OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - November 12

GRADE ONE

·                 Children will review the Sign of the Cross and discuss how to make it reverently.

·                 Children will read the Doxology out loud.

·                 Children will be presented with the idea of the Holy Trinity.

·                 Children will experience a visual image of the Holy Trinity.

·                 Children will hear a story which offers another analogy to the Trinity.

·                 Children will learn the names of the three persons of the Holy Trinity.

·                 They will learn that St. Patrick presented the Trinity as a shamrock.

HOMEWORK:  Parents – try this illustration of the Trinity with your children:  Place an ice cube in a baggie.  Place the baggie in the microwave and begin to melt the ice.  Some of the water will turn into steam before all the ice is melted.  Point out that water exists in that baggie in three forms – ice (solid) water (liquid) and steam (vapor).  This is “hard” but some children may get it.  Also, work with your child on learning the Sign of the Cross and the Doxology (Glory Be).

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION TWO

·                 Children will be led to think about the importance of honesty.

·                 Children will hear the story of the “Boy Who Cried Wolf”

·                 Children will review ways we can love God and others.

HOMEWORK:  Parents, assist your child, as needed with the “take home exam”.  Make a special effort to speak of your child’s behavior as being loving or not…

GRADE THREE

·                 Students will explore the first and second commandments.

·                 Students will take time to recall that all we have comes from God and remember that we should be thankful

·                 Students will review the first trimester’s work with a Bingo game

·                 Students will learn the word “reverent” and explore what it means.

HOMEWORK           Parents and children should complete the “Putting God First” sheet together.  At home this week, see if you can find, as a family, one additional way to show love for God. (i.e. adding a prayer before the meal, before bed, etc. Hanging a picture of Jesus or a cross in the home.  Putting a special candle on the dining room table, to remind everyone of God’s presence. etc.)

GRADE FOUR

·       Students will be able to explain what a conscience is. 

·       Students will understand that a conscience must be “informed” or strengthened and will be able to site ways that they can strengthen their own conscience.

·       Students will understand what a temptation is.

·       Students will know that the two best ways of avoiding temptations are avoiding near occasions of sin and by praying.

HOMEWORK:  Complete the Smart Thinking worksheet.

GRADE FIVE

·                 Students will understand that God sent prophets to prepare His people for the Messiah and to call them to repentance.

·                 Students will recognize the Babylonian captivity as God’s punishment for the Israelites ignoring the prophets

·                 Students will be able to identify Isaiah as a prophet who foretold the coming of the Savior not as a king but as one experiencing pain and humiliation

·                 Students will understand that the Israelites expected a Messiah who would be a glorious earthly king who would restore the Kingdom of Israel.

HOMEWORK    Complete the  Credo worksheet.    Do the “Make it Personal” sheet.  (This does not have to be returned)