Using WE BELIEVE

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Using WE BELIEVE

• SOME BASICS FOR THE CATECHIST

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Students Like Dislike
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Learning Pyramid
Average Retention Rate
Lecture----------------------------5
Reading--------------------------10
Audio-visual---------------------20
Demonstration-------------------30
Discussion Group------------------50
Practice by Doing----------------------75
Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning------------
------------90
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How does We Believe meet these needs?

• Structured lessons
• Meets learning styles
• Gardners 8
• Solid content
• Family piece
• Opportunities for review

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Structured Lessons

• We Gather
• We Believe
• We Respond

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Meets Students Learning Styles

• Linguistic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Spacial
• Kinesthetic

• Musical
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Natural

In addition, your activity bank offers even more
resources to meet individual student needs.
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Multiple Intelligence Theory
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Answer for Yourself

• How do you like to learn?
• How did you learn the alphabet? To drive?
• What learning styles do you use in the classroom
  ?
• How do your students respond to different
  teaching strategies?

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Solid Content

• Catechist development
• Scripture
• Illustrations related to lessons/scripture
• Connections to social justice
• Heroes of the Faith
• Liturgical connections
• Media connections

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Family Piece

• Notify parents/guardians of content
• Suggestions for home activities
• Opportunity for students to carry the lesson home

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Opportunities for Review

• Table of contents lists all faith statements
• Glossary of terms
• Review/reflection at the end of each lesson
• Test generator
• Black line copies
• Use of website www.webelieveweb.com

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Preparing the Lessons

• Ambience
• Use of music
• Prayer setting
• Introduction of faith statement
• Scripture reading
• Class discussion/reflection
• Response
• Liturgical connection

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In addition

• Ideas for social teachings connections/service
  projects
• Ideas for home discussion
• Ideas for liturgical year
• Discussion of saints
• Reflection of meaning of lesson in cultural
  context.

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