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Richard Blankman

Shaped Executive Editor

As a marketing director for HMH, Richard develops content to promote the brand and its products, specializing in mathematics and copywriting. He has 17 years of experience in education, including teaching, product development, product management, and marketing. Previously, he was learning experience designer for HMH, and before that, a high school math teacher. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and has appeared as a math expert on HMH’s Math at Work series.

 
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100th Day of School Math Activities: Challenge Your Students

Download these 100th day of school math activities for your classroom. These printables are suitable for students in Grades 2-5 and beyond.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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10 Virtual Classroom Management Strategies and Tips

Try these 10 virtual classroom management strategies to help when teaching is happening in an online classroom.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Fun 3rd Grade Math Games & Activities for the Classroom

Try these fun 3rd grade math games and activities in your classroom! These 8 games, activities, and puzzles will help your students love learning math and see how 3rd grade math ideas show up in the real world.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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100th Day of School Gumball Machine Template and Math Activities

Celebrate 100 days of school with a free 100th Day of School gumball machine template. Explore projects, games, and activities.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Teaching Product of Prime Factors

In this lesson, use factor trees to teach students the concept that a composite number is written as a product of all of its prime factors.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Halloween Math Activities for Middle School and High School Students

Here are fun Halloween math activities for middle school and high school students. Try these activities to celebrate Halloween in your math classroom and ensure that your middle school and high school students can enjoy the holiday while in school.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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No Subject Is an Island: Why and How to Implement an Integrated Curriculum

Learn the benefits of an integrated curriculum, along with how instruction can be integrated across subjects and standards.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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8 Nutrition Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students

Use these nutrition activities for elementary and middle school students to teach them about healthy eating, regular exercise, and self-care.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Tips for Remote Learning Without Internet Access

Every school year brings technological challenges, but remote learning without internet is an entirely new type of challenge. Yet students still need teaching. There are students who do not have reliable—if any!—internet access.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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5 St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students

Use these St. Patrick’s Day activities for elementary and middle school to celebrate and teach your students about the history of the holiday.

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Teaching Multiplication and Division Relationship Using Arrays

Use this lesson to teach students array multiplication, array division, along with other visual aids to show the relationship between multiplication and division.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Virtual Rewards for Students in the Online Classroom

Looking for ideas for virtual rewards for students in the online classroom? Try these incentives to ensure students have fun in the online classroom. These ideas offer ways to reward individual students or entire classes.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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7 Tips for Helping Your Child with Math at Home (When You Hate Math)

Explore tips for parents, caregivers, and educators who are helping children with math at home but don't feel comfortable or competent in the discipline.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Teaching Math Through Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Here are three specific ways that teaching math through art from The Met can enhance your students’ learning experience.

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Multiply or Add First? Teaching Order of Operations Rules

Use this lesson to teach students about the order of operations: complete operations in parentheses, multiply and divide from left to right, and add and subtract from left to right.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Teaching Rational Numbers: Decimals, Fractions, and More

Use this lesson to teach students about rational numbers, including decimals, fractions, and integers.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Teaching with Math Place-Value Charts

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.

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Shaped Executive Editor

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Pi Day Scavenger Hunt for Middle School Students

Celebrate Pi Day with a Pi Day scavenger hunt for middle school students. Have students scour the classroom for objects relating to the number pi.

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Shaped Executive Editor