® Faith in Action Scope & Sequence SCHOOL PROGRAM Grades K-8 NEWLY UPDATED & REVISED Scope and Sequence Unit Theme What Catholics Believe How Catholics Worship How Catholics Live How Catholics Pray Unit 1 • God always sees the good • Water (one of God’s most precious • We care for all created things to • We thank and praise God for his God Creates the World in creation. gifts) is a sacramental sign of God’s show our love for God. wonderful gifts to us. • The beauty God created presence in our lives. • We love one another as God’s • We learn to pray a litany of praise. Children will realize that all creation is a gift from God, who creates exists everywhere. • We sing praise to God our Creator. creation. • We use Bible stories to help us pray. out of a deep and an abiding love. • All of creation gives praise to • We learn from the saints how to 1. God Creates the Earth and Skies God. Alleluia! care for God’s gifts. We are made in God’s image God Creates the Animals • 2. and likeness. 3. God Creates People Unit 2 • Our loving God created our bodies • At Mass we use our five senses to • We use our talents to help others. • We thank God that we are God’s Love Makes Me Who I Am and gave us feelings. worship God. • We learn to identify our feelings wonderfully made. • God’s love for us makes us special. • Sacramentals enhance our worship and share them with others. • We pray with hymns and psalms. Children will realize that their bodies, talents, feelings, and senses are gifts • Our five senses are a gift from God. by engaging our senses. • We use our senses to discover • We use our voices and bodies from a loving God. • We use the talents God gave us to God’s world. to pray. 4. God Creates Me praise him. 5. God Gives Me Feelings 6. God Gives Us Senses Unit 3 • God has given us special people who • We gather as family and friends to • We live as good neighbors who • We thank God for our families, God Gives Us Loving People love and care for us. worship God, our loving Father. help others. friends, and teachers. • God wants us to be good friends to • We give and receive love. • We cooperate with one another. • We ask God to help us be good Children will realize that God gives them many people to love—families, one another. • We listen to God’s messages from • We respect friends from all friends and neighbors. friends, teachers, neighbors, and community members. • Good neighbors show God’s love. the Bible. different countries, from all over • We pray using movements and 7. God Gives Us a Family the world. gestures. We learn from the saints how to God Gives Us Friends • 8. share God’s love. 9. God Gives Us Teachers Unit 4 • Jesus is the greatest sign of God’s love. • We use special prayers, signs, and • We can be signs of God’s love. • We offer prayers to God in Jesus’ Jesus Comes to Us • The Church is made up of the People objects to worship God. • We gather with our parish name. of God, friends of Jesus. • We listen to stories about Jesus at community to listen to God’s Word • We learn to pray the Sign of Children will realize that God gives us Jesus, who teaches us to love God, • Jesus told stories to tell us about Mass. (The Gospel Acclamation is in the Bible. the Cross. ourselves, and others. God’s love. We read these stories in introduced.) • We celebrate God’s unconditional • We learn to pray the Mass 10. Jesus Is Born the Bible. • The Mass is a prayer of thanks for love for each of us. responses. Prayer is a response of thanksgiving God’s love. (The word Eucharist is We show our love for Jesus by Prayer helps us put faith into Jesus Gathers Friends • • • 11. for God’s love. introduced.) loving others. action. It is a way of being. 12. Jesus Tells Stories • When we celebrate the Eucharist, • At Mass, the bread and wine are 13. Jesus Gives Thanks Jesus is present. changed into the Body and Blood 14. Jesus Celebrates • Celebrating Mass strengthens us to of Jesus. love and serve the Lord. 15. Jesus Lives Love Unit 5 • God’s love for us is everlasting. • Jesus gave us special celebrations • Through the Sacrament of Baptism, • We pray with candles to remind us Jesus Shares God’s Love • The Sacrament of Baptism makes us (Sacraments) to share God’s love we become members of the of Jesus, the Light of the World. children of God and members of the with us. Catholic Church. • We pray with joy and give thanks Children will celebrate God’s love for them and their own love for Jesus Church for all eternity. • We celebrate Baptism, Confirmation, • We tell Bible stories to remind us for all God’s blessings. and others. • Jesus is the Son of God. He came to and Eucharist as the foundation for of how Jesus wants us to live. • We pray together as children 16. God Loves Us show us love. every Christian’s life. • We follow the examples of Jesus of God. We are to be like Jesus and and Mary. We pray the name of Jesus. We Are God’s Children • • 17. love others. 18. We Love Others Unit 6 • There is One God in Three • We worship God through everyday • We love God and care for others. • We pray to God the Father, God the We Follow Jesus Divine Persons. acts of love. • We rely on the Holy Spirit as our Son, and God the Holy Spirit. • We are followers of Jesus when we • We show our love for God by praying guide, teacher, and helper. • We learn the Our Father and the Children will recognize that God’s love is forever and that we respond to love God and other people. at Mass and on our own. • We show our love for God and ask Five-Finger prayer. that love by talking to God in prayer. • The Holy Spirit helps and guides us. • We praise God for his many for what we need through prayer. • We pray for ourselves and 19. Jesus Helps Us Say We Are Sorry • God wants us to talk to him good gifts. for others. through prayer. 20. The Holy Spirit Helps Us 21. Jesus Taught Us to Pray 2 Grade K Unit Theme What Catholics Believe How Catholics Worship How Catholics Live How Catholics Pray Unit 1 • God always sees the good • Water (one of God’s most precious • We care for all created things to • We thank and praise God for his God Creates the World in creation. gifts) is a sacramental sign of God’s show our love for God. wonderful gifts to us. • The beauty God created presence in our lives. • We love one another as God’s • We learn to pray a litany of praise. Children will realize that all creation is a gift from God, who creates exists everywhere. • We sing praise to God our Creator. creation. • We use Bible stories to help us pray. out of a deep and an abiding love. • All of creation gives praise to • We learn from the saints how to 1. God Creates the Earth and Skies God. Alleluia! care for God’s gifts. We are made in God’s image God Creates the Animals • 2. and likeness. 3. God Creates People Unit 2 • Our loving God created our bodies • At Mass we use our five senses to • We use our talents to help others. • We thank God that we are God’s Love Makes Me Who I Am and gave us feelings. worship God. • We learn to identify our feelings wonderfully made. • God’s love for us makes us special. • Sacramentals enhance our worship and share them with others. • We pray with hymns and psalms. Children will realize that their bodies, talents, feelings, and senses are gifts • Our five senses are a gift from God. by engaging our senses. • We use our senses to discover • We use our voices and bodies from a loving God. • We use the talents God gave us to God’s world. to pray. 4. God Creates Me praise him. 5. God Gives Me Feelings 6. God Gives Us Senses Unit 3 • God has given us special people who • We gather as family and friends to • We live as good neighbors who • We thank God for our families, God Gives Us Loving People love and care for us. worship God, our loving Father. help others. friends, and teachers. • God wants us to be good friends to • We give and receive love. • We cooperate with one another. • We ask God to help us be good Children will realize that God gives them many people to love—families, one another. • We listen to God’s messages from • We respect friends from all friends and neighbors. friends, teachers, neighbors, and community members. • Good neighbors show God’s love. the Bible. different countries, from all over • We pray using movements and 7. God Gives Us a Family the world. gestures. We learn from the saints how to God Gives Us Friends • 8. share God’s love. 9. God Gives Us Teachers Unit 4 • Jesus is the greatest sign of God’s love. • We use special prayers, signs, and • We can be signs of God’s love. • We offer prayers to God in Jesus’ Jesus Comes to Us • The Church is made up of the People objects to worship God.