OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - WEEK 17 - Feb. 5-6

GRADE ONE— Jesus Teaches Us to Love God

• Children will learn the two great Laws of Love (Love God/Love Others)
• Children will begin to make a poster to remind them of these laws
• Children will know three ways they can love God

HOMEWORK: Children should complete page 88 with their parents, and work on memorizing the Morning Offering if they have not yet done so.

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.

GRADE THREE - Jesus and the Passover Supper

• Children will review the Passover, and recognize that Jesus celebrated the Passover meal every year.
• Children will identify the Last Supper as, not only the last meal Jesus had on earth, but as a Passover meal he had with his apostles.
• Children will recognize the Last Supper as the first Mass.
• Children will know that the priesthood was instituted at the Last Supper
• Children will understand the way Jesus linked the Eucharist and service to others, through his washing of his apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.
• Children will perform some acts of service for the STA School class whose room they share.

HOMEWORK: Complete the coloring sheet and review sheet.

GRADE FOUR - Joseph in Egypt

• Students will re-tell the first part of the Joseph story
• Students will see a video about Joseph in Egypt
• Students will have the opportunity to review the important stories we have covered so far.

HOMEWORK Complete sheet on Joseph in Egypt if it was not completed in class.

GRADE FIVE - Eucharistic Prayer

• Students will become familiar with the Eucharistic Prayer.
• Students will understand that the words of the Consecration are the words Jesus spoke at the Last Supper.
• Students will recognize that we offer ourselves at Mass.
• Students will review what has been studied so far this year.

HOMEWORK: Use the study sheet to prepare for the exam

GRADE SIX - Joseph

• Class will continue to explore the story of Joseph.
• Students will be introduced the idea that Joseph “prefigures” Jesus and that this is another way to refer to Joseph being a “type”.

HOMEWORK - Page 68 in the text. If students need prompting they can look back in the text.
Use the sample test to study for the exam.

GRADE SEVEN - Acceptance of the Father’s Will

• Students will review the Liturgical Calendar and the season of Lent.
• Students will understand that Lent begins with Ash Wednesday (this year on February 21) and will be prompted to think about how they will spend their Lent this year
• Students will become more familiar with the events of the Passion, through a video, an activity, reading and discussion.

HOMEWORK: Read the text, Chapter 19.

GRADE EIGHT - Triumph of the Cross

• To help students deal with the reality of death in a positive way
• To review the events surrounding the Passion and Death of Jesus
• To take a quick look at the Stations of the Cross devotion.

HOMEWORK: On page 60 in the text, complete the inscription you would like to have on
your tombstone. What do you hope to have accomplished? Stood for?

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - WEEK 16 January 29-30, 2012

GRADE ONE— Jesus Teaches Us to Love God

• Children will learn the two great Laws of Love (Love God/Love Others)
• Children will begin to make a poster to remind them of these laws
• Children will know three ways they can love God

HOMEWORK: Children should complete page 88 with their parents, and work on memorizing the Morning Offering if they have not yet done so.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - Steps to the Rite of Reconciliation

• Children will understand that celebration of the Rite of Reconciliation must begin at home with a prayer to the Holy Spirit and an Examination of Conscience.
• Children will do activities that will help them become familiar with the steps of the Rite.
• Children will hear a story about forgiveness.

HOMEWORK: Do the worksheet with someone at home.

GRADE THREE - Parables

• Children will learn that Jesus told parables to teach us what God and Heaven are like.
• Children will understand that parables are stories that make comparisons.
• Children will become familiar with the Parable of the Forgiving Father, and the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

HOMEWORK: Students should write the “message” of the Parable of the Forgiving Father on the picture card. Retell the parable of the Forgiving Father (or Prodigal Son) and the Good Samaritan to someone at home.

GRADE FOUR - Joseph, Part One

• Students will review the story of Jacob and how he got two wives and twelve sons!
• Students will see a video about Joseph, leading up to his interpreting the Pharaoh’s dream
• Students will explore this story as it appears in the book of Genesis.
• Students will work together to complete a crossword puzzle.
• Time permitting, students will improvise the story.

HOMEWORK: With your parents, read Chapter 6. Complete the worksheet.

GRADE FIVE - Our Gifts

• Students will review the Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word
• Students will review the Offertory and Preparation of Gifts
• Students will understand that through the gifts we offer at Mass we are offering the gift of ourselves
• Students will understand that much of the Preparation of Gifts focuses on our gratitude

HOMEWORK: With someone at home read the story of St. Maximilian Kolbe on page 62 of the text. Complete the work on page 64.

GRADE SIX - Joseph

• Students will explore the story of Joseph on a deeper level.
• Students will know that this story shows once again how God can bring good from evil.
• Students will understand the meaning of providence.

HOMEWORK - Complete the worksheet for the next class.

GRADE SEVEN - Choosing Christ

• Students will consider why people might have accepted or rejected Jesus
• Students will realize that people still make those choices today
• Students will become familiar with some of the sects that existed at the time of Jesus – Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots and Scribes.
• Students will consider the Eucharist, which drove many from Jesus and see a short video on Eucharistic Adoration

HOMEWORK: Complete the “Will You Stay with Jesus?” sheet. Also, if not done in class, complete the worksheet.

GRADE EIGHT - Called to Protect, Part Three

• Students will understand why it is difficult for kids to tell someone if they are being sexually abused
• Students will identify who they could tell if someone is sexually abusing them, or a friend
• Students will know the words to say to tell their parents or another person they trust if someone is sexually abusing them or a friend.

HOMEWORK: None this week.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - WEEK 15 January 22-23, 2012

GRADE ONE — The Good Shepherd

• Students will hear the story of the Good Shepherd
• Students will see a presentation on the Good Shepherd
• Students will understand that Jesus is our Good Shepherd

HOMEWORK: With someone at home complete the chart on What a Shepherd does; What
Jesus Does.

SAC PREP TWO - Between Jesus and Me—Celebrating Forgiveness

• Children will understand that under no circumstances will the priest ever reveal what is told to him in confession.
• Children will review basic concepts.
• Children will review and practice going to confession.
• Children will become familiar with another Biblical forgiveness story.

HOMEWORK: “Steps to Peace” sheet


GRADE THREE - The Miracles of Christ

• Children will learn that Jesus performed many miracles to show that He is Savior of the world.
• Children will become familiar with several of the miracles Jesus performed, including healing miracles and feeding miracles.

HOMEWORK: Parents should read pages 83 and 84 to their children. Children should be
able to answer (in their own words) Q78, 79 and 80.


GRADE FOUR - Jacob

• Students will hear the story of how Jacob stole Esau’s blessing and how he was tricked when choosing a wife.
• Students will learn that Jacob changed his name to Israel and that the Israelites were God’s chosen people.
• Students will understand the importance of a blessing
• Students will understand that God can turn anything to His purpose and be able to recognize the word Providence
• Students will take an exam over the year’s studies so far and complete their report cards

HOMEWORK: Look up Romans 8:28 and discuss with your parents what this verse has to do with the story of Jacob. [God’s providence.] Use the words provided on the homework sheet as prompts and write sentences about the people we have studied this week.

GRADE FIVE - Liturgical Music

• Children will meet one of our music ministers.
• Children will become familiar with our organ and with how our music is selected
• Students will see where the choir and ensemble members gather and practice for the Mass

HOMEWORK: Come prepared next week prepared to share: What was one thing you learned from the presentation about music? ALSO: Which hymn from Sunday Mass which was your favorite, at what part of the Mass it was used, and who played and sang it?

GRADE SIX - God’s Plan of Salvation

• Students will understand the importance of the spoken word in Biblical times and explore our feelings about it today.
• Students will become familiar with the continuing adventures of Jacob; Jacob’s ladder, his marriage to Leah and Rachel and how he wrestled with an angel.
• Students will learn about the life of St. Martin de Porres

HOMEWORK - Read Genesis 29: 15-30. Write a synopsis of what occurs. Complete page 57 of the text if it was not done in class..

GRADE SEVEN - Reconciliation

• Students will understand the difference between mortal and venial sin.
• Students will have the opportunity to deepen their appreciation of the Sacrament of Penance.
• Students will be familiar with the concept of “near occasion of sin”.
• Students will understand that conscience must be informed.

HOMEWORK: Read Handout on Holy Orders.
Do an informal “Review of the Day” each night. Look at MASTER 16.1 for an idea of questions to use. Do a drawing illustrating one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

GRADE EIGHT - Called to Protect, Part 2

• Students will learn what to do if someone tries to violate their boundaries
• Students will know lots of different ways to respond and that they can respond in ways that fit their own personality
• Students will be able to demonstrate several ways to respond if someone tries to violate their physical, emotional or behavioral boundaries.

NO HOMEWORK

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - WEEK 14 January 15-16, 2012

GRADE ONE - Jesus Calls Apostles (Vocations)

• Children will know that Jesus had twelve Apostles.
• Children will be familiar with the story of Jesus calling the fishermen.
• Children will understand that Jesus calls each of us to love and serve Him in a special way.
• Children will learn a song about our call, with hand motions.

HOMEWORK: Children should complete Quiz 13 with the help of their parents.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - Special Words, Signs, Places

• Children will know that special signs (things we see) and special words (things we hear) are associated with all Sacraments.
• Children will recognize “I absolve you from your sins” as the special words associated with forgiveness and understand that the gesture the priest makes holding his hands over, or touching, the penitent’s head, is a special sign of forgiveness.
• Children will have the opportunity to visit the reconciliation rooms, and the confessionals.
• Children will become familiar with the story of the Forgiving Father (Prodigal Son).

HOMEWORK: – Complete the “Fill in the blank” activity with parents

GRADE THREE - Imitation of Christ

• Students will have a chance to learn what sort of boyhood Jesus might have had.
• Students will recognize that Jesus had a “hidden life” until age 30 and that they have a “hidden life” right now.
• Students will understand that God knows everything they do and nothing is hidden from him.
• Students will think about ways that they can imitate Jesus.
• Students will be presented with the story of Jesus’ baptism and relate it to their own baptism (homework/Mass)

HOMEWORK - Parents and children should read Chapter 16, particularly page 80 (which we didn’t cover in class). Children should know the answers to the three questions on page 81.


GRADE FOUR - Esau and Jacob

• Students will hear the story of Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah.
• Students will hear the story of how Esau sold Jacob his birthright for a bowl of stew.
• Students will understand what a birthright is.
• Students will understand how serious it is to swear before God
• Students will review concepts and information learned this trimester for the first trimester exam next week.

HOMEWORK Do the take-home exam and show it to your parents.

GRADE FIVE - The Liturgy of the Word

• Children will know how to participate in the Liturgy of the Word
• Children will become familiar with the parts of the Liturgy of the Word

HOMEWORK: Write three petitions, or Intercessions. One for leaders of our Church or in the world. One for our parish and one for someone or something specific….(for example someone you know who is sick, or who needs help.) We will pray these intercessions next week.

Also, with your parents, read the readings before you go to Mass this week. Pay special attention during Mass. You will be asked about the homily you heard.

GRADE SIX - Faulty People Like Us

• Students will be review the idea of “types” – figures and events in the Old Testament that prefigure those in the New Testament
• Students will become familiar with the story of Jacob and Esau.
• Students will understand that Old Testament figures were faulty people like us, with free will.
• Students will know that despite their faults, God was able to use His people in His plan of salvation.

HOMEWORK - Complete written work on page 52 of the text. Complete the “Your Own Experience” section of the worksheet.
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GRADE SEVEN - Jesus' Miracles

• Students will recognize Jesus as the Second Person of the Holy Trinity
• Students will know that Jesus is True God and True Man
• Students will be able to define “miracle” and distinguish a miracle from magic and coincidence
• Students will recognize that Jesus performed four different kinds of miracles and will explore what each says about God.
• Students will use the Bible to explore a number of Jesus’ miracles and discuss what these miracles say to us.

HOMEWORK: Challenging this week! Work with family members to complete the back of the worksheet. A treat for those with completed homework.

GRADE EIGHT - Called to Protect, One

• Students will be able to define and identify the three types of personal boundaries
• Students will be able to give examples of how child molesters try to violate boundaries
• Students will understand that the vast majority of adults care about young people and want the best for them.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - WEEK 13 January 8-9, 2012

GRADE ONE - Holy Families

• Children will be able to articulate that God is the father of Jesus and that St. Joseph is Jesus’ foster father.
• Children will understand that the term “Holy Family” refers to Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
• Children will imagine how the member of the Holy Family treated one another with love.
• Children will think how they can contribute to making their own family holy.
• Children will recognize that our parish can also be considered a family.

HOMEWORK: Do pages 70 in the textbook.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - Examination of Conscience

• Children will know that the Holy Spirit can help us see ourselves clearly.
• Students will learn the term “Examination of Conscience” and will know that these are questions we ask ourselves about how loving we have been.
• Students will know that the Holy Spirit can help us get the answers to these questions.
• Students will receive the Receiving God’s Peace booklets, and look briefly at the Examination of Conscience.
• Children will think about ways the Holy Spirit can help us be loving people.

HOMEWORK: – Complete the worksheet. Practice doing a daily Examination of Conscience each night before you go to sleep. (Simply think - "When did I love God and other people today?"  "Did I hurt, or fail to love at any time today?") Parents – Read Chapter 18 to your children.


GRADE THREE - Purity, Honesty, Truth

• Students will learn that our bodies are holy, temples of the Holy Spirit
• Students will learn that the 6th and 9th commandments tell us to respect our bodies and those of others in thought and deed
• Students will learn that we must respect the belongings of others (the 7th and 10th Commandments) in thought and deed
• Students will learn that they must respect the truth (the 8th Commandment)

HOMEWORK: With your parents, read over Chapter 12 in the text.

GRADE FOUR: Abraham

• Students will review the story of Abraham
• Students will put together a short play of the story.
• Students will recognize that a covenant has two parts - God's part and our part.
• Students will further explore the concept of "types" or "figures".

HOMEWORK have your parents help you complete the “God’s Gift: Free Will” worksheet. Use the story in the textbook to help you.

GRADE FIVE - The Introductory Rites

• Students will recognize that Love is at the center of the celebration of Eucharist.
• Students will become familiar with the Introductory Rites..

HOMEWORK: Complete page 46 in the text.


GRADE SIX - Abraham and Isaac

• Students will re-familiarize themselves with the story of Abraham and his sacrifice of his son Isaac.
• Students will understand that Abraham sacrificed his will, which is what God wants each of us to do.
• Students will explore how they could sacrifice their own will.
• Students will become familiar with St. Edith Stein

HOMEWORK: Read the story of Abraham and Isaac in the Bible. Genesis 22: 1-18
Read through the scenarios in Master 21 and think what the loving thing would be to do – and how that would be a sacrifice of will.

GRADE SEVEN - The Kingdom of God

• Students will know that Jesus’ public life began when he was around 30 years old, that until that time he lived a hidden life as a carpenter in Nazareth.
• Students will know that Jesus was tempted in the desert.
• Students will know that Jesus had many apostles and twelve disciples.
• Students will be able to explain what a parable is.
• Students will know that Jesus taught by telling parables.
• Students will become familiar with a number of parables.

HOMEWORK: Look at Questions 66-70 on page 65. Be prepared to describe the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, mentioning His baptism, the calling of disciples, and his preaching. Be able to do this in the form of a little speech without notes. (One minute or less should do it!)


GRADE EIGHT - God Works Miracles Through Us

• Students will have the opportunity to watch the video “A Man Called Norman”

HOMEWORK: Perform a random act of kindness this week; share it with your family and
challenge family members to perform a random act as well. Be ready to share yours or a family
members’ in class next week

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 10 - December 4-5

GRADE ONE - Creation

* Students will review the story of God’s creation of man.
* Students will learn how Adam and Eve lost their place in the garden by hearing a story, watching a video and reading the text.
* Children will recognize the term “Original Sin” as referring to the first sin committed.
* Children will understand that we no longer live in the Garden because our first parents sinned.
* Students will make their Salvation Booklets.

HOMEWORK: Read the Book without Words to your parents. Complete the “A Sad Story” sheet by coloring the picture and answering the question.

SAC PREP TWO - Sin, Temptation, Accident

* Children will be able to correctly use the words “forgive” and “sin”.
* Children will understand the difference between a sin, an accident and a temptation.
* Children will have practice recognizing behaviors as sins, temptations or accidents

HOMEWORK – Begin to memorize the Act of Contrition. (Parents, the version we ask the children to memorize should be glued into their texts.)

GRADE THREE - The Lord’s Day

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• Students will practice using the Bible by finding and reading the first three commandments from Exodus.
• Students will think more about the importance of names, particularly God’s name
• Students will be led by means of a book and project to think about God, and the joy of spending time with Him

HOMEWORK: With parents complete the worksheet “God’s Special Day”.

GRADE FOUR - Going to Confession

* Children will be familiar with how to go to confession.
* Children will have visited the confessionals if they are unfamiliar with them.
* Children will recognize the necessity of doing a penance.
* Children will understand the seal of confession.

HOMEWORK: If at all possible, children should go to confession before Christmas. Our regional Advent Penance Service will be next Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. here at STA.

GRADE FIVE - The Liturgical Year

* Students will become familiar with the Liturgical Year and its Seasons
* Students will have the opportunity to use a Liturgical Year calendar

HOMEWORK: Explain the Liturgical Calendars to your parents.  Complete the puzzle on page 42D.

GRADE SIX - Abram's Call

* Students will all be familiar with God's call to Abram.
* Students will recognize that the Book of Genesis tells the story of God's creation, man's sin and God's promise of salvation.
* Students will nderstand that the "call/listen" pattern is frequently found in the Bible

HOMEWORK: No homework this week.

GRADE SEVEN - Mary, Prepared to Be the Mother of God

* Students will explore Mary, and become more familiar with the stories of the Annunciation and the Visitation.
* Students will be able to explain why Mary is called “Immaculate”.
* Students will complete their side of the report cards.

HOMEWORK: Complete the worksheet and do the take-home test.  Don't forget to go to Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception!

GRADE EIGHT - Sin is the Obstacle to the Reign of God

* Students will refamiliarize themselves with the story of Adam and Eve from Genesis
* Students will think about the effects of that original sin on relationships
* Students will become aware of some negative cultural values that lead to sin and think about how to combat them.
* Students will have the opportunity to meditate on their own sinfulness

HOMEWORK: Read pages 51-54. Complete the activity on page 55.  Prepare a one-minute talk on any aspect of Confession.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 9 - Nov. 20-21

GRADE ONE - Giving Thanks

* Various concepts already presented will be tied together with a Thanksgiving theme.
* Students will fill out report cards.
* Students will take an exam over what has been taught already this year.

HOMEWORK: Practice prayers! Parents – when you pray with your children this week, emphasize gratitude and thankfulness.

SAC PREP TWO - Jesus Forgives Us

* Children will understand that to be good friends of Jesus we must do our best to follow his
* commandments.
* The words “I’m sorry” will be presented as words that can heal broken relationships.
* Children will be presented with two or three stories of forgiveness in the Bible.
* Children will understand that when we fail to love we should say “I’m sorry.”

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 9 in the Textbook and complete the worksheet.

GRADE THREE - Loving God Most of All; Two

• Students will review, then take an exam over material covered so far this year
• Students will complete report cards

HOMEWORK: Children should complete their own prayer using the “My Prayer” form.
Complete “The Way to Pray” if it wasn’t done in class.

GRADE FOUR - Our Forgiving, Loving God

• Children will explore two scripture stories of forgiveness - the Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son
• Children will realize that God cannot forgive if we do not express our sorrow
• Children will recognize the importance of recognizing and admitting our sins, as well as doing our best to make amendment

HOMEWORK: Before we meet again, at least once pray to the Holy Spirit and go slowly over the Examination of Conscience on this sheet.
(Remind children that anything they think of is private. They would never have to discuss their sins with anyone but the priest.)

GRADE FIVE - Real Presence

• Students will understand that the Last Supper was a Passover meal.
• Students will understand that in the Mass we remember Jesus’ saving us through the Pascal Mystery.
• Students will understand that the Mass is a sacrifice and a meal.
• Students will understand that we believe Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist.
• Students will learn the proper way to reverence the altar and genuflect before the Tabernacle

HOMEWORK: Students should complete reading in their text up through the exercise in the middle of page 29. They should respond to that question. They should also read page 32 which will prepare them for the activity the following week.

GRADE SIX - Adam and Eve

• Students will understand three results of Original Sin
• Students will become familiar with the story of Cain and Abel
• Students will review how God showed Adam and Eve and Cain His merciful love.
• Students will realize that God shows us merciful love through the Sacraments
• Students will appreciate some further aspects of Baptism

HOMEWORK: Read and write about the poem on the worksheet. Can you think of a real-life
example of what the poet means? Write about it.

GRADE SEVEN - John the Baptist/Review

• Students will explore John the Baptist, the last prophet preparing the way for Christ by looking in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew.
• Students will view a word-for-word video presentation about John from the Gospel of Luke
• Students will review material studied so far this year.

HOMEWORK: Complete the worksheet and review for the text next week.

GRADE EIGHT - The Reign of God: Jesus’ Mission

* Students will know that the Jews expected the Kingdom of God to be instituted by an actual King.
* Students will know that Jesus expressed two new ideas about God: 1) God is a loving Father and 2) God expects us to love everyone – even our enemies.
* Students will begin to understand what Jesus meant by saying that “The Kingdom of God is within us.”
* Students will explore how they can help bring about the Kingdom of God.

HOMEWORK: Explain that it is in silence that we can hear God speak to us. Even if we
don’t get an “answer” to prayer during the silent time, silence prepares us to hear God whenever and however He speaks to us. Have the students spend at least 5-10 minutes a day in quietness and silence every day until we meet again. 15-20 minutes would be better. Begin the prayer time by looking at the questions they have asked God in their journals. Ask God for some answers to the questions. If they feel they receive any answers or insights, they should write them down next to the question, as illustrated in the text. 

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 6 - October 30-31, 2011

GRADE ONE - Prayer – Speaking to God

* Children will remember that we listen to God. They will also learn that we can talk to God, as well.
* Children will recognized that talking and listening to God is called Prayer.
* Children will hear the Bible story about God calling Samuel.
* Children will be introduced to four sorts of prayer : Praise, Asking, Thanks, Saying we’re sorry
* Children will recognize several times of the day when we ought to pray – morning, bedtime and mealtime

HOMEWORK: Parents, please punch out the “prayer reminders” at the back of the book.
(They are marked with “Chapter 7” on the back.) If you do not already pray before meals and
at bedtime in your home, begin this week to try to get into this habit.

SAC PREP TWO - Jesus Shows Us How to Love Others

* Children will become familiar with the word “command”.
* Children will hear a Bible passage to help them understand that when we show love to others we are showing love to Jesus.
* Children will practice thinking about what Jesus would do in various situations.

HOMEWORK: – Parents, help your children complete the front of the homework sheet. Then, through the week, see if you can see examples of people Loving God and Loving Others that you can add to the chart on the back.

GRADE THREE - Moses

* Students will become familiar with the idea of God’s loving-kindness and will be presented with the idea of “Providence.”
* Children will recognize Moses as a person preserved by God to lead his people out of slavery in Egypt.
* Students will be familiar with the early stories of Moses: Baby Moses in the Bulrushes, Moses and the
* Burning Bush, and Moses and the Pharaoh.

HOMEWORK: Parents should work with their children to complete the worksheet. They may want to re-read Chapter 6 together beforehand.

GRADE FOUR - Sin Stories

* Students will review the stories we have covered this year and last to make a simple timeline.
* Students will be introduced to the idea that our year is based (loosely) on the time that has passed since Jesus was born.
* Students will familiarize themselves with the story of the Tower of Babel and its significance
* Students will be exposed to the idea of figures.
* Students will hear a story the emphasizes the humble nature of true goodness

HOMEWORK: Watch for ways to do good deeds and loving kindnesses during the week. Make a list of all the little things you do. Put your list into the offering envelope and put it into the basket at Mass next Sunday. Remember that money is only one way of giving.

GRADE FIVE - The Rite of Baptism

* Students will become familiar with the Baptismal Rite.
* Students will continue to deepen their understanding of and appreciation for Baptism.
* Students visit the baptistry in the church, and explore some of the symbols and signs of Baptism

HOMEWORK: Complete anything you cannot fill out on the “My Birthday as a Christian” form in the text, page 16. Parents - tell your child everything you remember about their baptism.

GRADE SIX - Original Sin

* Students will understand three results of Original Sin
* Students will become familiar with the story of Cain and Abel
* Students will review how God showed Adam and Eve and Cain His merciful love.
* Students will realize that God shows us merciful love through the Sacraments
* Students will appreciate some further aspects of Baptism

HOMEWORK: Read and write about the poem on the worksheet. Can you think of a real-life
example of what the poet means? Write about it.

GRADE SEVEN - God Prepared His People for a Savior

* Students will review a number of stories from Genesis and Exodus
* Students will be able to place the different stories on a timeline
* Students will be able to identify a number of “figures” or “types” in the Old Testament
* Students will see that the Hebrew people had to learn through sad experience because they didn’t listen to God

HOMEWORK: Read over chapters 7-9

GRADE EIGHT - Revelation: Coming to Know God

* To review the understanding that God’s revelation is handed on to us through both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
* To review the basic structure of the Bible and help students approach the Scriptures with comfort and reverence

HOMEWORK: Read pages 32-34 in the Handbook.

GRADE ONE - Listening to God

* Students will understand that we can listen for God talking to us.
* They will realize that God speaks to us in many ways – in prayer, in the Bible, and through
* other people who care for us.
* Students will have the opportunity through a story and a song to think about God’s
* conversation with us.
* Students will explore ways we can tell whether other people are communicating God’s words and love to us.

HOMEWORK: Parents, please read a Bible Story to your child, from a children’s Bible or a
Bible story book.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - Jesus Shows Us How to Love God the Father

* Children will learn Jesus’ two Great Commandments.
* Children will explore ways to love God (based on first three commandments):
* We can pray.
* We can say God’s Name with love.
* We can celebrate the Lord’s Day – Sunday – by going to Mass.

HOMEWORK: Finish the worksheet on prayer. Practice the Our Father and the Hail Mary, if you do not know these prayers.

GRADE THREE - Abraham - Father of God’s People

* Students will learn that man had to wait many years for the coming of the Savior.
* Students will recognize Abraham as a person who had faith in God and obeyed Him.
* Students would be able to retell the story of Abraham and how he passed the test of faith.
* Students will recognize the word Sacrifice as a gift given to God out of love

HOMEWORK: Do the worksheet about Abraham with someone at home.

GRADE FOUR - Noah

* Students will understand that the Bible begins with what are called “Sin Stories” that relate how humans turned away from God.
* Students will do a picture meditation on Sin.
* Students will become familiar with the story of Noah and the Ark
* Students will be exposed to the idea that the elements of the story have a greater meaning – the water as a sign of baptism, the ark as a figure of the Church, and the one door in the Ark as representing Jesus

HOMEWORK: With a parent read about the Tower of Babel in your textbook, pages 22-23. Children should share their picture with someone at home and explain the deeper meaning of the Noah’s Ark story. Color the picture meditation.

GRADE FIVE - Baptism

* Children will understand the value of Baptism
* Children will know that people can be baptized at any age.
* Students will identify conversion as turning away from their old life and becoming Christian
* Children will be able to explain most of the chief signs in the Rite of Baptism

HOMEWORK: Students are to draw a bird’s eye view of the baptismal font where you go to Mass. After doing the drawing they are to write briefly on why the architect designed it as he or she did.

GRADE SIX - Creation - How the Story is Told

* Students will become familiar with the first story of Creation in Genesis, Chapter 1.
* Students will realize that this story is written in a repetitive, poetic style.
* Students will be able to identify the repetitive, five-step pattern the Biblical writer uses to describe each day of creation.
* Students will be able to name three reasons why this pattern was ideal for teaching people in ancient times.

HOMEWORK: See the “Homework” section of the worksheet.

GRADE SEVEN - The Fall/Free Will

* Students will review the Creation story from Genesis
* An opportunity will be provided for students to discuss God, Satan, Original Sin and Adam
* and Eve.
* Students will be presented with a simple definition of Original Sin
* Students will recognize that we can learn by listening to those who know more than we do, or we can learn the “hard way” like Adam and Eve did

HOMEWORK: Read chapters 5 and 6. Discuss the final question on the worksheet with someone at home, and write an answer of a few sentences.

GRADE EIGHT - The Church - A Community of Believers

* To present the vision of the Church as a community of believers living out the ideas and values of Jesus
* To get the students excited about participating in this preparation for Confirmation

HOMEWORK: Distribute the articles on St. Maximilian Kolbe. Even in our times there are great heroes of the Church – great Saints – who are successful in being led by the Holy Spirit. The reason the church declares them saints is not because they were perfect, but because they are worthy for the rest of us to imitate.

Students should read the article and prepare to talk for a minute summarizing why Maximilian Kolbe is worthy to be a saint.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 4 - October 16-17, 2011

GRADE ONE - God’s Grace

* Children will understand that God’s presence in us is called Grace
* Children will learn that we first receive God’s Grace at Baptism
* Students will recognize that they became a member of the Church at their
Baptism
* Children will visit the church and see the Baptismal Font
* Children should understand that when they bless themselves at the doors of
the church, they are reminding themselves of their baptism.

HOMEWORK: Children should complete page 27, if this was not done in class and discuss their own baptism with their parents. Parents should complete the little “certificate” on page 28 and to show the children a picture of their baptism.

SAC PREP TWO - Baptism

* Children will learn that at baptism we receive God’s grace - His very own life in our souls.
* Children will learn that Sacraments are special ways Jesus gave us to receive God’s grace. They will look forward to receiving two more Sacraments this year.
* Children will learn that at Baptism we become members of the Church –Christians.

HOMEWORK: Parents, read Chapter 6 to your child. Practice the Sign of the Cross.

GRADE THREE - The Promise of a Savior

* Students will review the story of the fall of Adam and Eve and will learn the vocabulary: Original Sin, the Fall
* Students will review the idea of Grace as God’s life in our souls
* Students will recognize that Jesus is our Savior and that He died on the cross to save us from our sins
* Students will know that we first receive God’s Grace at Baptism and that we must work to keep God’s Grace in our souls
* Students will become familiar with St. Therese of Lisieux
* Students will make Sacrifice Beads for themselves

HOMEWORK: Work with your parents and the textbook to answer the questions. Use your
Sacrifice Beads.

GRADE FOUR - Mortal and Venial Sins

* Students will be review Actual Sin, Original Sin, sins of Thought, Word and Deed and sins of Omission and Commission.
* Students will understand that some sins can completely destroy our relationship with God. These are called mortal sins.
* Students will know that mortal sins have 1) serious matter, 2) full knowledge and 3) full consent.
* Students will understand that venial sins damage our relationship with God.

HOMEWORK: Memorize the “I Confess” prayer from Mass if you do not already know it. Do an illustration of the Sanctuary Lamp story.

GRADE FIVE - God Speaks Through Signs

* Children will understand that God speaks to us through signs.
* Children will know that special words and signs are associated with the celebration of the Sacraments.
* Children will be presented with a definition of “Sacrament”
* Children will be able to name the seven Sacraments and categorize them.
* Children will be introduced to the terms “Rite” and “Liturgy”.

HOMEWORK: Written work on page 14 of textbook.

GRADE SIX - Creation

* Students will know that the opening pages of Scripture speak of God’s great love for us.
* Students will become familiar with the first story of Creation in Genesis, Chapter 1.
* Students will realize that this story is written in a repetitive, poetic style.

HOMEWORK: Do the exercises in the “Translation” section of the worksheet.

GRADE SEVEN - Angels

* Students will review the “ladder of creation”
* Students will understand that humans are part of both spiritual and material
* Students will recognize that we believe in resurrection of the body; we do not become angels when we die
* Students will read some Bible passages and watch a video that will help them understand more fully the role of angels

HOMEWORK: There is an old folk tradition (lower-case “t”) that you can pray to learn your guardian angel’s name. You ask God and pray before bed to learn the name. When you get up in the morning you should know it. This week (whether you know your angel’s name or not!) pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be for your Guardian Angel every day. Thank your angel for guiding and protecting you. Also – read Chapter 4 and complete the worksheet.

GRADE EIGHT - Christian Faith: Risk and Reward

* To encourage students to think about their own attitudes toward and relationship with Jesus
* To help the students understand that any real faith requires a degree of risk and therefore some personal courage

HOMEWORK: Read this lesson over in the handbooks and complete the writing exercise.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 3 - October 9-10, 2011

GRADE ONE - God is Holy

* Children will understand that God is Holy, that God knows everything, sees everything, and is everywhere.
* Children will learn that certain items remind us of God, so we think of them as Holy, for example, The Bible, a rosary, a crucifix.
* Children will learn that God is present in a church building in special ways.
* Children will explore various postures and gestures that help us show God how we feel about Him.
* Children will go to the church and visit the Tabernacle and the Altar.
* Children will learn to genuflect before the Tabernacle and bow before the Altar.

HOMEWORK: Children should tell their parents about three things they saw/learned in
church. With parents do the review sheet at home. (Parents – please read the questions and write your
child’s answers in the blanks.)

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION/GRADE TWO - Original Sin

* 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.

GRADE THREE - Learning About God

* 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: Parents, please help your child do the worksheet on Divine Revelation.

GRADE FOUR - Sorting and Labeling

* Students will be presented with several ways to categorize sins.
* Students will recognize sins of word and thought, sins of action and omission.
* Students will understand that some sins can completely destroy our relationship with God. These are called mortal sins.
* Students will know that mortal sins have 1) serious matter, 2) full knowledge and 3) full consent.
* Students will understand that venial sins damage our relationship with God.

HOMEWORK: Complete the worksheet.

GRADE FIVE - Gospels

* Children will understand that God speaks to us through words.
* Children will be able to identify the four Gospels and will know that “Gospel” means “good news”.
* Children will be able to locate the Gospels in the Bible.
* Students will know how to read and write a Scripture citation

HOMEWORK: : Complete the worksheet with someone at home.  Parents, have your children point out the different sorts of sin which are part of the Penitential Rite at Mass.

GRADE SIX - Bible Overview

* Students will begin to appreciate the need to be familiar with the Old Testament
* Students will understand that the Bible is divided into the Old and New Testaments,books, chapters and verses.
* Students will explore the classroom set of Bibles and become familiar with some of the helpful features
* Students will practice writing and finding Bible citations

HOMEWORK: What is the point of each of the quotes on the worksheet? Also record your initial thoughts about each quote.

GRADE SEVEN - Trinity

* 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 worksheet, if needed. Read Chapter 3.  Parents, ask your students to explain what Rice Krispie Treats have to do with the Trinity.  As a family see how many images of Trinity you can devise.

GRADE EIGHT - More Than the Eye Can See

*  Students will begin to understand that to grow in faith we need to be open to God
*  Students will have an experience of guided meditation
*  Students will understand that God is present to us in a variety of ways.

HOMEWORK: WRITE: Finish the exercise on page 16.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 2 - October 2-3, 2011

GRADE ONE - God is Our Father

* Children will understand that God created human beings 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: Complete the coloring sheet at home. Practice the Sign of the Cross and the Our Father. Ask your children to tell you how we are different from all God’s Creation. (Humans can think, love and choose.)



SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION (GRADE TWO) - God

* Students will explore the idea that God is eternal.
* Students will review the concept of the Holy Trinity.
* They will know that God made us to know, love and serve Him.
* Students will recognize Adam and Eve as the first people God created.
* Students will understand Grace as part of God’s own life that He shares with us in our souls

HOMEWORK: Children should complete the word-scramble activity “God’s Children”, with parents’ help, if needed.

GRADE THREE - God Created the World

* Students will review the concept of Trinity
* Students will understand the difference between “create” and “make”
* Children will recognize that all God’s creation is good, and that we can choose to use God’s creation properly or badly.
* Children will understand that God created us to know, love and serve Him.

HOMEWORK: Students should complete the worksheet with their someone at home.

GRADE FOUR - The First Murder

* Students will review 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”.

GRADE FIVE - How We Worship

* Students will understand that we worship God through prayer, loving service and sacrifice.
* Students will consider ways to increase their personal prayer.
* Students will know that “Alleluia!” means “Praise God!”
* Students will become familiar with Saint Joan of Arc

HOMEWORK: Look at page 5. In your blue books, write ways a student could give loving service during each of those times of the day.

GRADE SIX - Inspiration

* Students will understand that the Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
* Students will appreciate how carefully the ancient scribes transcribed the biblical texts
* Students will learn about the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

HOMEWORK: Do the The Bible in My Life portion of the Lesson Two worksheet.

GRADE SEVEN - God

* Students will be able to distinguish the twelve doctrines that are part of the Apostles Creed
* Students will pray the Creed to the music of John Michael Talbot
* Students will use the Bible to explore the attributes of God
* Students will understand that to know God we must have a relationship with Him
* Students will recall that God is a Trinity and will review some aspects of this concept

HOMEWORK: Read chapter 2 in the text. Complete the word search.

GRADE EIGHT - Growing in Faith

* Students will begin to understand both the differences and the important connections between faith and religious practice
*Students will become aware of the three “components” of religion: Wisdom (belief), Works (morality), and Worship
* Students will consider their own experience of these three aspects of faith and rate which might be most important to them

HOMEWORK: Read pages 24-29.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 21 - April 10-11

GRADE ONE— Palm Sunday

• Children will begin to understand ways in which life in the Holy Land in Jesus’ time might have been similar and different to our own.
• Children will become familiar with Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem and how we remember
• that event by celebrating Palm Sunday.

HOMEWORK: At home go through pages 108-111.

SAC PREP TWO - Eucharistic Prayer

• Children will understand that gifts are a sign of love.
• Children will be presented with the idea of sacrifice as a gift to God.
• Students will understand that Jesus did not have to die on the cross but gave up his life out of love for us and for God the Father.
• Children will know that at the Last Supper Jesus turned the bread into his body and the wine into his blood.
• Children will go over to the church and will review the first parts of the Mass by looking at: Altar and Altar Cloth, the offering baskets.
• Students will review the various postures used during Mass.

HOMEWORK: With parents, complete the worksheet on the timeline of Jesus’ life. Complete the Coloring Sheet on Christ’s Sacrifice.

GRADE THREE - Christ’s Sacrifice

• Children will begin to understand that at the Offertory we are offering ourselves with Jesus. 
• Children will know that there are three ways in which we can give loving-sacrifice to Jesus: True Love (keeping our souls free from sin), Prayer, Hard Things (doing good but difficult things out of love for God)
• Children will think of specific ways in which they can offer themselves.  

HOMEWORK:  Each night go through the “Hard Things – Practicing Virtue” book with  your parents.  If you feel you have practiced the virtue that day, add a sticker to the page. 

GRADE FOUR - Christ, Our King

• Students will recognize Solomon as a king with a lot of potential who was tempted to turn his back on God
• Students will know that Jesus Christ is the King God wants for us
• Students will recognize John the Baptist as a prophet who announced the coming of the Savior
• Students will use a timeline to review the stories we have covered this year

HOMEWORK – Review sheet.

GRADE FIVE - Our Purpose is to Love

• Students will understand that our purpose on earth is to love as Jesus loved.
• Students will realize that we can love God by loving others.
• Students will hear testimonies by other children about everyday ways to love and will share their own.

HOMEWORK: Do page 77 in the textbook.

GRADE SIX - Passover

• Students will be familiar with the escape from Egypt.
• Students will witness a Jewish Passover Meal
• Students will be able to relate how symbols of the Passover meal point to Christ as Messiah

HOMEWORK - Complete page 79 in the text. Refer to the textbook if you need to.

GRADE SEVEN - The Marks of the Church

• Students will know the four marks of the Church – One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
• Students will know more about the first pope, St. Peter
• Student will recognize that “Church” is community, on many levels
• Students will become familiar with the hierarchy of the Church, and the roles of the Pope, bishops, priests, deacons and laity

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 26 and do the “Bishops, Priests, Deacons” worksheet.


GRADE EIGHT - Prayer

• To help students appreciate the importance of personal prayer
• To introduce students to a practical prayer technique they might use in their daily life
• To encourage students to establish daily prayer rituals

HOMEWORK: Read pages 81-84 in your text and complete page 85. Worksheet.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 20 - MARCH 27-28

GRADE ONE— St. Francis of Assisi

• Students will become familiar with St. Francis of Assisi
• Students will see a picture, hear a storybook and see a video about the saint

HOMEWORK: Children can complete the coloring sheet on St. Francis. Parents should read the “Stories About St. Francis and the Animals”.

SAC PREP TWO - The Mass, Part I

• Children will understand that celebrating requires participation.
• Students will discuss some ways we participate in the celebration of Mass.
• Students will understand that there is a certain order to the liturgy of the Eucharist.
• Students will become more familiar with the Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word.

HOMEWORK: Have children fill out the worksheet on the Introductory Rites this Sunday, and the worksheet on the Liturgy of the Word the following Sunday. Also, finish the Review Sheet, if it wasn’t done in class.

THIRD GRADE - Christ Healed the Great Wound

• Children will begin to understand the results Christ’s sacrifice: 1. He reunited man and God. 2. He paid the price for our sins. 3. He opened the gates of Heaven.
• Children will realize that people have been celebrating Mass since the time of Christ.
• Children will take a look at the Introductory Rites at Mass.

HOMEWORK: With your parents complete the worksheet on the Creed.

GRADE FOUR - King David

• Students will hear the story of Samuel and Saul from the Bible and have the opportunity to act it out
• Students will know several stories of King David including his meeting with Goliath, how he sinned by having Bathsheba’s husband killed and how he brought the ark to Jerusalem
• Students will know that David wrote psalms and will read some psalms from the Bible
• Students will visit the church and see the ambry; they will associate the oil which God had made for the Tabernacle with the oil of Sacred Chrism.

HOMEWORK Students can complete the crossword puzzle using the Bible.

GRADE FIVE - Review of the Mass

• Students will review all of the parts of the Mass.
• Students will become familiar with the Concluding Rite
• Students will be introduced to an image of sacraments as “inns” where we are strengthened and refreshed for our journey
• Students will understand that at baptism we receive gifts of faith, hope and love

HOMEWORK: Ask children to be aware of times when their “old self” may be in conflict with their “new self”. Encourage them to pray at those times and think about the strength they have been given through baptism and the Eucharist. 
Read John 6: 1-15 in their Bibles and answer the questions on page 73 in their books.

SIXTH GRADE - God Calls a People - Why Moses?

• Students will explore the various Names of God.
• Students will understand that sometimes people may not appear qualified for the missions God gives them
• Students will explore the idea of having a person relationship with God
• Students will learn about the Ten Plagues

HOMEWORK Complete the front and back of worksheet 22.

GRADE SEVEN - Church

• Students will know that St. Peter was the first Pope.
• They will know that the Pope is the head of our Church.
• Students will recognize that “Mystical Body of Christ” is another name for the Church.
• An opportunity will be given for students to consider their place in the Mystical Body.
• Students will in a very simple way explore how some world religions compare and contrast to Catholicism.
• Students will understand that Catholics are Christian and that there are other baptized Christians who do not share in the fullness of Catholic Faith, though they are part of the Communion of Saints.

HOMEWORK: Look up the passages listed on your worksheet and then write a description of Saint Peter.

GRADE EIGHT - Talking About God

• To encourage students to think more deeply about some of the our beliefs
• To summarize what makes us Catholic.
• To help students understand the importance of the Nicene Creed.

HOMEWORK: Read pages 97-101 in the text. Do the worksheet. A couple of more students will share their saints next week.

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.

OBJECTIVES AND HOMEWORK - Week 14 - January 23-24

GRADE ONE - Jesus Calls Apostles (Vocations)

• Children will know that Jesus had twelve Apostles.
• Children will be familiar with the story of Jesus calling the fishermen.
• Children will understand that Jesus calls each of us to love and serve Him in a special way.
• Children will learn a song about our call, with hand motions.

HOMEWORK: Children should complete Quiz 13 with the help of their parents.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION  - Special Words, Signs, Places

• Children will know that special signs (things we see) and special words (things we hear) are associated with all Sacraments.
• Children will recognize “I absolve you from your sins” as the special words associated with forgiveness and understand that the gesture the priest makes holding his hands over, or touching, the penitent’s head, is a special sign of forgiveness.
• Children will have the opportunity to visit the reconciliation rooms, and the confessionals.
• Children will become familiar with the story of the Forgiving Father (Prodigal Son). 

HOMEWORK: – Complete the “Fill in the blank” activity with parents

GRADE FOUR - Jacob

• Students will hear the story of how Jacob stole Esau’s blessing and how he was tricked when choosing a wife.
• Students will learn that Jacob changed his name to Israel and that the Israelites were God’s chosen people.
• Students will understand the importance of a blessing
• Students will understand that God can turn anything to His purpose and be able to recognize the word Providence
• Students will take an exam over the year’s studies so far and complete their report cards

HOMEWORK: Look up Romans 8:28 and discuss with your parents what this verse has to do with the story of Jacob.  [God’s providence.]  Use the words provided on the homework sheet as prompts and write sentences about the people we have studied this week. 

GRADE FIVE - Liturgical Music

• Children will meet one of our music ministers.
• Children will become familiar with our organ and with how our music is selected
• Students will see where the choir and ensemble members gather and practice for the Mass

HOMEWORK: Come prepared next week prepared to share: What was one thing you learned from the presentation about music? ALSO: Which hymn from Sunday Mass which was your favorite, at what part of the Mass it was used, and who played and sang it?

GRADE SIX - God’s Plan of Salvation

• Students will understand the importance of the spoken word in Biblical times and explore our feelings about it today.
• Students will become familiar with the continuing adventures of Jacob; Jacob’s ladder, his marriage to Leah and Rachel and how he wrestled with an angel.
• Students will learn about the life of St. Martin de Porres

HOMEWORK - Read Genesis 29: 15-30. Write a synopsis of what occurs. Complete page 57 of the text if it was not done in class..

GRADE SEVEN - Reconciliation

• Students will understand the difference between mortal and venial sin.
• Students will have the opportunity to deepen their appreciation of the Sacrament of Penance.
• Students will be familiar with the concept of “near occasion of sin”.
• Students will understand that conscience must be informed.

HOMEWORK: Read Handout on Holy Orders.
Do an informal “Review of the Day” each night. Look at MASTER 16.1 for an idea of questions to use. Do a drawing illustrating one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

GRADE EIGHT - Called to Protect, One

• Students will be able to define and identify the three types of personal boundaries
• Students will be able to give examples of how child molesters try to violate boundaries
• Students will understand that the vast majority of adults care about young people and want the best for them.