Dear Parents,
On Jan. 6 all classes copied twenty vocabulary words and their definitions in their ELA notebooks listed under the heading: Vocabulary Review for Mid Term Exams. Please make sure all students review these well.
Please see below for a study guide in Religion for each class. Please remember that third and fourth grade will be taking the archdiocesan exam on line in January. Below is an outline. More notes will be sent home next week. ALL GRADES SHOULD ALLSO STUDY THE TWENTY VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS IN THEIR ELA NOTEBOOK AND WORK ON REVIEWING THE REST OF THE GRAMMAR SKILLS (with one star).
FOURTH GRADE Religion Study Guide
We are created in God's image so we are able to think, love, and make choices.
Creation reflects the beauty, wisdom, and goodness of God.
Respect for life : respect for the unborn, elderly, and the handicapped
Sanctus prayer: prayer said or sung at every Mass. MEMORIZE PRAYER in notebook.
Know how to pray the rosary (see text p. 328: left side). Study the Luminous Mysteries (the Five Mysteries of Light (p. 328 at the bottom) and see http://www.catholic.org/prayers/mystery.php?id=4 for explanation of these mysteries. MEMORIZE THESE MYSTERIES.
Conscience formation is a lifelong process. It means learnig to know and to choose the good that God wants for us. It is through conscience that we judge whether an act is right or wrong. Free will is the ability to make choices. The sources of conscience formation are: scripture, church teachings, and examples by good people.
Know the six steps for making a good moral choice. MEMORIZE THESE STEPS in notebook.
Temptation is NOT sinful but can cause us to make selfish choices.
Examination of conscience is the act of determining whether the choices we have made showed love for God, ourselves, and others. (See text pp. 62-63).
Know how we celebrate Advent:
*lasts four weeks; liturgical color is purple
*create an Advent wreath with 3 purple candles and one rose candle
*set up a Jesse tree: bare branches decorated with Bible symbols
*set up a Nativity scene: Mary and Joseph in a stable with Jesus lying in a manger.
Know how we celebrate Christmas:
*lasts two weeks: liturgical color is white
*celebrate the birth of Jesus by attending Mass
*sing Christmas carols
*spend time with family and friends and exchange gifts
Sin is a choice to disobey God's laws either by thought, word, action, or omission
Mortal -serious sin that breaks our relationship with God
Venial - less serious sin that weakens our relationship with God
Omission - failure to do what is right
Covenant - agreement God made with the Israellites (Chosen People) to teach them to love (Study text pp. 96 to 98.)
True freedom comes from following Jesus' Law of Love. The more one does what is good , the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except of what is good and just.
Ten Commandments- law of God to do good and avoid evil given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The first three deal with love of God and the last seven deal with love of neighbor. MEMORIZE EACH OF THE TEN COMMAMDMENTS.
Jesus' Two Great Commandments: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself." MEMORIZE
Jesus' New Commandment: " Love one another. Such as my love has been for you, so must you love be for one another." MEMORIZE
Beatitudes - ideals of Christian behavior. These are Jesus' teachings to reveal God's plan for our true happiness. It is also called Sermon on the Mount.
THIRD GRADE Religion Study Guide
Blessed Trinity is our model of love. We need to use God's name with reverence (respect).
Jesus was sent by God, the Father to show us how to love God, ourselves, and others. Jesus reveals the Father and the Holy Spirit to us.
Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God in the parables of "The Mustard Seed" and "The Sower of Seeds." Study text pp. 296-299 and in notebook.
In the Lord's Prayer we pray "thy kingdom come.."
Examples of miracles are "The Wedding of Cana," "The Widow's Son, " and "the Multiplication of Loaves." Study each of these miracles in the notebook.
Followers of Jesus belong to his church and are called to love everyone even our enemies.
Respect to life refers to respect for the unborn, elderly, and handicapped. We are called to care for ourselves by caring for our bodies, gifts, and talents. We are expected to care for the property, possessions, and reputation of others. We are also expected to practice stewardship by caring for all of God's creation.
Jesus' Two Great Commandments: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself." MEMORIZE
Know how we celebrate Advent:
*lasts four weeks; liturgical color is purple
*create an Advent wreath with 3 purple candles and one rose candle
*set up a Jesse tree: bare branches decorated with Bible symbols
*set up a Nativity scene: Mary and Joseph in a stable with Jesus lying in a manger.
Know how we celebrate Christmas:
*lasts two weeks: liturgical color is white
*celebrate the birth of Jesus by attending Mass
*sing Christmas carols
*spend time with family and friends and exchange gifts
Sin is refusal to love and obey God
Mortal -serious sin that breaks our relationship with God
Venial - less serious sin that weakens our relationship with God
Omission - failure to do what is right
Know the four steps of the Reconciliation(text pp 212-213)
Study the parable of "The Good Samaritan" in the notebook. The first two men who passed by committed a sin of omission.
The Ten Commandments are the standards for love. MEMORIZE.THEM.
The Church is a community who share the same faith and sacraments.
SECOND GRADE Religion Study Guide
Study the definitions of the flash card vocabulary words for Units 1 and 2 on www.sadlierreligion.com that should have been printed out and glued on index cards by now!
We reviewed these in class today. More information about reviewing for the mid term will be available next week after our faculty meeting on Friday because we were told to wait until then before planning any further.
