Chapter 3: November 6, 2021

 Chapter 3: Jesus Grew Up in a Family 

Opening Prayer: Our Father 

Vocabulary: 

• Christmas - The time when we celebrate the birth of God’s Son, Jesus

• Holy Family - the family of Jesus, Mary and Joesph

In- class Activity - Everyone take 5-10 minutes and draw a picture of your family.

Background: What is special about families? (What makes a family or your family special)

We Gather: 

• To help understand what makes families special, we are going to read a story about Jamie and herfamily. 

• Imagine that you are Jamie, what would you have thought when you first heard the news? What would help change your mind?

• What was special about Jamie’s family?

We Believe: 

• God chose Mary to be the Mother of his Son

• God loved Mary very much and Mary always did what God wanted. 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZXtTgZ0rpI

• Jesus loves his mother and wants us to love her too!

• Because Mary married a man named Joseph, Joseph would be Jesus' foster father. 

• Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth which was far away from the city of Bethlehem where Jesus was born.

• During this time, there was a new law passed and Mary and Joseph had to travel all the way from Nazareth to Bethlehem. 

• Since it was very far away, they had to travel by walking and by riding on a donkey. 

• Eventually Mary and Joseph arrived at Bethlehem and soon after Jesus was born!

• We call the day of Jesus' Birth, Christmas! 

We Believe: 

• Jesus lived in Nazareth with Mary and Joseph.

• We call Jesus, Mary and Joseph the Holy Family. 

• This Holy Family obeyed God the Father and prayed to him. 

• Jesus, Mary and Joseph believed in the one, true God. 

• They loved God very much and they obeyed God’s Laws. 

• The Holy Family prayed Every morning and every night.

• They even joined other Jewish families for prayer each week. Think of it like us going to mass!

• Just like the Holy Family, we have to pray to God everyday.

• When should we pray to God?

• We can pray to God when we wake up.

• We can pray to God when we go to bed.

• We can pray to God when we go to mass.

• We can also pray to God before we eat. When we pray before we eat we can say this prayer: 

Bless us, O Lord and these your gifts which we are about to receive from your goodness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Ending Prayer: 1 Hail Mary/ 1 Glory Be

Homework#2

Assigned on: October 30,2021

Due on: November 6,2021 

Answers are in red 

1) Remember we believe in the Blessed Trinity. The Blessed Trinity is one God in three persons. Write the name of the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit

2) In your notebook write the Our Father prayer once. 

Our Father 

Who art in Heaven,

Hallowed be Thy name;

Thy Kingdom come 

Thy will be done 

On earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those

Who trespass against us;

And lead us not into temptation, 

But deliver us from evil 

Amen. 

October 30, 2021: Chapter 2

 Chapter two: We Believe in the Blessed Trinity 

Background: Have you ever waited for something good to happen? (Like a celebration) How did you feel while you waited? 

Vocabulary: 

• Blessed Trinity - One God in Three Persons; God the Father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit

• Prayer - Listening and talking to God 

• Sign of the cross - prayer to the Blessed Trinity 

We Gather: 

• God made a promise to help his people. In order to keep his promise, he sent Jesus to live with us on earth

• God sent an angel to ask Mary to be the Mother of Jesus and so she did

• Jesus shows us: 

• How much God loves us 

• How to love God 

• How to love ourselves

• How to love one another 

• Jesus also made a promise to help people as well. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to always be our helper. 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge-zRHVdBuA

• There are three persons in one God: (The Blessed Trinity is one God in Three Persons) 

•  God the father is the first person of the Blessed Trinity. 

• God the Son is the second person of the Blessed Trinity 

• God the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Blessed Trinity 

• The sign of the cross is a prayer to the Blessed Trinity 

•  The sign of the cross reminds us that we believe in the Blessed Trinity

•  When we pray we show our love to God

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpulbTZ_YZ8

• There is no wrong way to pray! There are different forms of pray that we can do .

•  We can say prayers written by others (ex: The Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)

• We can pray with our words by just having a conversation with God 

•  Things that we are scared of 

• Family members or friends that we may worry about 

• Your day at school etc

• Giving thanks for our meals 

• Ask for forgiveness 

• So much more!

Ending Prayer: Hail Mary and glory Be

Homework#1

 Assigned on:October 23,2021

Due on:October 30,2021

Directions: Out of the two words in the parenthesis, choose the one that best goes with the sentence.

Answers are in red 

1) The bible is a special (Book/Picture) about God. Book

2) God (did/did not) not create everyone to be exactly alike. did not

3)God promises to love us only at (special times/always) always

Welcome Parents & Students to Saturday Pre-Communion 1A

I am your Catechist, Ms. Amanda Dos Santos, and I would like to welcome you to our First Year of Studies in preparation for your First Holy Communion.

Parents, please click on the links to read the following documents from Queen of Angels Office of Faith Formation & Youth Ministry.

 1.       Please click the link ORIENTATION VIDEO

       2.       Click here for STUDENT PACKET

       3.       Click here for online CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC
        CHURCH: Eng / Span

       4.       Click here for online CATHOLIC BIBLE (NAB): Eng / Span

October 23,2021: Chapter 1

 Chapter One: God is Our Father 

Opening Prayer: Hail Mary 

Background: 

Vocabulary: 

1. Creation: Is everything God made 

2. Create: “To make” 

3. Bible: the book of God’s word

We Gather 

• God created our wonderful world

• God created people 

• God created people so that we can love, know, and serve him. 

• Did God create every person to be alike? No. Every individual person is special in their own way. 

• God wants us to take care of his gifts, creations, the world. 

• What are some ways that we can care for God’s special gifts? (ex: pet, a family member who is sick, etc)

• God gives us special gifts 

• God gave us the gift to do many things that animals and plants cannot do 

• We can think and learn 

• We can care for God’s World

• We can share love with our families and friends 

• We can listen to and talk to God 

• We read about God’s creation in the Bible

• What is the bible? The bible is the book of God’s word

• We believe that everything he created is good

• God our Father loves us very much and he wants us to love him 

• God our Father promises to be with us and love us always

• It is important for us to remember God’s promises

NO CLASS ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 2021

 Good Morning students, 

As mentioned last week there will be no class this Saturday October 16, 2021. This only applies to our Saturday 1A class. Class will start again on Saturday October 22, 2021. Have a wonderful week!