OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK, September 23

Hi!  Here is where we let you know, in brief, what the Objectives were for each of our classes this past week, and what the homework assignment is.  

GRADE ONE:  

OBJECTIVES:

• Children will become acquainted with one another and the teacher(s).
• Children will understand that they were made by God, the Father and Creator, who loves them.
• Children will be shown the “prayer area” and will be introduced to the Bible as a holy book  which will tell us about God, who made us.
• Children will receive their textbooks and build anticipation about the coming year.
• Children will become familiar with the story of Creation through the textbook and a video.
• Children will be introduced to the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father

HOMEWORK: Pray the “Our Father” with your mom or dad several times this week.  Parents should read the Creation story to their children from a Children’s Bible or storybook sometime this week.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION TWO
OBJECTIVES:

• Students will be reminded that God is in Heaven and everywhere.
• Students will understand that God made many good things; the most beautiful part of God’s creation are human beings because we have souls.
• They will know that human beings are special because we can think, choose and love

HOMEWORK:  Parents, see if your children can tell you the answers to the questions on page 8 of their textbook.  Please read Chapter 3 (pages 17-19) aloud to your child this week.  Ask children to explain what the balloon can teach us about God.

GRADE THREE
OBJECTIVES:

• Students will get to know one another’s names.
• Children will recognize that God is an all-perfect Spirit.
• The Children will know that God is the Holy Trinity
• Students will recognize the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as the persons of the Trinity
• Students will know that Jesus taught us to pray to His Father by teaching us the prayer we call “The Our Father”.

HOMEWORK:  Pray the Our Father at home together every day this week. 

GRADE FOUR
• Students will get to know one another’s names.
• Students will understand that a pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place.    They will be presented with the idea that our whole life is a journey.  Our goal is Heaven.  We must make the choices that lead us toward Heaven.

• Children will receive Bibles as a gift from the parish Knights of Columbus.

HOMEWORK: Color some of the “Best Way of Life” drawing with colored pencils.  Put some color, at least, on each location.  As you color, think about the choices people might make in life that would lead to one destination or another.  Parents – you might want to re-read Chapter One, “The Fall of Man” at home.  It will be explored more in next week’s class.

GRADE FIVE

• Students will get to know or become re-acquainted with one another and the catechist(s).

• Students will learn that faith is a supernatural gift from God and that our Faith are all of the truths that God has revealed to us.

• Students will be reminded that God has revealed Himself to us through creation, Scripture and tradition, and perfectly through Jesus Christ.  

• Students will recognize that what we believe, as Christians, is concisely stated in the Apostles and the Nicene Creeds.  

HOMEWORK:  Read Chapter 1 in the text, and complete the Credo worksheet.