Life of Moses and Day of the Dead

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Mrs. McGinnis

Day of the Dead (Mexico)

We talked about the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) a Mexican Celebration of all the souls that died. We set up an “altar” with a statue of Mary, flowers, and pictures of loved ones that have passed. We did the prayer service below and each student remembered someone from his or her family that has died.

Handout for Halloween, All Saints and All Souls Days:

Halloween-allsaints-allsouls

Joseph’s Life

We will finish up watching the movie of Joseph’s life. Joseph was betrayed by his brothers and Potiphar’s wife. He is left in prison thinking– what kind of just God do I have? But God had a plan, he would save his brothers and father by bringing them to Egypt. How can this happen??? Genesis chapters: 37, 39-50.

Living Rosary and Prayers

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Mrs. McGinnis

We will do a living Rosary with third grade and fifth graders. Each child begins a “Hail Mary” or an “Our Father” (Over 60 students/ prayers!) We said the Glorious Mysteries. We explained what each of the Glorious Mysteries meant. The explanation of the Rosary is on page 15 of the “Blest are We” grade 4. This month (October) is the month of the Rosary.

We cut out the prayers on the handouts “Our Prayers”(below) and pasted them to the inside covers of our books and folders. We will refer to them often.

CatholicPrayers1

Old Testament and the Story of Joseph

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Mrs. McGinnis

Old Testament and the story of Joseph. His father was Jacob (also known as “Israel”). Jacob had 12 sons. They would be the 12 tribes of the nation Israel. Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him and did a horrible thing to Joseph. But, God used this misfortune to save the nation of Israel from starvation many years later.

Here is a version of Joseph’s story for children:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/judaism/joseph/joseph.htm

If you have access to the “Joseph King of Dreams” by Dreamworks (DVD), we will be playing parts of the movie this week. Finish “Be like Joseph” puzzle the “Law of Love” and “The New Commandment” Worksheets (below).

“Be like Joseph” puzzle