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Andrea Barnes is retiring after nearly 30 years in the classroom. In this post she shares parting words of wisdom for future teachers, especially the need for collaboration during the current COVID-19 crisis.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre las mariposas, las abejas y otros insectos.

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Explore five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of butterflies, bees, and other bugs.

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Tammy Clementi, National Director of Planning and Analytics for HMH, shared her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic will shape school as we know it.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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Welcome to Incredible Insects! We’ll provide five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of butterflies, bees, and other bugs.

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Welcome to Incredible Insects! We’ll provide five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of butterflies, bees, and other bugs.

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Virtual Volunteering

Share these five virtual volunteering activities with students and parents.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre las mariposas, las abejas y otros insectos.

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Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre las mariposas, las abejas y otros insectos.

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Down these World War II lesson plans and activities to teach your students about the war in history that claimed at least 50 million lives worldwide.

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Students will read stories about people's experiences on the Oregon Trail and work on related activities that will help them build their skills in math, science, ELA, and other subject areas.

Glenn Greenberg
Shaped Contributor

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Download this free Wallace v. Jaffree lesson plan to teach students about an important Supreme Court case regarding prayer in schools and the First Amendment.

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Lets Eat

Engage your child in an exploration of food and how it is important in our lives.

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Have your children in Grades 3-5 explore food and how it is important in our lives.

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Discover five days of reading lessons designed to engage your child in an exploration of food and how it is important in our lives.

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Principal David Huber discusses how he came to realize that now is an opportunity for his district to make many lasting changes in how its schools operate.

David Huber
Principal, South Side Elementary School, Connecticut

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Meet Debra Liese, who met with Noelle to discuss Homeschooling during COVID-19. Like many parents, Debra has been working remotely full-time while helping to teach her children whose public schools have been shuttered during the COVID-19 crisis.

Ali Habashi
Former Shaped Editor