns and ways to provide support.
Shaped Staff
June 02, 2021
These 10 Olympics activities for elementary and middle school students will let them sharpen their math, social studies, and writing skills.
Shaped Staff
May 27, 2021
As an educator, you may ask, how can you engage students in reading? Try these five strategies to boost enjoyment and engagement in literacy.
Dr. Kristi James
May 26, 2021
Learn the benefits of an integrated curriculum, along with how instruction can be integrated across subjects and standards.
Shaped Staff
May 25, 2021