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Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these Hanukkah classroom games and activities for elementary students.
Jordan Friedman
Shaped Editor
November 30, 2021
Give a lesson on the significance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with these Pearl Harbor activities for elementary and middle school students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
November 10, 2021
Try these fall activities for elementary students in your classroom that put a twist on common fall themes.
Shaped Staff
October 01, 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
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
Want to help your students develop their organizational, analytical, and research skills? Teach them how to write an expository paragraph.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
May 05, 2021
Teaching kids how to write a persuasive paragraph consisting of their opinion and supporting sentences puts them on the right track to being an effective communicator.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
April 12, 2021
Fourth-grade teacher Perry Hollins shares tips for teaching current events through an SEL lens.
Perry Hollins
Fourth-Grade Teacher, Evanston/Skokie School District, Illinois
April 01, 2021
Use these educational activities for elementary school to explore different topics in reading, math, and science and add an element of fun into your lessons.
February 03, 2021
Introduce students to Black innovators with these Black History Month writing prompts and guide them into a particular type of text, such as personal narrative, informative, or persuasive.
Perry Hollins
Fourth-Grade Teacher, Evanston/Skokie School District, Illinois
December 22, 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
These reading activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will help your students with reading practice so they can gain the right literacy skills.
December 08, 2020
We have fun 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade learning activities that span reading, math, and science on a range of topics to help you find the perfect fit for your students.
December 08, 2020
'Tis the season to be jolly—while boosting math, reading, and writing skills, of course! Try our fun Christmas classroom activities for school.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Editor
November 13, 2020
Explore five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of sports, games, and puzzles.
July 20, 2020
Explore five days of reading and learning activities for Grades 3-5 designed to engage your child in an exploration of our country and its symbols.
July 02, 2020
¡Bienvenidos a Estos son los Estados Unidos! We provide you with daily summer reading activities in Spanish about our country and its symbols.
July 02, 2020
Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre la naturaleza que nos rodea.
June 15, 2020