Shaped: The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Blog

Halloween Math Activities for Middle School and High School Students

It’s that time of year where math class is full of spooky sums! Frightful fractions! Paranormal parabolas! Whether your students are first learning about zombie zeroes or eerie series, you can still bring Halloween into your math classroom.

Richard Blankman

Shaped Staff

October 15, 2020

Getting Into Math: Looking at Student Work to Improve Instruction

A mathematics educator explains why teachers should collaboratively reflect on the results of student work and how they can subsequently take action.

Dr. Timothy D. Kanold

International Educator, Author, and Consultant; Mathematics Education

September 18, 2020

4 Tips to Address Math Summer Slide

Read strategies to combat math summer slide and help students, and their families, feel more comfortable and confident in math.

Julia Roch

Shaped Staff

August 27, 2020

Forgotten Stories of the Oregon Trail: Trailblazing Business

Inspire students with this story of entrepreneurship on the Oregon Trail and use the paired activity to help kids make their own business plan.

July 21, 2020

Grades 9-12 Math Activity Set 5: Conducting Surveys and More

Students will learn about conducting surveys, experiments, and observational studies, as well as frequency distributions, weighted averages, and expected values.

June 17, 2020