Biblical Integration Language Arts

This resource is designed to help you with your Biblical integration language arts implementation. This guide goes through each COMMON CORE standard* in the Reading: Foundational Skills, assigning 2 related Biblical Themes as well as several thought provoking questions with which to engage students. They might even get you thinking differently…

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Biblical integration Language Arts: What is this resource?

This resource is a discussion guide for integrating faith into your Reading lessons. This collection is based on Common Core Standards, specifically Reading: Foundational Skills in 4th grade. Each standard is paired with 2 Biblical Themes and several questions to help students start thinking about worldview.

Why this resource?

Do you ever wonder, what does my faith have to do with applying grade level phonics (RF.4.3) or reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. (RF.4.4)? On the one hand, you are given these standards to reach academically. On the other hand, you are told to integrate the Bible into every lesson.  God is in more places than we realize! With this guide, you and your students can come to a new appreciation of just how much God, his character, and his plan for mankind permeate every aspect of our lives-including our academic learning. Go standard by standard and look at the recommended Biblical themes for each as well as discussion questions to get you going on Biblical integration Language Arts.

Features

•New Feature: Hyperlinked Pages to easily and quickly navigate the document

•Ready to use printable discussion cards for easy access and implementation

•Full text Common Core standards* paired with full text Biblical Theme

•Document is organized by standards number

•Format is clean and clear, making the document easy to read

•Thought provoking, grade level appropriate questions to engage students

•Truth statements are simple and short, easy to comprehend for upper elementary students

•Truths statements are drawn from the Bible

•Each Truth statement is paired with corresponding Bible verses or passages from which they were drawn

•Includes Quick Reference Guide for the teacher to be able to quickly skim

•This resource is very versatile allowing for many different uses and modes of implementation. Ideas are included in this product.

•Themes are general enough to be used as a compliment to any ELA curriculum

•Since they are universal and foundational truths, these theme posters are designed to be used again and again, all year long.

•Themes will push students to use higher order thinking skills such as application and synthesis.

Classroom Implementation Ideas (more found in the product)

•Start or end your lesson with a class discussion using questions provided.

•Rather than a dedicated discussion time, choose one question to ask while practicing a skill. For example, whenever you are guiding students through how to find textual evidence to support an answer, also ask them one recommended discussion question such as, “Why does finding textual evidence matter?”

•Provide the students with one or more questions to discuss in small groups

•Use the discussion questions as journal prompts and have students create a written response