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Use these SEL 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
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
Teaching middle school writing can help students learn the value of their words.
Jennifer Prescott
Shaped Contributor
What is a personalized learning plan (PLP)? Find out the answer to this question, plus receive examples of PLPs.
Jennifer Prescott
Shaped Contributor
Velnetta Runyon’s goal is to show students not to be afraid of math. She ensures that her middle schoolers are believed in and are pushed to their fullest potential. In this episode, see how she teaches perseverance from the first day of school.
Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
Get students reading, writing, and learning more about the importance of literacy with these 2022 International Literacy Day activities.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Try out these welcome-back-to-school activities and ideas for students to usher in the new school year.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
Get back into science with these back-to-school activities for middle school science.
Shaped Staff
Check out these monthly calendar themes for school, complete with teaching resources for holidays and other days of significance for all grade levels.
Shaped Staff
Our first-day-of-school checklist for teachers will help get the new school year off to a great start.
Katie Risolo Radovich
First-Grade Teacher, Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York
Try these back-to-school getting-to-know-you activities to help students discover more about their classmates on the first day of class.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
These math icebreakers are games and activities that span all grades to help math teachers get students practicing math while getting to know one another.
Shaped Staff
Learn more about response to intervention (RTI), a three-tier system to identify how to help support your students in the classroom.
Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Staff
Have your students use our free Venn diagram graphic organizer template to organize their ideas.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Round out the school year with a party to remember by trying out some of these end of year celebration ideas.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
Find out the answer to the question, “Why is differentiated instruction important?” Plus, receive tips on differentiation from an educator.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
Discover six strategies to deliver differentiated instruction for gifted students.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
Looking for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ideas? We've got you covered with activities spanning Grades Pre-K–12.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor
Discover evidence-based strategies to help improve the reading skills of students with dyslexia so they can achieve school success.
Renee Behring
Education Research Director, Core Literacy & Early Learning
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