Religion Grade 4

Grade Four
Within our fourth grade religion curriculum, students will:

STANDARD 1 - SACRED SCRIPTURE
Read and understand Sacred Scripture as God's Word speaking to them.

Scripture.4.1. Analyze and compare the terms: Testament, Scripture, Bible, Salvation, Law, Prophets, Writings, Gospel, and Epistle.
Scripture.4.2. Identify that the Hebrew Scripture (The Old Testament) is divided into three main sections: The Law, The Prophets, and The Writings.
Scripture.4.3. Identify that the New Testament is divided into two main sections: The Gospels and the Epistles.
Scripture.4.4. Read selected Psalms and discuss how they were written as songs of praise, thanks, petition, and lament (sorrow).
Scripture.4.5. Identify the Epistles as letters written to various communities of people, which encourage them to follow the teachings of Jesus.
Scripture.4.6. Identify the Gospels as stories about the "Good News" of the infinite goodness of God who became man in Jesus and brought us to salvation.
Scripture.4.7. Identify the following people and describe how God worked through them to teach His people how to trust and obey God: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
Scripture.4.8. Explain God's covenant with Abraham.

STANDARD 2 - DOCTRINE
Know and understand the basic teachings of the Church and how they apply to their lives.

Doctrine.4.1. Recognize that Jesus suffered and died for their sins.
Doctrine.4.2. Recognize that Jesus is the visible sign of God's love.
Doctrine.4.3. Recognize that the Church is the visible sign of Jesus.
Doctrine.4.4. Identify and explain the Church as the "People of God" and the "Mystical Body of Christ".
Doctrine.4.5. Explain how the "People of God" (the Church) help one another to live as disciples of Jesus.
Doctrine.4.6. Describe how the Holy Spirit guides the Church.

STANDARD 3 - SACRAMENTS
Know and appreciate the centrality of the Eucharist and importance of the Sacraments in the life of Catholics.

Sacrament.4.1. Identify that Matrimony and Holy Orders are Sacraments of service (vocation).
Sacrament.4.2. Tell why Eucharist has a special and central place in the life of the Church.
Sacrament.4.3. Tour the liturgical worship space and identify objects by name, location, and purpose (i.e. sanctuary, altar, tabernacle, crucifix, baptismal font, stained glass, sacramentary, lectionary, ambo/lectern/pulpit, Paschal candle, hymnal, votive candles, statues).

STANDARD 4 - COMMUNITY
Understand and appreciate the role of the faith community - the Catholic Church - into which they have been baptized and through which they grow in faith to mature discipleship and will know what it means to have membership in the local, universal Catholic Church.

Community.4.1. Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy (Mt. 25:31–46).
Community.4.2. List ways to apply the Beatitudes.
Community.4.3. Explain how Jesus' command to "love one another" applies to their own lives.
Community.4.4. Describe how all people are created in the image and likeness of God.
Community.4.5. Give examples or experiences of what it means to belong to the Body of Christ.
Community.4.6. Recognize that the Church has laws that help to give order to their lives and the Christian community.

STANDARD 5 - SERVICE
Engage in service to and exercise responsible stewardship for the various communities to which they belong: family, school, parish, civic, national, global.

Service.4.1. Explain how service is a way to respond to the gospel call to love your neighbor.
Service.4.2. Identify ways they can serve others.
Service.4.3. Plan, participate in, and evaluate a service activity.
Service.4.4. Demonstrate and/or report on responsible stewardship through the care of personal belongings.
Service.4.5. Apply appropriate strategies of stewardship for the global environment such as conservation of resources, recycling, cleaning up litter, etc.

STANDARD 6 - PRAYER
Experience and appreciate a variety of prayer forms in addition to the prayer of the Sacraments.

Prayer.4.1. Define the term creed.
Prayer.4.2. Recite the Apostles Creed and explain its purpose.
Prayer.4.3. Tell the meaning of The Act of Contrition.
Prayer.4.4. Define prayer, identify the four basic categories of prayer (praise, petition, thanksgiving, contrition), and give examples of each.
Prayer.4.5. Prepare and assume different roles in communal prayer experiences in the Liturgy of the Mass.
Prayer.4.6. Describe the importance and meaning of different kinds of prayer in their lives.
Prayer.4.7. Compose their own prayers.
Prayer.4.8. Make a plan or schedule that shows how they can (or do) pray on their own.

STANDARD 7 - SPIRITUALITY
Know how to develop a personal relationship with God.

Spirituality.4.1. Identify a patron saint and tell about that saint's life and good deeds.
Spirituality.4.2. Describe what it means to be spiritual.
Spirituality.4.3. Explain the rules for fasting and abstinence and their purpose.
Spirituality.4.4. Participate in a Lenten reflection on the Stations of the Cross.