Grade 2- Units 1-3

We Belong to the Lord Jesus

KEY LEARNINGS/

EXPECTATIONS

SAMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS/

ACTIVITIES

LANGUAGE FOR REPORTING

UNIT 1

Let’s

Be Friends

-    express understanding of signs of welcome, hospitality and friendship

-    co-operate with others to create the classroom environment

-    understand friendship as a gathering of people of a variety of situations, ages, etc.

-    understand the meaning and importance of celebrating friendship

-    use and share signs of welcome, hospitality and friendship in the classroom

-    contribute to co-operative lists for the classroom, e.g. special places, rules for classroom behaviour

-    share friendship stories in oral and written form

-    help plan and participate in a celebration of friendship

·      (name of student)   understands the importance of working together to create a community of the friends of Jesus

·                                   has learned how Baptism and Confirmation make us members of the family of God and give us a place in the parish community

·                                   has grown in familiarity with the Gathering Rite and Liturgy of the Word at the Eucharist

·                                   can discuss specific liturgical symbols and ministries, e.g. altar, candles, lectionary, servers, lector

·                                   has developed a listening attitude towards classroom community celebrations

UNIT 2

Let’s Come Together

-    expand understanding of a sense of belonging to family, groups, parish, community

-    link ways we gather and welcome others to the Gathering Rite at the Eucharist

-    show familiarity with liturgical areas and items in the parish church

-    recognize that Baptism and Confirmation make us members of the family of God and give us our place at the Eucharist

-    understand that when we gather at the Eucharist, Jesus is present

-    tell personal stories, through talk, writing, and illustration

-    show understanding of how each person has a place in the assembly through participation in a celebration

-    respond to pictures and activities about liturgical areas and items (e.g. T.M.       p. 78)

-    reflect on Baptism stories, memories, symbols, ritual through discussion, role playing, dramatic enactment

-    participate in a ritual prayer celebration using the signs and symbols in the Rite of Baptism

-    discuss orally the Gathering Rite at Sunday Eucharist

-    compare/contrast, using chart form, gatherings at home with gathering at Eucharist

UNIT 3

Let’s Treasure God’s Word

-    understand that true listening includes more than the ears but heart, mind and lips as well

-    become familiar with the symbols surrounding the Liturgy of the Word

-    understand the structure of a liturgical celebration

-    deepen understanding of scripture stories

-    know how the Sunday assembly celebrates the Word

-    understand that the Bible contains the stories of Jesus

-    recognize the importance of the Gospel in the Liturgy of the Word

-    use and understand listening gestures when preparing to hear the Word of God (e.g. T.M. p. 95)

-    use songs to evoke the senses, e.g. “With Our Ears”

-    contribute to selection and preparation for enthroning class Bible

-    help plan celebrations using suggested format (e.g. T.M. p. 97)

-    enter into scripture stories in creative ways (e.g. T.M. p. 10)

-    recognize lector, lectionary and their place in the community’s Liturgy of the Word

-    enter into and share various stories of Jesus through the arts

-    use musical Gospel Acclamations

-    use response to Gospel: “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ”.

UNIT 4

Let’s

Treasure

God’s

Presence

-    recognize that Advent is a time of waiting in hope and expectation

-    discover how Mary’s heart was open to the word of God

-    recognize how Mary and Elizabeth listened to God in their hearts

-    discover how John the Baptist became a witness of God

-    recognize the role of key Advent figures and what can be learned from them

-    learn how part of preparing for Christmas is helping those in need

-    reflect on the theme of waiting in story and discussion

-    name and use the signs and symbols of the season of Advent

-    enter into the story of the Annunciation in ritual, art, and song

-    express understanding of the story of the Visitation in a variety of ways

-    help to plan and participate in a celebration of listening to God’s word

-    depict John the Baptist’s story in art and song

-    share with a visitor scripture stories read throughout Advent

-    respond to an invitation to be part of an outreach project

·      (name of student)   understands the spirit of the season of Advent / Christmas / Epiphany and the stories of its key figures.

·      ______________recognizes that God’s greatest gift is Jesus

·      ______________  has learned that the Creed helps people to remember what God has done

·      ______________ responds to the challenge to show concern for all creation

·      ______________ has grown in knowledge and understanding of the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist

·      ______________ has learned about the action of the Holy Spirit on the bread and wine and the community gathered at the Eucharist

·      ______________  recognizes that the Eucharist is a prayer of praise and thanksgiving

·      ______________ knows the connection between the Last Supper and the Liturgy of the Eucharist

UNIT 5

Let’s

Treasure

God’s

Gift

-    recognize liturgical signs and symbols of Christmas

-    understand the importance of listening in community

-    become more familiar with the details of the Christmas story from the gospels of Matthew and Luke

-    recognize God as the Creator and creation as God’s gift

-    deepen awareness that Jesus is God’s greatest gift

-    deepen awareness of the action of the Spirit in gathering people together as God’s family

-    understand that the Creed is a gift of the Spirit to help people remember what God has done

-    recognize that the General Intercessions invite people to pray for the Church, the world, individual needs and the local community

-    observe changes in the prayer center to reflect the season of Christmas / Epiphany

-    share Christmas experiences and stories in a spirit of friendship

-    tell the Christmas story using symbols and nativity scene figures

-    prepare and celebrate a Christmas / Epiphany ritual

-    identify God’s gifts of creation in creative ways

-    respond to God’s gift of creation by praying the first part of the Creed

-    recall and express what has already been learned about Jesus

-    express belief in Jesus by praying and illustrating the second part of the Creed

-    enter into the action of the Spirit through movement and dance

-    respond to the action of the Spirit by praying the third part of the Creed

-    celebrate the Creed in song and gesture

-    illustrate examples of various needs in a co-operative display under the title: “We Care”

-    express love and care for others by praying together the General Intercessions naming specific needs and people being remembered

UNIT 6

Let’s

Take

-    explore and reflect upon the richness of God’s creation

-    understand the need to care for the earth

-    become more familiar with the details of the story of creation in Genesis

-    increase awareness of how people change the fruits of creation to meet their needs

-    express understanding of the significance of experiences around tables

-    recognize that the symbols of plate and cup remind people of bread and wine used in the Eucharist

-    deepen awareness of the connection between family table celebrations and the table of the Eucharist

-    categorize various gifts of creation in collage form

-    illustrate aspects of creation experienced outdoors

-    respond to a story of challenge to care for the earth

-    plan ways to participate in caring for the earth

-    participate in an interactive telling of the creation story based on Genesis

-    experience how bread and wine are made from wheat and grapes

-    connect bread and winemaking to the reference in the Eucharist to “the work of human hands”

-    reflect on and illustrate various events that take place around tables in different settings

-    participate in making and decorating a special table for plate and cup to serve as a reminder of their significance in the Liturgy of the Eucharist

-    name similarities between the preparation of the altar table and a special meal celebration

-    identify the items used at the altar in the celebration of the Eucharist

UNIT 7

Let’s

Bless

-    recognize the need to give glory to God for the many gifts God has given

-    reflect on the words people use to give praise and thanks to God

-    recognize the importance of treasuring and sharing special memories

-    deepen awareness of the connections between the Last Supper and the Mass

-    understand how the key symbols of the Eucharist remind people of what Jesus did for everyone

-    learn about why the Sunday assembly celebrates the Eucharist

-    recognize that Jesus gives food and drink at the Eucharist

-    become aware of the action of the Holy Spirit on the gifts of bread and wine

-    learn how the Holy Spirit gathers people

-    make a co-operative list of all the things for which to thank God

-    express in a variety of creative ways what God has done

-    articulate thank you prayers said or sung both inside and outside the liturgy

-    use some of the words of the Eucharistic prayer to give praise and thanks to God

-    discuss how at the Last Supper Jesus and his friends shared special memories of what God had done

-    recall what Jesus did with bread and wine at the Last Supper

-    articulate the fact that in the Mass the community responds to Jesus’ command, “Do this in memory of me”

-    explain how the plate and cup recall how Jesus gave the gift of himself in bread and wine

-    express how the community remembers together the wonderful things God has done in Jesus

-    reflect on how Jesus died and rose again and is present in the Eucharist

-    reflect on how the food and drink that Jesus gives helps people to grow to be like him

-    listen to the words of the Eucharistic prayer which ask the Holy Spirit to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus

-    compare experiences of being gathered with the Sunday assembly by the Holy Spirit

-    reflect on the words of the Eucharistic prayer which call upon the Spirit to come to all who are gathered

UNIT 8

Let’s Break

-    understand the importance of asking God to nourish us as we try to love and care for one another

-    appreciate that when people pray the Our Father and exchange Signs of Peace they are asking God to help them nourish each other

-    recognize the need for forgiveness

-    deepen awareness of the suffering and death of Jesus

-    appreciate that the death of Jesus is made present in the breaking of the bread and drinking from the cup in the Eucharist

-    understand that Jesus served others

-    recognize that people can remember Jesus by serving others

-    pray the Our Father through word and gesture

-    express through a variety of activities what it means to pray “Give us this day our daily bread”

-    give examples of times in students’ lives when they forgave or were forgiven

-    depict in gestures or drawings signs of people wanting to make peace

-    express orally reactions to the story of the passion of Jesus

-    create artistic impressions of the Passion story

-    through discussion, prayer (Lamb of God) and mime, link the story of the passion with the breaking of the bread and sharing of the cup in the Eucharist

-    illustrate how Jesus served others at the Last Supper

-    through drama or artwork point out situations where students could serve others

-    participate in a ritual of service as a sign of how all are invited to feast at the table of the Eucharist and to serve others as Jesus did

-    ( name of student ) shows increased understanding of the meaning of the Our Father

-    _______________ knows the connection between the need for forgiveness and the desire to make peace

-    _______________ has a deepened awareness of some of the details of Jesus’ suffering and death

-    _______________ understands Jesus’ example of service is a call for people to serve one another

-    _______________can identify signs and symbols of the liturgical season of Easter

-    _______________can discuss the importance Jesus placed on sharing food with others and can connect this to Jesus’ sharing himself at the Eucharist

-    _______________knows how the Emmaus story parallels the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist

-    _______________ understands the meaning of the dismissal rite at Mass

UNIT 9

Let’s Eat and Drink

-    appreciate the joy of the Easter story

-    learn how to express the joy of Easter in prayer

-    share the joy of Easter with family and friends

-    identify signs of Easter joy in the parish church, at home and in the classroom

-    tell the Easter story through mime

-    express Easter joy in a variety of art activities (T.M.. p.239)

-    recite from memory: “Christ has died!  Christ is risen!  Christ will come again!  Alleluia!”

-    help to prepare and celebrate an Alleluia party

UNIT 9

(cont’d)

-    experience how Jesus enjoyed sharing meals with his friends

-    discover that in the Eucharist, people encounter Jesus in the context of a meal

-    appreciate how Jesus shares food with everyone

-    grow in understanding that as the bread of life, Jesus is our food and drink

-    know that Jesus invites people to be food for one another

-    enter into the story of the breakfast on the seashore (Jn.21.1-14) through a breakfast feast, guided imagery and art

-    compare and discuss pictures of Jesus sharing bread and wine with his friends and the Sunday assembly sharing the Eucharist

-    reflect on how when people eat and drink at the Eucharist, they share food and life with Jesus

-    recall how Jesus shared food in the story of the Feeding of the 5,000

-    -enter into the details and experience of the story of the Feeding of the 5,000 through drama

-    reflect aloud on the bread of life story (John. 6.67-69) and on how Jesus becomes the bread of life in the Eucharist for people today

-    participate in an outreach project that helps people who need food and care

UNIT 10

Let’s Go Forth

-    grow in understanding of the two main parts of the dismissal rite

-    deepen understanding of what it means to be sent forth