Welcome back to the blog! It has been quite some time since my last post. This final semester of Teacher's Education has been keeping me quite busy. I wanted to share one of the assignments I created with my classmate. For our Religious Education elective course, we needed to create an activity centered around a Liturgical event or special celebration. Olivia and I decided to create an engaging lesson about First Communion. We both had the pleasure of helping our Practicum students last year prepare for this event. This activity incorporated both large group discussions and hands-on learning. We began by discussing what Church made us feel, hear, or see. Some suggestions from our colleagues were: "united", "happy", "music", "calm", and "welcome". We added these suggestions to our Y-chart. These suggestions became the inspiration for our hands-on activity where our colleagues were invited to create an image on a small square of construction paper. The small images were hung on our bulletin board to create a larger image. All of the images shared what memories come mind when we think about First Communion. Some colleagues even shared what their individual square represented.The activity was designed to create a classroom community where there were similar ideas. The quilt we created symbolized our feelings about First Communion. Below, I have linked the handout that we created for this assignment if this is an activity that interests you. This activity is adaptable to other subjects in school. You could use this exercise as a consolidation of learning for a Math Unit or a test review in Geography. You can also use this activity for an Intermediate or Senior class, you just need to adapt the expectations. I would love to see comments below with any further ideas about teaching Religious Education or about First Communion. This is a space for sharing! And I hope you enjoyed the latest blog post! Feel free to share it out among friends. You can follow me on Twitter @cstar012 for more blog updates and posts about Teacher's Education :) Take care, Miss. Starkey :) ~Our Communion Quilt~
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AuthorCaitlin Starkey is a Teacher Candidate from the University of Ottawa. She loves to read, watch movies, and drink lots of hot chocolate. These blog posts are a glance at her lesson plans, personal reflections, and ramblings about everyday observations. Archives
February 2017
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