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Challenge your students with these 100th Day of School math activities

6 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.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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7 New Year's Bulletin Board Ideas for Teachers

Happy New Year! These New Year's bulletin board ideas for teachers are sure to get students thinking about what changes they want to make in school and their personal lives.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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6 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Bulletin Board Ideas

Use these Martin Luther King, Jr. Day bulletin boards as inspiration for your own to teach students about themes such as racial equality.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Free Science Activities for Middle School and High School

Whether you're teaching remotely or in the classroom, these fun science activities for middle school and high school students can help make learning fun.

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Free History and Social Studies Activities for Middle School

Allow your middle schoolers to explore the past with these social studies activities and lessons covering topics ranging from U.S. Supreme Court cases to ancient civilizations.

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Free Math Activities for Middle School

Try these free middle school math activities that cover budgeting, taxes, social media engagement, coding, and many more topics.

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Free English Language Arts and Reading Activities for Middle School

Try free English language arts activities for Grades 6-8 focusing on haikus, metaphors, figurative language, and more curriculum-rich topics.

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Free Middle School Learning Activities

Keep students engaged with these fun learning activities for middle school, no matter what subject you teach and whether your students are in person or remote.

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8 Black History Month Writing Prompts

Introduce students to Black innovators with these Black History Month writing prompts and guide them into a particular type of text, such as personal narrative, informative, or persuasive.

Perry Hollins
Fourth-Grade Teacher, Evanston/Skokie School District, Illinois

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Free High School English Language Arts Activities

Use these high school English language activities to help your learners discover into their own writing styles and embrace reading.

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Free Math Activities for High School

Get your learners ready for the next step in learning mathematics with these free high school math activities.

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Free High School American History Lesson Plans and Activities

Free High School American History Lesson Plans and Activities

These high school American history lesson plans will help your students understand the importance of learning from the past in order to build a better future.

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Free High School World History Lesson Plans and Activities

From the Renaissance to the Reformation, these world history lessons for high school students can help your students better understand how the past has shaped the present.

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Free High School Learning Activities

Free High School Learning Activities

Add a bit of dimension to your classroom routine with our free lesson plan activities for high school students in English language arts, math, science, and social studies.

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High School History Lesson Plans and Activities

Give students a better understanding of our global society with these high school world history and American history lesson plan ideas and activities.

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11 Most-Read Shaped Blogs of 2020

Before we say goodbye to 2020, we want to highlight the most-read Shaped blogs, written with you in mind as you navigated this most unusual year.

Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief

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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.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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5 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for Middle School

Embrace SEL in the classroom with these social-emotional learning activities for middle school that address each of CASEL's five core competencies.

Sara Buren
Shaped Contributor

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