OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK FROM OCTOBER 7

FIRST GRADE

OBJECTIVES

·       Children will understand that God created human beings as special because they can think, and choose and love.

·       Children will learn that God also created angels – creatures with souls but no bodies, and animals - creatures with bodies but no souls.

HOMEWORK:  Children should complete the coloring sheet at home.  Parents, help children practice the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father (page 128).  Ask your children to tell you how we are different from all God’s Creation.  (Humans can think, love and choose.)

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

OBJECTIVES

·       Children will review the story of Adam and Eve’s sin.

·       Children will understand that they committed the first sin.

·       Students will recognize sin as disobeying God.

·       Students will understand that God loves us and wants our happiness.

HOMEWORK:  Parents, please read the first three paragraphs on page 27 to your children.   Read the homework sheet about angels.  Pray the Guardian Angel Prayer each morning this week

THIRD GRADE

OBJECTIVES

·       Students will understand that God has revealed Himself to us

·             through Creation, the prophets, Jesus, and the Bible

·       Students will know that there are two main parts of the Bible

·       Students will be shown how to locate the Gospels in the Bible and will look up a Scripture passage

·       Students will know that the Gospels describe the life and teaching of Jesus

·       Children will be able to name the four Gospels

HOMEWORK:  Work with parents to complete the worksheet on God’s Revelation.  Talk to your parents about how God is revealing Himself in something you see at home (or somewhere you go).

FOURTH GRADE

OBJECTIVES

·       Students will consider the levels of creation.

·       Students will remember that the original sin was when Adam and Eve said “no” to God’s request.

·       Students will become familiar with the story of Cain and Abel.

·       Students will recognize the human tendency to make excuses and to pretend that God is not all-knowing.

·       Students will be able to distinguish between Original Sin and Actual Sin

HOMEWORK  Listen as a parent or someone in your home reads Chapter 2 from your textbook.  Use the textbook to review the story by filling in the blanks on the worksheet “The First Murder”. 

FIFTH GRADE

OBJECTIVES

·       Students will recall that God is a Trinity and will review some aspects of this concept.

·       Students will discuss how we speak of the different persons of the Trinity, especially in prayer.

·       Students will recognize God as Creator and know that all three persons of the Blessed Trinity were present at creation.

·       Students will hear a story that will remind them of what knowledge is important.

HOMEWORK:  Complete the Credo sheet; read Chapter 3 with your parents,