SECOND
GRADE RELIGION CURRICULUM
GOALS:
- Students will express and understanding of the concept of sin.
- Students will express feelings of sorrow/contrition.
- Students will relate Reconciliation to healing and forgiveness.
- Students will express positive feelings toward their experience of
celebrating the sacrament of Reconciliation.
- Students will express understanding of the Eucharist as meal,
thanksgiving, and sacrifice.
- Students will profess belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the
Eucharist.
- Students will participate actively in the celebration of the
Liturgy of the Eucharist as the community worship of the Church.
TOPICS:
- Sacraments
- Belonging to the Christian community called the Catholic Church/
- Objects used in liturgy
- Roles of pastor, deacon, and lay people
- The call to act as friends and disciples of Jesus
- Reconciliation, concepts of sin, forgiveness, responsibility, and
the steps of Reconciliation
- The Mass—Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist
- Church seasons
- Response to God’s Word
- Prayers for people
- Sacrament of Eucharist, steps in Communion
- Experience in working for peace
- Service
- Celebration of Jesus’ promise of new life and presence in the
Eucharist
PRAYERS:
- Sign of the Cross
- Our Father
- Hail Mary
- Act of Contrition
EXPERIENCES:
- Adoration
- Stations of the Cross
- Burning of the Ashes
- Planning and participation in class liturgy
- Service project with elderly
- Gospel stories
- Expressing topics through art and drama