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Lesson Planning Chart

A sample lesson planning chart.

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Sample Lesson Planning Chart

A sample of a week's lesson planning chart

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Sample Lesson Planning Chart

A sample chart of a week of lessons.

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Lesson Planning Chart

A blank chart to be sued for a week of lessons.

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Handout: Being Catholic

Being Catholic: Beliefs, Practices, and Attitudes.

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Learning about Learning

A student review of the process of learning unit material.

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Chalk Talk

Steps on how to facilitate a silent conversation in writing in response to a topic or question posed.

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Introducing Biblical Criticism

An article on introducing biblical criticism in the classroom.

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Bloom's Taxonomy

A short reading where the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy of the cognitive domain are explained.

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Informal Assessments

A reading on methods of informal assessment.

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Using Final Performance Tasks to Assess Understanding

A reading on using final performance tasks in the classroom to assess students' understanding.

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Teaching Individuals with Differing Abilities

A reading on teaching and talking to students about differing abilities, along with several reinforcing activity ideas.

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Expert Groups

A reading on how expert groups are a valuable classroom instructional strategy that helps to build student confidence, class collaboration, and expertise in chosen topics.

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Using Graphic Organizers

A reading on how to use graphic organizers as learning tools to deepen understanding.

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Creating a Quick Assessment

A reading on creating a quick assessment with Clickers.

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Using Learning Stations

Instructions on how to effectively use Learning Stations in the classroom.

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Using Video in Your Classroom

A reading on why using video in the classroom is beneficial.

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Using a Mind Map

A reading on using a mind map, which is a creative way to introduce a concept.

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Using Multiple Intelligences in the Educational Process

A reading on using multiple intelligences in the educational process, including a chart on ways to use each intelligence in religious education.

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Using Music in Teaching

An article on incorporating music in teaching.

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The Whip Around

A reading on a quick and participative assessment tool called the whip-around.

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Note Taking in Two Columns

An article on the two-column note-taking method.

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Understanding by Design

An article on Understanding by Design.

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Blooms Taxonomy and Understanding by Design

An article on Benjamin Bloom's concept of taxonomy and understanding by design.

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Hevruta: Learning Together

This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It explains the classroom discussion method of Hevruta, an ancient Jewish practice of reading aloud and discovering that each text has several layers of meaning. It can also be used with …

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Critical Questioning Method of Engaging with Texts

This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It discusses methods for encouraging students to engage texts they are reading on a deeper level to benefit their learning and the classroom dialogue.

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A Gallery Walk - Discussion Technique

This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It is an instructional article for teachers to learn how to administer a "Gallery Walk" discussion technique.

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Building Scaffolds for Learning

This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It discusses the notion of structured teaching methods through the model of scaffolding.