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These math intervention strategies for struggling students provide lessons, activities, and ideas to support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 math students who are two or more years behind grade level.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
October 26, 2021
Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.
October 22, 2021
Ready to help your kiddos develop meaningful relationships and connect with their classmates? Try these classroom community-building activities for elementary students.
Shaped Staff
September 21, 2021
Watch these 90-Second Science videos of quick and easy science experiments for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom.
September 21, 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
Use these National Hispanic Heritage Month activities and lesson ideas to honor Hispanic American contributions and influences in our society.
Daniel Poremba
Senior Tier II Specialist, HMH
August 27, 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.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Editor
August 25, 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
As you return to the classroom for back-to-school, try these 2021 first-day-of-school icebreaker activities to develop a sense of normalcy among students and build community.
Shaped Staff
July 29, 2021
A place-value system is one in which the position of a digit in a number determines its value, and a place-value chart is a way to make sure digits are in the correct places.
July 27, 2021
This article answers the question, what is oral reading fluency? It provides fluency teaching strategies after defining fluency and explaining why it's important.
Dr. Amy Endo
Education Research Director, Supplemental & Intervention Language & Literacy
July 20, 2021
Providing an oral reading fluency assessment is an important part of not just providing oral reading fluency instruction but measuring growth and ensuring effective instruction.
Dr. Amy Endo
Education Research Director, Supplemental & Intervention Language & Literacy
July 20, 2021
In a special Olympic edition of the Math at Work web series, paired with activities based on the Olympic Games, students will learn how important math is to the world of sports.
July 13, 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
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