Grade 3 lesson calendar 2016-17
Teacher: Kate McGowan, Elena & Sylvester Shields
9/11Classes begin – Unit 1 - God Sends Us His Own Son
9/18Unit 2– Jesus Teaches Us About God’s Love, FSGC topics secrets – this
is a secret we don’t want to keep –role of the church
9/25 Unit 3 - Christ Will Come Again
10/2Unit 4 - the Church Begins
10/9Columbus Day Holiday
10/16FAMILY CATECHESIS – BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH YEAR
UNIT 6 AND WHERE MARY FITS, JEANNE KAYE WILL TALK ABOUT MARY, WE WILL DO WORK FROM UNIT 25 ON GOD’S HOLY PEOPLE
10/23Unit 5 - We Learn About the Early Church
10/30Unit 8 – The Church has Four Marks
11/6Unit 9 – The Church Teaches Us – FSGC topics appropriate boundaries,
trusted adults, good touch-bad touch
11/13Unit 10 – the Church Prays – FSGC topics role of the church
11/20FAMILY CATECHESIS ON SAINTS – WE WILL DO MORE OF UNIT 25 AND THE CHURCH YEAR/ORDINARY TIME AS WE DISCUSS HOW SAINTS ARE CELEBRATED ALL YEAR
11/27OFF FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK
12/4Unit 11 – the Parish is Our Home – FSGC topics safe environments
12/11Unit 12 – God Calls Us to Holiness – FSGC topics bullying, peer relationship
12/18FAMILY CATECHESIS – ADVENT LEADS TO CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS –
YOU WILL REHEARSE IN THE FIRST HALF FOR THE SONG IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MORNING
12/25Jan.1CHRISTMAS BREAK
1/8REVIEW MASS BEHAVIOR AND PRAYERS– WE WILL BRING ALL
STUDENTS TO MASS AT 11 AM THIS WEEK AFTER CLASS TO CELEBRATE CATHOLIC STUDENTS SUNDAY
1/15Unit 15 – We Celebrate the Sacraments
1/22FAMILY CATECHESIS FOOD OUTREACH – WE WILL MAKE THE MEALS
FOR THE FIRST HALF AND THE 8TH GRADE WILL LEAVE AS USUAL TO DELIVER, THEN WE WILL DO SOME MATERIALS FROM UNIT 22 WE CONTINUE THE WORK OF JESUS
1/29CLASS CANCELLED, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OPEN HOUSE
2/5Unit 16 – Celebrating Eucharist – the Mass
2/12FAMILY CATECHESIS ON THE MASS – WE WILL USE THE MATERIALS FROM
UNIT 23 FOR YOUR GRADE LEVEL HERE IN THE FIRST HALF, THEN THE FIFTH GRADE WILL ACT OUT THE MASS IN THE SECOND HALF
2/19Unit 17 – We Worship at Mass
2/26Unit 18 – Celebrating Penance & Reconciliation-FSGC topics role of the church
3/5Unit 20 – Lent& Ash prayer service in GYM at 10:30
3/12Unit 19 – We Pray for Healing & Eternal Life FSGC topics role of the Church, life is a gift from
God
3/19FAMILY CATECHESIS – SAINTS OF LENT AND SEDER MEAL
3/26Unit 23 – The Church Respects All People - FSGC topics life is a gift from God
4/2Unit 24 – The Church is Worldwide & Unit 26 - The Kingdom of God
Grows
4/9Unit 21 – The Three Days & Unit 27 - Easter
4/16No classes Easter Sunday
4/23FAMILY CATECHESIS – CSI RESURRECTION
4/30YEAR REVIEW