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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 of the chapters in WOL, 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.

Teacher Doodles:

These provide graphic depictions to help teachers explain different elements of the faith in ways that students can easily understand.

Lectio Divina Videos and Audios:

    • Grades K to 3 have lectio divina videos for every chapter. They provide an alternative way to facilitate the “Preparing” section of each lesson. 
    • Grades 4 to 5 have lectio divina audios to help students to pray with Scripture.
    • Grades 6 to 8 have lectio divina prayers led by the teacher to start each lesson.

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:

Grades K to 3 have a variety of different songs that can be used in class 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.

All of the songs can be accessed in the online resources and used creatively for all grade levels, K-8.

Prayers to Know Videos:

Word of Life offers 30+ prayers to know videos to help Catholic families learn the key prayers of our faith. They can be used both in class and at home to help families pray together.

Flashcards:

Each chapter in K-5 has digital flashcards that students can use to master the words to know. They can be used in the classroom as part of a lesson or unit review session to prepare students for upcoming assessments. 

Journal Pages:

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