The 5th grade students will be instructed
using the curriculum entitled "Christ Our Life" by Loyola
Press. Below are some highlights of what will be learned:
1. PRAYERS:
All children are required to learn the following prayers in 5th Grade.
Please make time to pray them with your child. Thank you. Below is a
list of prayers your child will be learning this year. They will be
tested with written and oral tests periodically throughout the year.
Please go to the link for the full text of each prayer.
The Angelus
The Memorare
The Mysteries of the Rosary
Stations of the Cross
Hail Mary
Our Father
Act of Contrition
Glory Be
Morning Offering
Grace before and after meals
The Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed
2.
CONTENT:
Word: The Bible is our primary source of
God's Self-Revelation
The Old
Testament records the faith of the people of Israel
The New
Testament offers us a record of the teachings of Jesus as well as an expression
of the faith of Jesus' followers
In Jesus,
God's Self-Revelation is complete
Jesus
introduces and preaches the concept of the Reign/Kingdom of God in parables
Jesus'
teaching shows the relationship between the Kingdom of God and the
"Law"
Jesus as the
paradigm for healer and reconciler offers us an exemplary model for human
relationship
The words and
actions of Jesus serve as model for the legitimacy of the "preferential
option for the poor"
Jesus' mandate that we continue his mission of compassionate service is reveled
to us in the Sermon on the Mount and in Matthew's description of the final
judgment
In the Acts
of the Apostles, we see the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church
The mission
of the church begins with Jesus' Ascension and the Descent of the Holy
Spirit
The New
Testament is the root of our understanding of Jesus as the "Bread of
Life"
The New
Testament is the source of our understanding of the "Real Presence" of
Jesus
in the Eucharist
St. Paul is
the source of our understanding of the Baptism as a dying and rising
with Christ
The Holy
Spirit is made known to us in this life through her Gifts and Fruit (St. Paul)
3. The
Good News Weekly
The children will
purchase this weekly gospel Good News. It provides stories and activities
on the Readings from the Bible that will be read at Sunday mass.
Each week the children will read and write a reflection on Monday about the
readings in their Religion journal.
4. Liturgy
The children will attend
and participate in mass using the liturgical responses as noted on the Prayer
web link. The 5th Graders in Sister Bernadette's class also experience the
Living Stations during Lent and share this experience with the school and
parents.
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