-Attend and participate in

Mass twice a week

-Explain liturgical roles

and themes for

monthly liturgies

for the entire school

year

We Believe

-Explain how God

reveals himself to us

-Identify ways that we

respond to God’s

revelation in faith

-Describe how we use

creeds to profess our

faith

-Demonstrate how the

gift of faith touches

lives every day

-Serving Class

Demonstrate the proper

way to serve at Mass

-Identify how God

reveals himself in

Sacred Scripture

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in

Mass twice a week

-Explain why the Old Testament is an Important part of the Bible

-Identify why the Gospel is at the center of the New Testament

-Connect the stories of the Bible with everyday life

-Identify ways that God speaks and invites us to listen to him

-Explain how Samuel responded to God’s call

-Connect the theme of listening to God to our daily lives

-Explain why we celebrate the sacraments

-Describe what we celebrate in the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation

-Express how the sacrament of the Eucharist celebrates Christ’s presence

-Describe the use of holy oils in Church

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

Artwork

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Describe land, people, religion, and culture of people of Japan

-Learn about the religion of the Buddhist people

-Compare Buddhism to Catholicism

-Describe the life of the missionary St. Francis Xavier

-Reflect on life of the Japanese culture

-Experience Japanese food, drink, and traditions

Faith First (cont.)

-Explain why we call God the Father, the Almighty

-Describe God’s Divine Providence

-Explain why human beings are the greatest of all God’s creation

-Describe ways that we are stewards of God’s creation

-Explain God’s plan for salvation -Explain how Isaiah

described the Messiah -Describe who people believe the Messiah is

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Identify the theme of God promised messiah to our daily lives

-Learn to pray the rosary

-Community Outreach –food collection

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Choose a saint to learn about

-Research a saint through the use of books and Internet

-Write a report on the saint

-Insert a picture of the saint

-Make a neat final copy of the saint report

-Publish the report

-Write letters of thanks to parents and teachers

-Explain liturgical year and ordinary time

-Explain God’s plan for salvation

-Explain how Isaiah described the Messiah

-Describe who Christians believe the Messiah is 

-Identify the theme of God’s promised messiah to our daily lives

-Explain how God kept his promise to save us

-Identify ways in which Jesus showed us that he was God’s Promised One 

-Describe what the works of Jesus teach us

-Explain the connection between Jesus’ life and our lives

-Describe the image of the shepherd

-Express how Jesus is the Good Shepherd

-Illustrate how we are followers of Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

Artwork

-Describe what we do to live as followers of Jesus

-Explain what it means to be People of God and Church

-Pinwheels for Peace 

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Create Advent wreaths, write weekly goals to do for Advent on each candle

-Participate in weekly Advent service in the classroom and as a school family

-Advent - Week 1 Light of the World

-Advent - Week 2

God’s Messenger

-Advent - Week 3

Be Ready

-Advent – Week 4

God Saves

-Explain that the liturgy is the work of the Church

-Describe what we remember and celebrate in liturgy

-Summarize the Church’s liturgical year

-Describe ways the Church prays all day long

-Advent outreach letters

-Create and practice liturgical dance for Advent liturgy

Outreach:

-Donate to Hat and Mitten Tree

-Receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Christmas – Week 1

The Birth of Jesus

-Christmas – Week 2

Savior of the World

-Benziger-Family Life

-See how family members depend on one another

-Explore ways to grow in love

-Discover a way families can pray together

-Realize the importance of rules in family life

-Explore my freedom to make choices

-See how God’s rules work with family rules

-See that there are many types of feelings. Feelings tell me something about myself

-Learn how to listen to and name my feelings

-See that Jesus can help me understand my feelings

-Discover ways to act on my feelings 

-Choose between right and wrong actions

-Know how the sacrament of Reconciliation can help to make right choices

-Learn the human life cycle

-Discover the value of life in all its stages of growth 

-See that the Church is made up of people of all ages

-Catholic Schools Week

activities

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Family Life (cont.)

-Discover the importance of my personal health

-Jump rope/ Hoops for Heart

-St. Jude’s Mathathon

Student questioning

Assignments/Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Artwork

-Consider how the health of the environment affects health

-Learn that Jesus used heal- ing and caring for others asa sign of God’s love

-Learn the many systems that make up the human body

-See that human beings are made up of bodies and souls

-Understand the Church as the Body of Christ

-Lenten activities

-Lent – Week 1

The Church’s sacred time

-Lent – Week 2

Celebrate Forgiveness

-Lent – Week 3

Pray Always

-Pray the Stat. of the Cross

-Family Life (cont.)

-Know the make-up of the human cell

-Understand how reproduction and growth take place

-See that Jesus says to enjoy growing up

-See that excluding others is wrong

-Learn how to build community

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Lent – Week 4

A Cheerful Giver

-Lent Week 5

The Gift of Peace

-Holy Week

Palm Sunday

Triduum – Holy Thursday

Triduum – Good Friday

Triduum – Easter

-Family Life (cont.)

-Learn the importance of my gifts

-Discover different vocations in which we can share our gifts

-Understand the calling of all Christians to serve others

-Faith First (cont.)

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Artwork

-Rec. Sac of Reconciliation

-Describe why God made us to be happy

-Explain what the Beatitudes tell us about happiness

-Summarize what the Beatitudes tell us about living a happy life

-Demonstrate ways we find true happiness in God

-Describe how our con- science helps us make good choices

-Explain that sin is choosing what is evil

-Illustrate how the Holy Spirit helps us to choose good

-Demonstrate ways we follow Jesus and make good choices

-Explain that God led the Israelites out of slavery and into freedom

-Express how the Ten Commandments help the Israelites live the covenant

-Summarize the importance of the Ten Commandments

-Explain that the Church is filled with people God chose as leaders

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Easter Week - 2

The Gift of Peace

-Easter Week – 3

The Road to Emmaus

-Easter Week – 4

Proclaim the Good News

-Easter Week – 5

Love One Another

-Easter Week – 6

Faith in Action

-Faith First (cont.)

-Explain how the First Commandment helps us

Show our love for God 

-Describe how the Second Commandment helps us Show our love for God

-Explain how the Third

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

Artwork

Commandment helps us to worship God

-Illustrate ways that we can keep God at the center of our lives

-Explain how our words and actions show that we honorthose in authority

-Describe how the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Command- ments help us to love others as Jesus taught us

-Express how the Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth Commandments help us show our love for others

-Demonstrate ways we can live the last seven commandments and show love for others

-Summarize how the prophets helped God’s people

-Explain what Jesus saidabout the Law and the Prophets

-Describe how Jesus ful- filled the Law and the Prophets

-Demonstrate ways we can live Jesus’ New Command- ment

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

-Attend and participate in Mass twice a week

-Pray the rosary

-Explain how Jesus helped his disciples

-Summarize the events of Pentecost

-Illustrate how the Holy Spirit helps us in our lives

-Illustrate how symbols help us to understand the Spirit

-Describe what we do when we pray

-Summarize the ways in which the Church prays

-Discover that in the Nicene Creed, we profess our faith in God

-Demonstrate that we are people of prayer

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website

Artwork

-Attend and participate

in Mass twice a week

-Pray the rosary

-Explain why Christians

praise God

-Describe the four kinds of

prayer

-Explain three ways to

express our prayers to God

-Demonstrate that Christians

are people of prayer

-Identify Jesus as "Teacher"

-Relate how Jesus taught

the disciples and us to pray

-Explain what Jesus teaches

us in the Our Father

-Demonstrate how to live the

words of the Our Father

Student questioning

Assignments

Tests

At home activities

At home interviews

Bible use

Projects

Prayer writing

Faith First website