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| Unit Theme | What Catholics Believe | How Catholics Worship | How Catholics Live | How Catholics Pray |
| Unit 1 God's Love Creates the Universe Children will realize that all of creation is a gift from God, who created all things out of his deep and abiding love for us. 1. God Creates the Skies 2. God Creates the World 3. God Creates the Animals 4. God Creates People |
• God always sees the good in creation. • The beauty God created exists everywhere. • God created animals to be our friends. • We are made in God’s image and likeness. |
• Water is a sacramental sign of God’s presence with us. | • We are responsible for caring for all created things. • We believe that God created everything we need to be happy. • The saints teach us how to care for God’s gifts. • God wants us to love one another. |
• We thank and praise God for his wonderful gifts to us. • Alleluia! All of creation gives praise to God! |
| Unit 2 God's Love Makes Me Who I Am Children will learn that their bodies, talents, feelings, and senses are gifts from a loving God. 5. God Creates Me 6. God Gives Me Feelings 7. God Creates My Senses |
• Our loving God created our bodies. • God’s love for us makes us special. • Our five senses are gifts from God. |
• At Mass, we use our five senses to worship God. • Sacramentals enhance our worship by engaging our senses. |
• We recognize our talents as gifts from God. • Feelings are good. We must learn to identify our feelings and share them with others. • We use our senses to discover the world. |
• We thank God that we are wonderfully made. • Litanies and hymns are forms of prayer. |
| Unit 3 God's Love Gives Me People to Love Children will learn that God gives them many people to love- families, friends, and neighbors. 8. God Gives Me a Family 9. God Gives Me Friends 10. God Gives Me Teachers 11. God Gives Me Neighbors |
• God has given us special people who love and care for us. • God wants us to be good friends to one another. • We develop our skills and talents with the help of our teachers. |
• We can give love as well as receive it. | • There are many ways that we can help others. • We cooperate with one another as friends. • We learn about the saints, who teach us how to be good Christians. • When we help others, we are good neighbors. |
• We thank God for our families and friends. • We can ask God to help us be good friends. • We can pray, using movements and gestures. |
| Unit 4 God's Love Gives Me Jesus Children will learn that God gives them his Son, Jesus, who teaches them to love God, themselves, and others. 12. Jesus Comes to Us 13. We Are God's Children 14. Jesus Gathers Friends 15. Jesus Tells Stories 16. Jesus Gives Thanks 17. Jesus Celebrates 18. Jesus Lives God's Love |
• Jesus is the greatest sign of God’s love. • We are all God’s children and are both alike and different. • Jesus told stories to tell us about God’s love. We read these stories in the Bible. • Through the Incarnation, Jesus reveals God’s love to us. • When we celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus is present. • The Mass helps us to be faithful followers of Jesus. |
• At Mass, we use special prayers, signs, and objects to worship God. • At Mass, we listen to stories about Jesus. (The Gospel Acclamation is introduced.) • The Mass is a prayer of thanks for God’s love. (The word Eucharist is introduced.) • At Mass, the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus. |
• We can be signs of God’s love. • Jesus is present to all people. • We gather with our parish community to listen to God’s Word in the Bible. • We offer prayers to God in Jesus’ name. • We show our love for Jesus by loving others. |
• We learn to pray the Sign of the Cross. • We learn to pray the Mass responses. • Prayer is words put into action. |
| Unit 5 God's Love Teaches Me to Love The children will celebrate God's love for them and their love for God and others. 19. God Loves Us 20. We Love Jesus 21. We Love Others |
• The Sacrament of Baptism makes us children of God and members of the Church for all eternity. • Jesus is the Son of God. • Mary, the Mother of Jesus, loves us. |
• Through the Sacrament of Baptism, we become members of the Catholic Church. • We tell Bible stories to remind us of how Jesus wants us to live. • We follow the example of Jesus and Mary. |
• Jesus is the Light of the World. • We pray with joy and give thanks for all God’s blessings. • We learn the Hail Mary. |
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