Lesson and Overview
Chapter 1 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 
In Grade 5 the students learned about the liturgy and the sacraments of the Church. In this chapter they will learn about God’s self-Revelation through his creation, through the Bible, and in his Son, Jesus Christ.

In this chapter the children will learn:

• We can know God through his creation
• God makes himself known through Divine Revelation
• God’s Revelation is handed down through the Bible and Tradition
• The Bible is a collection of books

Family Activity: Finding God
Saint Paul tells us that we can find God “in what he has made” (Romans 1:20). This week, encourage your family to “find God” in your home, school or work, and community. Make a family plan of action to live out what you have found.

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 9/21/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website: https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 1:  GOD'S REVELATION. Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 9/21/2020.

Lesson and Overview
Chapter 2 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 
In this chapter the students will learn that God created all things and that we are made in God’s image and likeness.

In this chapter the children will learn:

• The Book of Genesis is about beginnings
• God created the universe
• God is the source of all life
• Human beings are created in God’s image and likeness

Family Activity: Advice Column
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Discuss the terms:  human dignity, empathy, conscience, and  free will. Talk about the meaning of the term and how it relates to being made in the image and likeness of God. Discuss the advice you would give for each situation. Think about  human dignity, empathy, conscience, and  free will when coming up with the responses.

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 9/28/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website: https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 2:  CREATION. Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 9/28/2020.

Lesson and Overview
Chapter 3 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 
In this chapter they will learn that through humanity sin entered the world.

In this chapter the children will learn:

• God created human beings, body and soul
• God called us to be stewards of creation
• Evil entered the world through a human act
• All people suffer from the effects of Original Sin

Family Activity: Stewardship
God called humanity to be stewards of his creation. Discuss ways your family can care for God’s creation in your home, school/work, and community. Make a family plan of action.

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 10/05/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website: https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 3:  PEOPLE TURN FROM GOD. Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 10/05/2020.

Lesson and Overview
Chapter 4 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 
In this chapter the students will learn about the effects of Original Sin.

In this chapter the children will learn:

• God promised to send a Savior
• The first human family struggled because of Original Sin
• God made a covenant with Noah
• The unity of the human race was lost

Family Activity: Share the Good News
This week, be on the lookout for people and events that help to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in your home, school/work, and community. Share your “good news” with the other members of your family.

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 10/19/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website: https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 4: GOD PROMISES TO HEP PEOPLE. Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 10/19/2020.

Lesson and Overview
Chapter 5 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 
In this chapter the students will learn about our ancestors in faith.

In this chapter the children will learn:

• The patriarchs are our ancestors in faith
• God chose Abraham to be the father of his people
• God’s people became known as the Israelites
• God cared for the Israelites

Family Activity: A Cinquain: Patriarch Poetry
Write a cinquain for one of the patriarchs that you learned about in Chapter 5 of your We Believe text. A  cinquain is a form of poetry containing five lines that uses the following criteria:

• line one contains one word to name the subject
• line two contains two words to describe the subject
• line three contains three action words about the subject
• line four contains a four or five word phrase that describes the subject
• line five contains one word that has the same meaning of the word in line one, or a word that summarizes lines one through four.

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 10/26/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website: https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 5: THE PATRIARCHS: GOD CHOOSES A PEOPLE. Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 10/26/2020.

Lesson and Overview
Chapter 6 Lesson and Overview Downloadable Resource 

The students will learn that we celebrate the entire mystery of Christ during the course of the liturgical year.

By means of the yearly cycle the Church celebrates the whole mystery of Christ, from his incarnation until the day of Pentecost and the expectation of his coming again.

Family Activity: The Family Prayer
This prayer is from the Liturgy of the Hours. It is from Compline, or Night Prayer. Pray it together tonight.
Lord, bless us as we are awake
and guard us as we sleep,
that, awake or asleep, we
may trust in your goodness
and give you glory. Amen.

Online Assessment: Review for unit test to be completed by 11/09/2020