10-23 Chapters 5 and 6

We focused on Chapters 5 and 6 this week. Chapter 5 is We Can Choose What is Good and Chapter 6 is We Celebrate God's Forgiveness. 

In Chapter 5 we talked about conscience and making choices. We know that we have "free will" to make choices. We compared it to a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. 

We talked about how choices can sometimes be hard to make. But it is important that we make the right ones. Some things we thought of: finding money on the ground, standing up for someone who is getting picked on, and telling the truth instead of a small lie. 

We worked in small groups to make up our own role playing situations. 

9-25 Chapters 1 and 2

We spent our second class focusing on Chapters 1 & 2. 

In Chapter 1, we learned about Our Church welcoming us. 

In Chapter 2, we learned about belonging to The Church. 

We learned that The Church means more than just The Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg, IL. We talked about the Pope being our head of the Church all over the world. 

We also learned about how Baptism welcomes us to the church. We acted out a baptism and each of us played an important part: Mom, Dad, Godmother, Godfather, Priest, and family. Important symbols in baptism: oil, water, and white clothing. 

Check out the Chapters about baptism. Take some time showing your child pictures of his/her own baptism and remembering these important pieces. 

At the end of class we drew a picture about what we learned. We are going to do this at the end of every class. It will be a great opportunity to look back during the year at the important things we have learned.

Acting out the Baptism

9-18 Welcome

We had a great first day of class! We started with a family Mass and the went to our classroom. 

We started by praying around our prayer table. We start each class by praying around the prayer table. We say a prayer thanking God and praising God for everything in our lives. Then we ask for prayers for people in our lives that need our help. After we have said names of people we would like to pray for, we have a moment of silence to think about those whose names were not said aloud. 

We each drew a map to share information about ourselves. We wrote our names in the middle and then drew pictures to represent ourselves around the outside. 

Miss Stephanie and Miss Anita did it too so our students could learn about us!

We ended class by praying an M&M prayer. Each color stood for something specific we prayed for.