OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 17 - February 13-14

GRADE ONE - Jesus Teaches Us to Love Others

• Children will remember the two great Laws of Love
• Children will review the three ways to love God (pray/say/day)
• Children will understand that we can love others by giving them food, by visiting them, by being a good friend, and by helping them.
• Children will be presented with the story of the Good Samaritan and will have a chance to re-tell it.
• Children will complete their Love God, Love Others posters to take home

HOMEWORK: Parents and children should complete Quiz 16 together.

SAC PREP TWO - Who is My Neighbor?

• Students will learn the story of the Good Samaritan
• Students will learn that God wants us to love all His people
• The children will complete their report cards.
• Students will make Valentines for homebound parishioners

HOMEWORK: None. See you at the Celebration of God's Forgiveness!

GRADE THREE - Christ’s Sacrifice

• Children will explore further the meaning of “Sacrifice”
• Children will be able to retell the story of Christ’s Passion
• Children will begin to understand why Jews offered sacrifices
• Children will think about why Jesus was the perfect sacrifice
• Children will begin to see how the Mass is a sacrifice

HOMEWORK: Parents and children should read the chapter together (including the last page which was not read in class.) Complete the worksheet.

GRADE FOUR - Moses and Passover

• Students will put all of the Bible stories we have studied in chronological order and compare them with a Bible Timeline
• Students will become more familiar with the story of Moses and the exodus from Egypt

HOMEWORK: Work with your parents and the text to complete the double-sided worksheet which reviews the story of the Exodus.

GRADE FIVE - Vestments

• Students will take their second trimester exam.
• Students will complete report cards.
• Students will visit the church and look at vestments.

HOMEWORK: Complete “We Review” on page 70 of the textbook.

GRADE SIX - Joseph’s Story

• Students will take their Second Trimester Exam
• Students will complete their report cards
• Class will conclude story of Joseph by watching the Genesis Project video

HOMEWORK - Complete worksheet.

GRADE SEVEN - SACRIFICE

• Students will be able to identify some examples of “sacrifice” in the Bible after reading several Scripture passages.
• Students will identify in each of these Scriptural examples, the requirements for any sacrifice: the one who offers (priest), the victim (the offering), a purpose, and a result.
• After listening to a story, students will be able to share with one another at least one new idea about the concept of sacrifice that they hadn’t previously considered.
• Students will be able to describe why we call Jesus “the perfect sacrifice”.
• Students will make a set of Sacrifice Beads for themselves, they will know how they are used and they will try this spiritual discipline in the coming week.

HOMEWORK - Read chapter 20 and do the worksheet. (Old and New Covenants & Sacrifices)

GRADE EIGHT - Living for Love

• Students will see a video on St. Valentine and understand a bit better the challenge of life in the early Church.
• Students will make St. Patrick’s Day cards for some homebound parishioners.

HOMEWORK: For next week, each student should read about the saint assigned to him/her, and be prepared to give a one-minute talk about that saint. Emphasize how this saint showed love.