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Podcast: Homeschooling During COVID-19 with Debra Liese on Teachers in America

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

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Grades 6–8 ELA Activity Set 8: Analyze a Media Message and More

For this week's activities, students can create how-to videos, analyze media messages, and respond to summer writing prompts.

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Grades 9–12 ELA Activity Set 8: Synthesize Information and More

For this week's activities, students can create a how-to video, use research to defend their stance on an issue, and respond to summer writing prompts.

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Do Your Students Have a Fixed Mindset or Growth Mindset? The Answer Is Both

Get the truth about fixed vs. growth mindsets and try our strategies to foster an environment where students feel empowered to learn.

Rachel L. Schechter, PhD
VP Learning Sciences, Learning Sciences and Research Advisory Board Chair

Jessica McKeown, PhD
HMH Senior Learning Scientist, Math and Science

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Overcoming Fear of Science with Our Favorite Kids' Podcast

Learn more about the "Two Whats?! and a Wow!" game show-style daily podcast from HMH authors, an effort to make remote learning engaging and fun.

Mark Grayson
Vice President, Science Learning Architecture, HMH

Lisa DiSarro
Executive Director of Marketing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers

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Grades 9-12 Math Activity Set 3: Geometric Probability and More

Help students build their skills in the areas of geometric probability, characterizing data, data displays, and matrices.

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Grades 6–8 Math Activity Set 3: Financial Literacy

Help students learn about how to plan for the future, with a focus on creating a personal budget and constructing a net worth statement.

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Wrapping Up the School Year Remotely: Tips for K–12 Administrators

We must marshal the courage to close out this most unusual school year with an eye toward planning for 2020–2021.

Anthony Colannino
Senior Fellow, the Center for Model Schools; Leading & Teaching for Growth, LLC; Author of Leading with Head and Heart

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Teaching Students How to Spot Manipulated Data

The media literate person needs to understand how statistics can be manipulated—and that's where statistics literacy comes in.

Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

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Grades 6–8 ELA Activity Set 7: Synonyms and Antonyms Crossword Puzzle and More

Teach students about synonyms and antonyms and have them create a How-To Tech Guide with these activities for middle schoolers.

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Grades 9–12 ELA Activity Set 7: Memorize and Recite a Poem and More

With these downloadable activities, high schoolers will memorize and recite a poem, take notes as they read a novel, and memorialize a book in memes.

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Grade 5 Math Activity: In the Chef's Kitchen

Help children in Grade 5 strengthen their ability to use operations with whole numbers and sharpen their measurement skills with this activity.

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Grades 1–2 Daily Reading Activities: Creativity Counts

Engage your child in an exploration of arts and creativity with five days of activities.

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Kindergarten Daily Reading Activities: Creativity Counts

Discover five days of reading lessons designed to engage your child in an exploration of arts and creativity.

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Grades 3–5 Daily Reading Activities: Creativity Counts

Have your children in Grades 3-5 explore arts and creativity with these activities.

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Grados 1–2 actividades de lectura: La creatividad es lo que cuenta

Van a recibir lecciones de lectura para cinco días, con las que su hijo podrá explorar el tema de las artes y la creatividad.

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Grades 6–8 ELA Activity Set 6: Explore a Podcast and More

Have your students hone their active-listening skills and identify literary terms with these at-home activities for middle schoolers.

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Grade 4 Math Activity Set: Food in Space and More

Empower students in Grade 4 to sharpen their multiplication, division, and measurement skills, and better understand decimals and fractions, with instructional resources ideal for at-home learning.

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