St. Catherine of Siena School Curriculum 4th Grade L.A.

Content	Time Frame (weeks)	Activity	Assessment Instrument
Unit 1 - Created to Love Chapter 1 - God	1ST	"We Wonder" List 2 famous creation stories	class discussion and participation
Chapter 1 Created the World, Mass preparation	2ND	Celebrate creation
Chapter 2 Creation has order	3RD	Activity with deck of cards, Make a list of classroom rules , discuss purpose of rules, 10 Commandments - God's rules	1. Pray the "act of Love" 2. Design and create a personal covenant with God
Chapter 3 We are Responsible	4TH	Ways to practice 3 "r"s (reduce, reuse, recycle)
Chapter 3 We are Responsible	5TH	Stewards of God's world Discuss stewardship, Saints	Pray a hymn of thanks together, unit 1 checkpoint
Unit 2-Choosing to Love God	6TH	2 students act out the short skit , discuss things we enjoy doing with friend or family members	make a poster listing the 10 commandments, Oral recall
Chapter 5 A Relationship with God	7TH	discuss meaning of each commandment	follow 10 commandments , 3rd commandment by participating in Mass.
Chapter 6 Freedom and Grace	8TH	discuss several situations that requires making moral decisions
	9TH	on Thursday and Friday of each week we do "Venture" magazine which prepares students for Sunday's Mass On Oct. 4 we watch a video on St. Francis of Assissi