Grade Level Performance Competencies: 
Kindergarten

Within our kindergarten religion curriculum, students will: 

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

• Scripture.K.1. See and hold a Bible.
• Scripture.K.2. Listen to Bible stories.
• Scripture.K.3. Identify that life and all of creation are gifts from god who loves us.
• Scripture.K.4. Relate how Bible stories tell about God's love for us.

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

• Doctrine.K.1. Tell that God loves us and gave us the gift of life.
• Doctrine.K.2. Identify that God always was and will be (God has no beginning and no end).
• Doctrine.K.3. Identify Jesus as God's only Son.
• Doctrine.K.4. Recognize that God sent his Son, Jesus, to teach us how to live good lives.

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

• Sacrament.K.1. Recall and talk about experiences of witnessing a Baptism.
• Sacrament.K.2. Recognize that we are welcomed into the Christian community of faith at Baptism.
• Sacrament.K.3. Attend parish Eucharistic Liturgy.
• Sacrament.K.4. Participate in a Liturgy of the Word.

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.K.1. Share examples of what it means to belong to a family.
• Community.K.2. Share examples of what it means to belong to their school/religious instruction class.
• Community.K.3. Give examples of appropriate behaviors in a 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.K.1. Share ways they help others.
• Service.K.2. Describe responsible care for property.
• Service.K.3. Express appreciation for God's creation.

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

• Prayer.K.1. Recite and demonstrate the Sign of the Cross.
• Prayer.K.2. Recite a Grace before meals prayer and explain its purpose.
• Prayer.K.3. Demonstrate appropriate and respectful participation during liturgy and/or prayer service.
• Prayer.K.4. Tell how they pray.
• Prayer.K.5. Participate in formal prayers such as the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, and Glory Be.

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

• Spirituality.K.1. Identify that God is everywhere.
• Spirituality.K.2. Identify that God loves them.