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Your Teaching Toolbox

Word of Life provides a variety of resources to teach each lesson. You don’t need to use them all—choose what fits your class, and use them in class or share them with families at home.

Lesson Enhancement Videos:

For many chapters, there is a lesson enhancement video that highlights key aspects of the lesson. Discussion questions for each video will help you seamlessly weave videos into your lessons. In Grades 6-8, there is one enhancement video per unit with discussion questions.

Teacher Doodles:

These provide graphic depictions to help teachers explain different elements of the faith in ways that students can easily understand. Interactive Teacher Doodles are available on the Teacher/Catechist Portal. Small versions are also embedded into the lesson script in your manual, and some teachers choose to draw them on the board themselves.

Lectio Divina Videos and Audios:

  • Grades K-3 have Lectio Divina videos for every chapter. They provide an alternative way to facilitate the “Preparing” section of each lesson. 
  • Grades 4-5 have Lectio Divina audios to help students pray with Scripture.
  • Grades 6-8 have Lectio Divina prayers led by the teacher to start each lesson.
  • Click here for more on how to lead Lectio Divina in the classroom.

Sacred Art Videos & Interactions:

Sacred Art is often inspired by God. It is an effective means for preparing the students and opening their hearts to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Each chapter provides prayerful reflections for the sacred art image in the Student Text. Sacred art reflections invite students to enter visually into the mysteries of Christ and ponder these mysteries in a prayerful exercise. Grades K-3 have Sacred Art videos and Grades 4-5 have Sacred Art interactions. Sacred Art images are woven into each chapter in every grade level, K-8.

Sacred Music:

Word of Life offers a library of Sacred Music that can be used in all grade levels, K-8. Music is available on the Portal and Resource Library.

In Grades K-5, teachers may choose to use some of these songs as part of the Preparation or Celebration step of the Ecclesial Method. The chapter resources offer suggestions for songs that would most closely link to the lesson. Grade-level music correlations can be found here.

Prayers to Know Videos:

Word of Life offers 30+ Prayers to Know videos that can be used in class or at home to help students and their families learn the key prayers of our faith. They are available on the Resource Library and Portal.

Digital Flashcards:

Each chapter in K-5 has digital flashcards that students can use to master the words to know. They are available on the student-parent and teacher portals. Flashcards can be used in the classroom as part of a lesson or review game to prepare students for upcoming assessments. 

Journal Pages:

Printable Journal Page PDFs are provided on the Teacher and Student-Parent portal as well as the Resource Library. In each chapter, students are asked to reflect on and articulate their faith in a personal way on their journal page. 

Optional and Bonus Activities

These activities are very closely tied to the lesson content. They provide an exploration of a concept presented in the lesson. Black line master pdfs are available on the Resource Library and the Portal and explanations of the activities can be found in the teacher/catechist manuals at the end of each chapter.

Family Faith Resources:

Bridge the gap between classroom and home and empower parents as the primary catechists with tools that will allow them to engage with their children on the topics you teach in class.