As soon as I read about the idea of using a “Hook” at the beginning of a lesson to get students’ attention, I immediately added it to every lesson I planned. I got the strategy from Doug Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion book and I include it as an important strategy in the learning process…
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Christ in the Classroom: Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind
Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Ave Maria Press Read the Introduction Want to read a short summary of the five steps you need to create a a lesson plan that will lead your students into an encounter with Christ? Check out the introduction to the book: Read the Introduction to Christ in the…
Between-the-Bells Evangelization
The way you interact with students in between the bells is just as important if not more important than the lessons you teach during class. Those moments before and after class when you get to speak with students on a personal level have the potential to be transformative experiences for them. When you deliberately talk…
May Crowning Activities, Worksheets, and Crafts
May is the month of Mary and one of the most popular activities to venerate the Mother of God during this month is to participate in a May crowning ceremony. I put together this collection of activities ideas from around the web to prepare your students for a May crowning or to organize your own…
Holy Week Lesson Plan & Worksheets
You can use this lesson plan during Holy Week to teach about the Triduum. Holy Week Lesson Objectives Holy Week Lesson Activities 1. Holy Week Prayer Service Start the lesson or each day of Holy Week with one of these Holy Week Prayer Services. 2. Presentation There are many unique ways in which we celebrate…
12 Ways to Encounter Christ in Class
Every Day, Every Class, Every Student, an Encounter with Christ That is the vision we aspire to at The Religion Teacher. So much of what religious educators do, however, focuses almost entirely on education and not encounter. As a result, Christ becomes just another idea to learn like everything else in school. As catechists and…
The Lord’s Prayer Lesson Plan
Use this lesson plan to teach about the meaning of each part of the Lord’s Prayer (the Our Father). Students will learn the meaning of the prayer and apply it to their lives so that praying it becomes more meaningful and not mindless and memorized. This lesson plan format is based on the Lectio Divina…
A Prayer Service After a Tragedy
How do we teach after a tragedy? What is the best way to pray for the victims of a tragedy? People respond in so many different ways. Our students may not know how to respond especially if the tragedy affected them personally or affected their community. Our goal in the wake of a tragedy is…
Lectio Divina Lesson Planning
This concept was so effective for religious educators who started using it in class, that I expanded it into an entire book on lesson planning: Christ in the Classroom: Lesson Planning for the Heart and Mind. How do we help our students know, love, and serve God? How do we teach both the head AND…
Holy Trinity Lesson Plan
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 One God, three persons. God…
