Readings for Sunday September 27th
Faith First Teacher Prep for these readings
Faith First Lectionary Session Primary Grades
This Day in Our Church:St Matthew picture (background)
Works out well with the theme! Hooray!
Faith First Grade 3 Chapter 1 resources
Catechism of the Catholic Church link for Chapter 1
Part I: The Profession of Faith
Section 2: The Profession of the Christian Faith
Chapter 1: I Believe in God the Father
Article 1: I Believe in God the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth
279-314 Paragraph 4 The Creator
325-349 Paragraph 5 Heaven and Earth
355-379 Paragraph 6 Man
Activity: Use books of the Bible display to cover the major parts of the Bible.
To make books of the Bible Display- get 73 match books (the small square ones that are little drawers). Remove the matches. Get 10 sheets of sticker paper or full sheet labels. E-mail me for my word document with everything measured out. Cut out each sticker (including the gold strip) and wrap around each match book (with lettering on one spine and gold strip on the second one). Find something to make tiny bookshelves. I found a golf ball display at a yard sale. Made one from inserting foam shelves into 2 shoe boxes but it was awful- use something harder for shelves and find ways to support them. Make sure there is a way to separate the new and old testaments. If you are really ambitious, you can even scan in Bible coloring pages and reduce them to fit in the match books- I try again and again but give up very shortly...
OR: google books of the bible poster and buy one for less than $5- may not be Catholic version.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Example of Class Outline
Catechist Preparation:
Read the Readings for Next Sunday- I go to US Catholic Bishops Site.
Read the Faith First Catechist Preparation for today.
Look over the Faith First lectionary reading session for today
Find and google the Saint of the Day- for today it is Exaltation of the Cross- this is the site I chose for backround. It has a great picture which I will print out to show the class.
You can also check out the Faith First Saint of the Week: Blessed Frederic Ozaman who is the founder of St. Vincent de Paul.
Find the theme of the day- Today it is Lesson 1: God Our Father and Creator.
Find the chapter of the week- for fifth grade it is Chapter 5: Great is the Lord Our God.
Look over the Faith First catechist resources for this lesson.
Find a coloring picture for the day based on one of the readings, a theme in the lessons, or a reading from the chapter.
Read the chapter of course, especially the page with ideas for enhancing the lesson- these make the class more fun and usually bring the point home better than the words.
Once that is done- figure out a way all these fit together.
From the readings and Frederick Ozaman, there is a clear focus on service
From the chapter and Exaltation of the cross, there is a clear focus on the nature of God.
From the Family Guide, we see that we show our love for God when we take care of creation. Man is part of creation- so caring for others will tie that into the theme. OR
we could concentrate on the Psalm and bring it back to the nature of God. Think I'll choose that direction.
Lesson Outline:
Always pick an opening prayer. I choose the one from the Family Guide Theme 1:
Lighting of the candle. Lighting the candle reminds the children that God is present in the room with us- especially as we read the word of God. You can choose your own way to represent this.
Calendar of the church year (optional)- I like to show the children where we are on a round calendar of the church year- this helps them understand the church seasons.
Reading: Have the reading printed out or have someone pre-select the reading from the Bible before class starts. Older children love to do this when it is their turn.
Discussion of the reading. Pick some questions from the online lectionary session or substitute your own. Good to have these in writing but don't be afraid to go the direction God leads when class is started. Take about 5 minutes.
Saint of the Day: Draw attention to the picture you have printed out from your online backround search. Spend a few minutes discussing the saint and tie it back to the lesson. It is good to have a few words from the saint (when using Faith First) or a prayer related to the saint (when using online resources).
Teaching the chapter.
The most important parts of the chapter are these:
The first question on the opening page on the bottom- ask this question to open the lesson for discussion- don't read it. This makes the lesson relevant.
Faith Focus: This shows what the most important points are.
Vocabulary: It is important to add one or two words to student's understanding each week.
Least important parts of the lesson- all the word games and fill in the blanks- do something more memorable to tie in the lesson. This week, I am going to illustrate the story of creation with 7 foam pictures that make each day of creation come alive.
Activity: Choose an activity for the lesson
Closing: Close the lesson with the chapter prayer.
Read the Readings for Next Sunday- I go to US Catholic Bishops Site.
Read the Faith First Catechist Preparation for today.
Look over the Faith First lectionary reading session for today
Find and google the Saint of the Day- for today it is Exaltation of the Cross- this is the site I chose for backround. It has a great picture which I will print out to show the class.
You can also check out the Faith First Saint of the Week: Blessed Frederic Ozaman who is the founder of St. Vincent de Paul.
Find the theme of the day- Today it is Lesson 1: God Our Father and Creator.
Find the chapter of the week- for fifth grade it is Chapter 5: Great is the Lord Our God.
Look over the Faith First catechist resources for this lesson.
Find a coloring picture for the day based on one of the readings, a theme in the lessons, or a reading from the chapter.
Read the chapter of course, especially the page with ideas for enhancing the lesson- these make the class more fun and usually bring the point home better than the words.
Once that is done- figure out a way all these fit together.
From the readings and Frederick Ozaman, there is a clear focus on service
From the chapter and Exaltation of the cross, there is a clear focus on the nature of God.
From the Family Guide, we see that we show our love for God when we take care of creation. Man is part of creation- so caring for others will tie that into the theme. OR
we could concentrate on the Psalm and bring it back to the nature of God. Think I'll choose that direction.
Lesson Outline:
Always pick an opening prayer. I choose the one from the Family Guide Theme 1:
Lighting of the candle. Lighting the candle reminds the children that God is present in the room with us- especially as we read the word of God. You can choose your own way to represent this.
Calendar of the church year (optional)- I like to show the children where we are on a round calendar of the church year- this helps them understand the church seasons.
Reading: Have the reading printed out or have someone pre-select the reading from the Bible before class starts. Older children love to do this when it is their turn.
Discussion of the reading. Pick some questions from the online lectionary session or substitute your own. Good to have these in writing but don't be afraid to go the direction God leads when class is started. Take about 5 minutes.
Saint of the Day: Draw attention to the picture you have printed out from your online backround search. Spend a few minutes discussing the saint and tie it back to the lesson. It is good to have a few words from the saint (when using Faith First) or a prayer related to the saint (when using online resources).
Teaching the chapter.
The most important parts of the chapter are these:
The first question on the opening page on the bottom- ask this question to open the lesson for discussion- don't read it. This makes the lesson relevant.
Faith Focus: This shows what the most important points are.
Vocabulary: It is important to add one or two words to student's understanding each week.
Least important parts of the lesson- all the word games and fill in the blanks- do something more memorable to tie in the lesson. This week, I am going to illustrate the story of creation with 7 foam pictures that make each day of creation come alive.
Activity: Choose an activity for the lesson
Closing: Close the lesson with the chapter prayer.
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