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End of the School Year Activities

End of the School Year Ideas and Activities

The end of the year is quickly approaching for most schools and religious education programs. For teachers this can be just as stressful that the rest of the year. Many students—especially seniors and 8th graders—“check-out” early in the second semester with a bad case of “senioritis.” Other students wait joyfully in anticipation of the close…

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Filed Under: Activities, April Resources, Elementary School, Exams, High School, Middle School, Prayers, Resources on the Web

Developing Virtues in Students

A Reflection on Developing Virtues in Teens

One thing that separates religious education from other disciplines is that religion teachers and catechists go beyond teaching about the faith to teach students how to have faith.  This is especially the case with the Christian moral life.  With Christ as our model, teachers show students how to be moral persons.  They do this by…

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Filed Under: High School, Lent, Middle School, Morality

Bell Work Activities – They Save Time and Keep Students Engaged

There is nothing like the sound of students working hard on an assignment the minute class has begun. What is that sound? Silence. I loved it. I was able to recover from the class that just ended and prepare for the class that was beginning all while students were learning on their own. In this…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Teaching Strategies

Feast of the Epiphany Lesson Plan & Activities

Background to the Feast of the Epiphany The Epiphany is celebrated on the Sunday between January 2nd and 8th while the actual feast day occurs on January 6th (twelve days after Christmas). In many European countries the Epiphany, rather than Christmas (Feast of the Nativity), is the day of gift-giving. The Epiphany is in commemoration…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Holidays, January Resources, Lesson Plans, Middle School, Scripture

Catholic Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

Catholic Thanksgiving Day Lesson Plans on the Eucharist as Thanksgiving

Eucharist means first of all “thanksgiving” (CCC, 1360). I can think of no better lesson to teach to our students this Thanksgiving week than this. There are many images that express the intense mystery that is the Eucharist, but the Eucharist as thanksgiving is the most appropriate for November. A simple connection that you can…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Holidays, Lesson Plans, Middle School, Most Popular, Sacraments Tagged With: eucharist

Rosary Journal

Rosary Journals for Meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary

One of the ways I taught students to meditate on the mysteries of the rosary, was to have them create a rosary journal for a particular week. We focused on one decade/mystery of the rosary each day (for a total of five mysteries per week). I found this to be especially powerful for the sorrowful…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Mary, Middle School, Prayers, Scripture Tagged With: rosary

Creating Lesson Objectives

Lesson objectives are succinct sentences that describe what you would like students to be able to do as a result of the lesson. In other words they are the goals of the lesson. They are also known as learning goals or learning objectives. Lesson Objectives/Goals have three parts: 1) Students Will Be Able To (SWBAT)…

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Filed Under: Elementary School, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School, Teaching Strategies

How to Lesson Plan in Religion and Catechesis

Preparation is a key to effective teaching. Lesson planning can be so much more than creating a list of activities for students to do. Take a look at the following questions and consider them a process by which you can lesson plan each week. Ask yourself the following questions when you create your lesson plans:…

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Filed Under: Elementary School, High School, Lesson Plans, Middle School, Teaching Strategies

Learn New Student Names

Learning New Student Names

As the first days of school begin in the coming weeks, here are some activities and tips for learning your new students’ names. Note Cards: Distribute note cards to each of your students. On the blank side, have them print their name largely and legibly. On the lined side, have them write information that will…

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Filed Under: Activities, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, New School Year

Virtual Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis

Couldn’t make it to the Symposium on Adolescent Cathecesis last year? Me neither, but MyCatholicVoice has something even better: downloadable videos, handouts, and power points of all the presentations. Some of these sessions should not be missed. Click here to visit the Virtual Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis. You will find seminars by such presenters as…

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Filed Under: High School, Resources on the Web

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