Scope and Sequence - 3rd and 4th Quarters
Study Guide Jesus Does Wonderful Things
Chapter 15
1. Jesus performed miracles to show He is the Son of God.
2. Miracles are wonderful things done by the power of God and
can only be done by God.
3. Jesus multiplies loaves of bread and fish to feed 5000 people.
Jesus continues to feed His children today in the Eucharist.
4. Jesus healed a sick girl.(raising Jairus' daughter from the dead)
5. Jesus calmed the storm. Only God can make the weather obey.
6. Jesus made the sick man walk and forgave his sins.
He was paralyzed.
7. Jesus made the blind man see and the deaf hear.
8. Jesus will perform miracles if they are for a person's good.
9. Only God can forgive sins.
10. Today, Jesus still heals people and forgives sins in the Sacraments
of the Annointing of the Sick and Reconciliation.
Study Guide We Believe In Jesus
Chapter 16
1. Jesus is the Son of God and Savior of the World.
2. To believe is to accept that what someone says is true,
even if you have not heard it before.
3. The blind man was healed because he believed in Jesus.
4. If you believe in Jesus He promises to bring you to Heaven
to be happy with Him forever.
5. We can show God our faith by praying, being kind to others,
obeying our parents, studying religion, and going to church.
6. Ways to pray are as follows:
Prayer of Thanksgiving--thank God for His blessings
Prayer of Petition--ask God for what you need
Prayer of Intercessions--pray for others
7. Yes, Jesus did miracles.
8. Yes, my faith is Jesus is pleasing to God.
9. Yes, Jesus wants everyone to believe in Him.
No, everyone does not believe in Him.
10. No, a miracle can not happen without God's help.
Study Guide The Best Gift of All
Chapter 17
1. The Last Supper - The holy supper that Jesus ate with His
Apostles the night before He died.
2. At the Last Supper Jesus gave us His Body and Blood.
Jesus changed bread and wine into His Body and Blood.
3. Jesus gave the Apostles the power to change bread and wine
into His Body and Blood.
4. Our priests have the power to change bread and wine into
the Body and Blood of Jesus.
5. A priest is a man who has received the power from Jesus
to forgive sins and offer Mass.
6. At Mass, Jesus gives us His Body and Blood. Jesus offers
Himself to the Father just as He did on Good Friday.
7. Holy Communion is the Body and Blood of Jesus that Catholics
receive during Mass.
8. The best gift Jesus could give us is the gift of Himself.
Jesus gave us His Body and Blood at the Last Supper.
9. Tabernacle is a small box to keep the Eucharist.
10. Holy Communion is the best gift of all.
Study Guide Jesus Dies For Us
Chapter 18
1. Jesus suffered and died for our sins.
2. We say thank you to Jesus for loving us enough to die on the cross.
3. Learn the sequence:
Jesus and the apostles ate the Last Supper.
Jesus was beaten.
Jesus was crowned with thorns.
Jesus carried the heavy Cross.
Jesus was nailed to the Cross.
Mary and Saint John stayed by Jesus on the Cross.
Jesus died on the Cross.
4. Jesus suffered because of Adam's sin and our sins, and to open
the gates of Heaven.
5. Jesus' obedience pleased God. Jesus won back the gift of grace.
6. Jesus gave Himself as a gift to God. Jesus was generous, not
selfish in any way like Adam.
7. Jesus died so that we could live in Heaven forever. We call
this Good Friday.
8. Good Friday is the day that Jesus died on the Cross for our sins and
opened the gates of Heaven.
9. Simon helped Jesus to carry the cross up the hill.
10. Crucified --when soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross.
Study Guide Jesus Was Raised to New Life
Chapter 19
1. Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. That was three days
after He died. That means His body came back to life again.
2. When Jesus rose from the dead that was the first Easter Sunday.
3. Resurrection is the raising of a body from the dead. Jesus rose again
from the dead, taking up His body that had been buried.
4. We say, " The Lord is Risen" and "Alleluia."
5. The Apostles and Mary were happy to see Jesus alive again.
6. We celebrate the Resurrection at every Mass.
7. By rising from the dead Jesus won back the gift of grace, so man
can live forever with Him in Heaven. Because he rose, we can share
His life.
8. Jesus gives His life and gift of grace in Holy Communion.
9. One day our bodies will rise from the dead.
Our bodies and souls will be with Jesus in Heaven.
10. Order of the Mass:
Introductory Rite-"I confess to almighty God...."
Liturgy of the Word-"A reading for the Holy Gospel (John).
Liturgy of the Eucharist-"This is My Body which will be given to you"
Concluding Rite- "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord."
Study Guide Jesus Begins the Church
Chapter 20
1. Yes, Jesus' mission on earth was to teach the Good News of God's
love, to win back God's grace , and give it to others.
2. Jesus wanted His work to continue on earth after He returned to
the Father.
3. Jesus founded the Catholic Church to continue His work after He
returned to Heaven. The Church is a group of baptized persons
who profess the Catholic Faith and come together to worship God.
4. Catholics enter the Church when they are baptized.
5. Jesus is the founder of the Church. His Apostles were the first
leaders of the Church.
6. Yes, Jesus spent time with His Apostles after He rose.
7. Who is our Pope? Pope Benedict XVI
8. Peter was named the head of the Apostles and the very first Pope.
9. The Pope lives in the Vatican. The Pope is the head of the Catholic
Church.
10. The Apostles were the first bishops.
Study Guide Jesus Goes Back to Heaven
Chapter 21
1. Jesus spent forty days with His Apostles after He rose from
the dead. Jesus was teaching them to be leaders in the Church.
2. Jesus asked the Apostles to teach everyone and baptize them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
3. The Church baptizes new Catholics just as the Apostles did;
through baptism Catholics enter the Church and receive grace.
4. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to help them.
5. Ascension was when Jesus went up to Heaven (body and soul).
The return of Jesus to Heaven forty days after Easter-Ascension.
6. Jesus promised the Apostles that He would be with them always,
even if they could not see Him.
7. Jesus will come in glory at the end of time.
8. Baptism is a Sacrament that takes away Original Sin and gives us
grace.
It also makes us followers of Christ, sons of God, and members of
His Church.
9. Original Sin- The very first sin commited by Adam and Eve.
Adam and Eve are our first parents so we are all born with
Original Sin.
10. Grace is the life of God in our soul.
Study Guide The Holy Spirit Comes
Chapter 22
1. Yes, the Apostles and Mary prayed for nine days waiting for the Holy
Spirit to come.
2. Pentecost-is the day the Holy Spirit came.
3. The Apostles heard a great wind and saw fire.
(symbols of the Holy Spirit)
4. The Holy Spirit helped the Apostles to remember and understand
all that Jesus taught them. Yes, the Holy Spirit helped the Church.
5. The Holy Spirit gave strength and courage to the Apostles to do
the Church's work.
No, the Apostles were not brave without the Holy Spirit.
6. Peter began to teach, baptize, and save people. (converted people)
Three thousand were baptized in one day.
7. The Holy Spirit is alive in the Church today.
8. The Holy Spirit helps the Pope and bishops to teach about Jesus.
9. Yes, the Holy Spirit helps everyone to love one another.
10. The Holy Spirit gives us seven gifts.
Study Guide The Blessed Trinity
Chapter 23
1. There is only one God.
2. There are three Divine Persons in one God:
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit
3. We call the three Person in one God the Blessed Trinity.
God the Father-------First Person
God the Son---------Second Person
God the Holy Spirit----Third Person
4. The Mystery of the Trinity is one God in three Persons.
5. The three Persons had no beginning and have no end.
They are equal---no one is greater than the other.
6. The Sign of the Cross reminds us of the Trinity.
7. When my soul is filled with grace, the Blessed Trinity lives in me.
8. Learn the Glory Be prayer.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the
Beginning is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen
9. St. Patrick was captured and taken to Ireland.
He was born in Scotland in the year 385.
He escaped and later became a priest and a bishop.
He used the shamrock to teach the Trinity in Ireland.
10. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. His feast day is
March 17th.
Study Guide God Gives You His Life
Chapter 24
1. All people except Jesus and Mary are born with Original Sin.
2. The Sacrament of Baptism washes away sin. (guilt of Original Sin).
3. Baptism makes us a child of God and member of God's family.
4. The symbols of Baptism include:
water(cleansing and rebirth), white garment(purity), candle(light),
oil(strength, annointing)
5. Baptism is the sacrament that makes us followers of Christ.
6. A sacrament is an outward sign made by Christ to give grace.
7. Jesus said to Baptize all people.
8. Baptism gives us grace.
9. We are Baptized with water.
10. My Baptism---Date, wy whom, which church, who are my
godparents, I wore, the priest poured what on me, I was
annointed with, I received, how did my family celebrate.
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
ASK YOUR PARENTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
Study Guide Many Gifts From God
Chapter 25
1. God has given me many gifts such as:
Jesus, my life, the world, my family, my friends
2. The gospel is the part of the Bible that tells the Good News.
3. God is Creator of all things.
4. We receive Grace in Baptism.
5. Children can thank God through prayer or good works.
6. God speaks to us in Mass so we must listen to God's word in the
Holy Bible.
7. We hear the Good News about Jesus from a part of the Bible
called the Gospel.
8. We should remember the Last Supper and how he changed His Body
and Blood. The bread and wine become the Body and Blood of
Jesus.
9. We hear God's Word at Mass.
10. The priest says, "This is My Body."
"This is the Cup of My Blood."
Study Guide Our Mother, Mary
Chapter 26
1. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of Jesus.
We can pray to her and she will pray to God.
2. Jesus gave Mary to all people to be their mother by grace.
3. Mary was assumed (body and soul) into Heaven.
4. Mary is the Immaculate Conception.(born without sin)
5. Mary is the Queen of Heaven and earth. Mary is the Queen
of all the angels and all the saints.
6. Mary appeared to children at Fatima.(Portugal)
Mary is a special friend of children.
7. At Fatima she asked the children to make sacrifices so we would
have peace in the world. Pray the rosary for peace.
8. A sacrifice is when a person goes without something, out of
love for God.
9. Learn the Hail Mary.
10. Our Lady of Fatima appeared six times to three shepherd children.
She asked the children to say the rosary every day and to wear a
brown scapular. May 13th is her feast day.
Study Guide Following Jesus
Chapter 27
1. We follow Jesus and learn how to live as God's children.
2. A child of God tries to do these things:
obey my parents, tell the truth, do my chores and homework,
being kind to others, forgive those that hurt me
3. Jesus wants us to pray often to Him--pray in the morning and
through out the day. Do you kneel next to your bed?
4. Ask God to forgive your mistakes of the day and be sorry for
your sins. Pray for others and thank God for your blessings.
5. Saint is a good person who has died and gone to Heaven to be
with God. We should try to become a saint.
6. Do I love God with all my heart? Do I try to learn more about
God each day?
7. Jesus taught the Apostles how to pray and taught them
to pray the Our Father.
8. Prayer is talking to God. You can use prayers you have learned
or just tell Him what you are thinking.
9. When I follow Jesus I am a disciple.
10. A disciple is a person that puts Jesus first in their lives.
Study Guide Jesus Will Come Again
Chapter 28
1. God made me to know, love, and serve Him. One day I will be
in Heaven with God.
2. Heaven is our true home. Jesus will come again and take all
the good people to Heaven with Him.
3. Saints are in Heaven with God as a reward for their faith,
4. No, earth is not our true home.
5. Yes, we can get ready for Heaven by loving God.
6. Resurrection of the Body- The raising of a body from the dead.
Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. Our bodies will be
raised from the dead at the end of the world to be reunited with
our souls.
7. Heaven is God's home and a place of perfect happiness. God
wants us to come to be happy with Him forever in Heaven.
8. We keep the Lord's day holy by going to church to worship God
at Mass.
9. Worship is to give God your best love and praise.
10. When we come to Mass, we use holy water to make the Sign
of the Cross. This reminds us of our Baptism and that we are
God's children.
11. We genuflect which is to kneel down on our right knee and make
the Sign of the Cross to honor Jesus in the tabernacle.
12. The Creed is what we believe about God and His Church.
