Week 5

Tonight the 6th grade classes finished studying Circle of Grace

During the opening prayer it was discussed that today was the feast day of the Archangels - Michael, Gabriel and Raphael and what their role was in the Bible.
Each of the classes spend time considering whether a situation was safe or unsafe and why.
     This led to some lively  discussion since for many of the situations the answer was not obvious
     By applying the ideas of Circle of Grace each became more clear.

PLAAN was then introduced to the classes to provide ways to deal with issues.

A post assessment was taken to see if the students understood Circle of Grace.

Next week the focus is the rosary and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Week 4

Tonight the sixth grade classes began reviewing the Circle of Grace.

3:30pm class -
     - reviewed what we knew about our Circle of Grace
     - used puzzle pieces to show we are unique and still part of God's big picture
     - discussed respecting ourselves and others with the music we listen to

5:15pm class -
     - talked about God's presence and the Holy Spirit in our Circle of Grace
     - made puzzle pieces to show our unique personalities and gifts
     - discussed how relationships are safe and healthy when our Circle of Grace is respected and valued

7:00pm class
     - reviewed in our Bibles that God created us in his image and everything he created was good
     - made our puzzle pieces to show who we are and what we are interested in
     - used our puzzle pieces to to make a puzzle showing how how we fit together but are still unique

Next week we will finish the lesson on Circle of Grace.

3rd Week

The sixth grade this week continued in Genesis after the opening prayer.

The classes
     - Learned about three old Testament stories relating to trust
          - The fall
          - Cain and Abel
          - Noah and the ark
     - Used a worksheet and our Bibles to study the Fall
          - We learned there was no apple mentioned in the Bible with Adam and Eve
     - Students took turns role playing the serpent, Eve and one was the interviewer
     - Discussed the relationship of the Fall and baptism

At the end of class students decorated a trust stone.

This next week we start two weeks of classes focusing on Circle of Grace.

2nd week

For the opening prayer each class discussed today is the feast of the Nativity of Mary.

The following is what was reported from each class:
3:30pm class -
   Discussed the creation
      - everything for a purpose
      - original sin
      - we donot read the creation story as scientific fact
      - everything God created is good

5:15pm class -
   - read through the two Creation stories
   - from the Creation stories we see a message to fight racism and sexism
   - also a message to treat people fairly
   - another message is to live peacefully and care for the earth
  
7:00pm class -
   - during the discuss of the Nativity of Mary a student said that we worship Mary
      - we discussed this in detail explaining we pray through Mary
   - we went through a short bible use exercise
   - the class looked at the differences between the two creation stories
   - the class read and discussed how we were created in God's image

Next week we will be discussing the Fall and was there really an apple?

Week 1 - 6th Grade

What a wonderful experience being in our own facilities for religious formation!

We did not have a chance this week for one class to prepare the blog and so will give a brief recap of what each class considered most important. 

Each student in the 6th grade was given a New American Bible to keep and bring to class each week.

From the 3:30pm class:
     - practiced finding bible passages
     - learned some new vocabulary including magisterium

From the 5:15pm class
     - learned about where the Bible came from
     - played a game of Jeopardy to practice bible vocabulary

From the 7:00pm class
     -  learned about the Bible and particularly the Old Testament and how it relates to the   New Testament
     - compared the Catholic to the Protestant Bibles

Next week we begin to dig into the Bible with a look at the Creation