Suggested Schedule for Teachers

Suggested Schedule for Teachers

We Share in the Eucharist

The following is a suggested schedule that will assure completion of the program in time for the celebration of the sacrament.

**There is a PPT to accompany the lesson. The numbered slides mentioned in the lessons refer to it.

Date / Pages/ Activity
1: God Gives You Life
Week 1 / Lesson 1 /

Handout Books to students
Remove Family Guide from center of book. Make sure to send home an email prior to let families know this book will be coming home. Explain to students this is to go to their parents.
Have students turn to pages 4 and 5 in their student books. Read through page 4 and assist student in completing page 5, using the accompanying slide 1
Do page 6; We Walk with Jesus
Do page 7; A Day to Remember

Lesson 2 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 2
Do pages 8 - 9; A Meal to Remember
During this section of the book you may want to discuss with kids important meals they celebrate.
Art suggestion: The last supper craft, based on the famous Leonardo da VinciLast Supperpainting
Video suggestion:
End day with afternoon prayer slide 3

Lesson 3 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 2
Do pages 10 - 11; Your Parish Church
Community connection: Invite a priest from your local parish, or/and a parishioner that has been a part of the parish a long time.
End day with afternoon prayer slide 3

Lesson 4 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 4

Do pages 12-13; We Learn About the Mass & Things Children see at Mass
Book Connection:
A Child’s Book of the Mass, by Betsy Puntel and Hannah Roberts
Activity Ideas:
Have a representative from the Church come into the classroom and bring actual items used, such as a Chalice and Paten.
Movie Suggestion:
The Mass: Brother Francis
End day with Afternoon prayer slide 5

Lesson 5 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 4

Do pages 14: We Share Greetings.
Activity Pages
This link will take you to an overview of the Greeting as well as activity sheets for students about the Greeting.
Do pages 15: We Are a Family
End day with Afternoon prayer slide 5

Week 2 / Lesson 1 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 4

Do pages 16 – 17: We Ask for Forgiveness
Activity Pages
This link will take you to a page with a wealth of ideas on how to teach the Penitential Act to your students. There is also a list of five wonderful actives (see one of them below)
Cakewalk- Use paper plates for this activity. Write a line of the Penitential Act on each paper plate. Arrange the plates in a circle- like a cakewalk- with the words in order. While music plays, the children walk around the circle of plates. When the music stops, the person standing on the plate with first line of the Penitential Act starts. Each child reads the words he/she is standing on until together they have said the Penitential Act. Continue playing several times
End day with Afternoon prayer slide 5

Lesson 2 /

Start with the Morning prayer slide 4

Do pages 18: We Sing Our Praise What Have you Learned
Music Connection
Play for students the video of the singing of the Gloria
Activity:
This link has activities and games for all the parts of the Mass.
End day with Afternoon prayer slide 5

Lesson 3 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 19: We Share God’s Word
Activity:
Very cool idea called ‘Books of the Bible Fishing”, hands on way to help students learn the books of the bible and what the focus of some of them.
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Lesson 4 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 20 - 22: We Learn About the Bible
Movie Connection:
Disney’s the Prince of Egypt
Activity:
Great Site, has Ten commandments group activities, worksheets, vocabulary and discussion topics
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Lesson 5 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 23 – 24:We Welcome Jesus
Activity:
Have students come up with a way they can share the story of Jesus with others.
Book Connection:
The Light of the World: The Life of Jesus for Children. By Katherine Paterson
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Week 3 / Lesson 1 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 25-26: The Liturgy of the Word & We Hear the Gospel
Activity:
This link has a craft and a game for helping students remember the sequence of readings during the Liturgy of the Word.
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Lesson 2 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 27: We Profess our Faith
Video
Short video, animated, of the Apostles Creed from Brother Francis video series
Activity: This link has coloring pages to match each part of the Apostles Creed.
Craft:
Fun craft to do with kids.
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Lesson 3 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 6
Do pages 28 – 29: We Pray for Others & What Have you Learned
Activity
A number of Great, hands-on, meaningful activities for intercessory prayer- Teaching Children to be Intercessors-12 Great Ideas
End day with afternoon prayer slide 7

Lesson 4 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 8
Do pages 30-31: We Give Thanks
Game
Tithing: A simple game to help reinforce tithing to students
Mini-lesson
A short mini lesson focusing on the importance of Tithing (Link)
End day with afternoon prayer slide 9

Lesson 5 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 8
Do pages 32-33: We Offer read and Wine
Video Suggestion:
Great overview of how Communion bread (altar bread) Watch from 15:03 – 20:20 (link)
Interesting info
This link will take you to the website of the community that makes the altar bread for our parish in Grande Prairie
End day with afternoon prayer slide 9

Week 4 / Lesson 1 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 8
Do pages 33-35: We Lift out Heats & We Begin the “Great Prayer”
End day with afternoon prayer slide 9

Lesson 2 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 8
Do pages 36-37: We Can Pray Always & What Have you Learned
Book suggestions: Thank you, God: A lift-the Flap Book (From Kids around the World (link)
Video suggestion:Let’s Pray (episode 1 in Brother Francis Series)
End day with afternoon prayer slide 9

Lesson 3 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 10
Do pages 38-39: We Remember and Celebrate
Book suggestions: Thank you, God: A lift-the Flap Book (From Kids around the World (link)
Video suggestion:The Bread of Life: Brother Francis
Youtube: A short video going over the parts of the Gospels that refer to Jesus saying HE IS the bread of life
End day with afternoon prayer slide 11

Lesson 4 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 10
Do pages 40-43: We “See” with Faith, We imitate Jesus & Alex Makes a Sacrifice
Book Suggestions: Children’s books on sacrifice; The Quilt makers Gift by Jeff Brumbeau & The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen
End day with afternoon prayer slide 11

Lesson 5 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 10
Do pages 44-47: We Pray Together, We Offer Ourselves & What Have you learned.
End day with afternoon prayer slide 11

Week 5 / Lesson 1 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 12

Do pages 48-49: We share the Bread of Life & We Celebrate Sacraments
Game Suggestion:Win, Lose or Draw: Combines Charades and drawing in order to review the symbols of the sacraments of Initiation.

End day with afternoon prayer slide 13

Lesson 2 /

Start with Morning Prayer slide 12

Do pages 51-53: Jesus is the Real Bread, We Prepare for Communion, & We Ask for Mercy