Program Components
Student Resource (Grades 1-8)
- Print book
- Digital version of the book (ePub) is accessed through a secure student/home website with embedded multi-media including audio playback of all text, songs with lyrics and score, videos, interactive activities, letters to families, etc.
- Supports good literacy practice
- Highly visual
- Selections to support read-aloud, guided, and independent reading in the younger grades
- Variety of text forms
- Organized into five units that follow the flow of the liturgical year.
- Story narratives, scripture and Gospel retellings, profiles of saints, and real-world stories that connect to students’ faith and everyday life
- Scripture references and prayers relevant to the themes of the lessons
- Connections between students’ lives at school, the home, and the parish
- Opportunities for inquiry
Student Resource (Grade 9)
- Print book
- Digital version of the book (ePub) includes embedded multi-media and audio playback of all text. Epub is accessed via a secure login page.
- Organized into three units
- Highly visual
- Scripture relevant to the unit themes
Big Books (Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2)
- Digital version of the big books (ePubs) is accessed through a secure student/home website with embedded multi-media including audio playback of all text, songs with lyrics and score, videos, interactive activities, etc.
- Big Books are available from Kindergarten to Grade 2.
- Big Books contain Bible Stories based on Scripture, including Gospel narratives, from both the Old and New Testaments. The Kindergarten Big Books also include Storybooks with different narrative forms including short stories, poems, and wordless stories depicted in a variety of ways (Illustrations, fine art, photographs).
- Large trim size for whole-class instruction including read-alouds and shared reading.
- Vetted for theological accuracy
- Written in student-friendly language with lively art
Poster Pack (Kindergarten and Grades 1-3)
- Digital version of the posters (ePubs) is accessed through a secure student/home website with embedded multi-media including audio playback of all text, songs with lyrics and score, videos, interactive activities, etc.
- Helps create a faith-based environment in the classroom including the liturgical calendar, prayers, and Catholic symbols
- Pack includes Illustrations, photographs, and diagrams
- Prayers, illustrations, photos, and symbols of the Catholic faith support student learning
Kindergarten (Picture Cards)
- 100 laminated cards, featuring illustrations and photographs
- Can be used during read-alouds and shared reading, and at various classroom
learning spaces
Kindergarten (Manipulatives)
Four magnetic-receptive play boards, each illustrated with a different scene, as follows:
– Biblical nighttime landscape
– Biblical courtyard
– Biblical room interior
– Modern-day Latin Catholic church interiorA wide range of illustrated magnetic pieces (67 in total) to engage children’s wonder, imagination, and exploration of their faith-based learning
Teacher Resource (Grades 1-8)
- Print binder
- Digital version accessed through a secure website with additional material and multi-media elements.
- Support for differentiated instruction and instructions for using the program resources that support each lesson
- Five units based on the liturgical year of the Church for Grades 1-8
- 100% coverage of the Religious Education expectations
- Identified connections to other curriculum areas
- Unit and lesson overview charts with lesson materials, program resources, Religious Education expectations, and cross-curricular connections
- Lessons with background information for teachers, Moment of Reflection and learning goals and detailed teaching plans
- Line masters for Grades 1-8 to accompany many suggested activities, including home and school connections
Teacher Resource (Kindergarten)
- Print binder
- Digital version accessed through a secure website with additional material and multi-media elements.
- Six units based on the liturgical year of the Church
- 100% coverage of the Religious Education expectations
- Unit and lesson overview charts with lesson materials, program resources, and Religious Education expectations
- Lessons with background information for teachers, Moment of Reflection and learning goals and detailed teaching plans
- The content of each lesson is presented incrementally, in the form of mini-lessons. Each
mini-lesson opens with a list of the applicable program resources, including reproducibles
and other materials, and includes preparation notes consisting of teaching tips, sensitivity
notes, parish connections, and home–school connections. - Reproducibles accompany many suggested activities, including home and school connections
Teacher Resource (Grade 9)
- Digital teacher resource accessed through a secure website
- 100% coverage of the Religious Education expectations
- Lessons unpack the three student book units and include assessment opportunities, teaching tips, and sensitivity notes
- Modifiable reproducibles accompany lessons
- Embedded multimedia; includes discussion questions for videos in the student resource
- Support for teachers includes background information and Moment of Reflection
- Opportunities for inquiry
- Assessment opportunities and tools, including culminating activities and sample unit tests
“How To” Video Series for the Student-Home Website
We are pleased to launch a short video series on the elements and features that are found on the Student-Home Website. Educators in your district can use these videos to introduce the Student-Home Website to students and families at assemblies, curriculum nights, and other gatherings. You can also use them to introduce new teachers to the website or embed them on a school website along with Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ program information.
