Shaped: The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Blog

6 Presidents' Day Bulletin Board Ideas for Teachers

Presidents' Day is an excellent opportunity to get your students learning about American presidents. Let these bulletin boards serve as inspiration for a class project.

Alicia Ivory

Shaped Staff

January 20, 2021

7 Valentine's Day Classroom Activities

When it comes to Valentine's Day ideas for school, an annual card exchange is always a blast, but students (and teachers!) like variety too.

Shaped Staff

January 13, 2021

5 Presidential Inauguration Activities for Students

Inauguration Day is January 20. These activities will introduce students to the ceremonies and traditions involved in the transfer of power.

Brenda Iasevoli

Shaped Staff

January 11, 2021

Teaching Impeachment in the Classroom: Q&A With Emma Humphries of iCivics

Dr. Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer at iCivics, shares how she believes educators can carefully and thoughtfully approach teaching impeachment in K–12 classrooms.

Geraldine Stevens

Social Studies Content Expert

January 08, 2021

Science Activities for Elementary Students

Get your kids developing hypotheses, performing experiments, and gathering evidence with these interactive science activities for elementary students,

January 08, 2021

Challenge Your Students With These 100th Day of School Math Activities

Download these printable math classroom activities as a fun way for your students to practice operations with whole numbers through 100.

Richard Blankman

Shaped Staff

January 05, 2021

Monthly Calendar Themes for School

Check out these monthly calendar themes for school, complete with teaching resources for holidays and other days of significance for all grade levels.

January 04, 2021

11 Most-Read Shaped Blogs of 2020

Before we say goodbye to 2020, we want to highlight the most-read Shaped blogs, written with you in mind as you navigated this most unusual year.

Christine Condon

Shaped Editor-in-Chief

December 17, 2020

100th Day of School Gumball Machine Template and Math Activities

Use these gumball machine templates to play games and complete activities that celebrate the 100th Day of School in your math classroom.

Shaped Staff

December 16, 2020

Free Reading Activities for 1st and 2nd Grade

With these free reading activities for first and second grade, you can engage young learners in topics ranging from incredible insects to the great outdoors.

December 07, 2020