Articles about My Students in the News
https://elpreg.org/news/comunidad/cardenal-gregory-pide-a-estudiantes-vivir-la-diversidad-en-unidad
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Outdoor Instruction
Arts-based Instruction
3rd and 4th Grade Designing Stations of the Cross
Using Watercolor to Explore the Protest Art of the United Farm Workers Movement
Art as a Way to be like our Creator God (Spiritual Discipline)
Students were asked how they image God (or magnify him, based on doing things that are like what he does). This artistic student created this painting to show that just like God paints the world with beauty, so can she.
Comics to Explain Biblical History: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration
Creation + Fall
Redemption
Restoration (Jesus at the Right Hand of God, the Ascension)
Her expression of adoration for God:
Art to Create Collective Memory
Making in the Classroom
4th Grade Skeletal System, Nervous System, and Circulatory Systems
4th Grade Digestive System Model using Fortnite (watch on Youtube)
4th Grade Animal Cell models with Food, Play dough, Sports Gear, and Minecraft
United Farm Workers Movement explained in Legos (watch on Youtube)
Hands On Science
Comparative Anatomy: Humans vs. Frogs
Connecting Faith and Student Interests to Research
December Inquiry Projects – Empowering Student Interests (7 students, individual)
January Inquiry Projects – Connecting Faith to Research (10 students, theme groups)
May/June Inquiry Projects: Differentiating to Support All Students
Faith and Social Advocacy
Using Biblical Anti-Racism to Teach Civil Rights
Latino Catholic Forms of Protest in the United Farm Workers Movement
Using Biblical Anti-racism to teach Civil Rights
Researching Diverse Cultures
Locating the Latino Smithsonian Museum
Praying for the Nations Part 1: Group Prayer and Research
Praying for the Nations Part 2: Individual Prayer and Research
“Work and Pray”
Design your Own Religious Order Project
Holy Trinity Action Cards Project
Lectio Divina: Developing a Radical Love for God’s Word
Stations of the Cross and the Struggle for Human Dignity
Just for Fun: Doing Reader’s Theatre over Zoom
Life in Community
Going after Heart Change: Addressing the Spiritual Root of Student Misbehavior
Cross-pollination: Reflecting on How Student’s Interests have Formed me this Year, and vice versa
Subordinating Socio-emotional Curriculum to God’s Word
Applied Theology
From Stewardship to the Restoration of Creation: A Theology for Student’s Great Love of Animals
COVID 19 Pandemic: Talking about Death with Students
Leading Students into the Desert
Christian Approaches to Civil Disobedience, Political Disagreement, and Communication
