Grade 4
Chapter
Lesson Concepts
• The first creation account teaches
• The first
thecreation
goodness
account
of all ofteaches
God’s creation.
the goodness of all of God’s creation.
• Providence
• Providence
is God’s loving care
for all things;
is God’s
his will
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andcare
planforforallcreation.
things; his will and plan for creation.
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• Divine Revelation
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• God
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andChurch.
the Sacred Tradition of the Church.
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 1
Unit
Scope and Sequence
God’s
Providence
CHAPTER 2
REVELATION
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always remains
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and humans
promisestosalvation,
be free and
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to him.to be free and faithful to him.
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Is
• A covenant
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promise
God and
or agreement
humans. between God and humans.
Faithful
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God him.
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CHAPTER 3
God’s
Commandments
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to help
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us be
Commandments
faithful to him and
to help
his covenant.
us be faithful to him and his covenant.
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23; Promise
402–405,
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55,
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15; 21:1–3
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Exodus from Egypt Exodus 2:1–10,
14:10–31, 15:19–21
In God’s
Image
Living in
Community
Making
Good Choices
•
•
•
•
The
Beatitudes
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mercy and be
guide
a blessing
us to show
to others.
mercy and be a blessing to others.
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beatitude means•“blessing”
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“happiness.”
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God“blessing”
put the desire
or “happiness.”
for happiness
God inside
put theeach
desire
of us.
for happiness inside each of us.
The
Beatitudes
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are Jesus’ teachings
about theare
way
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to true
teachings
happiness
about
and
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Kingdom now
and living
and always.
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eternal
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to neighbor
love God as
above
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hope,
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love himNeighbor
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and others,
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• The First Commandment teaches
• The First
us toCommandment
worship and honor
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him. or other people before him.
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use
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us
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and
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for sin
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actions.
or the Saints in words or actions.
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through
the Third
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time
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Life and Dignity,
Care for Creation
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871–873,
The Call of the First Disciples The Call of912–913
the First Disciples
Community
912–913
Life,
Matthew 4:18–22
Matthew 4:18–22
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for the Poor
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Call to Community,
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Models of
Virtue
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 8
TRINITY
JESUS CHRIST
• Free will
Free will is the God-given freedom
andis ability
the God-given
to make freedom
choices. and ability to make choices.
God gives us grace,
Commandments,
andgood
the Church
help
us make
choiceswith
and deepen
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us grace, the Ten •Commandments,
andthe
theTen
Church
to help us make
choicesto
and
deepen
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relationship
him. our relationship with him.
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Choices
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God’s laws
form, orsostrengthen,
conscience
so it will help us make good decisions.
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to know
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us make
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is the us
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whether
actions are morally good or wrong.
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ability that helps
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areus
morally
or wrong.
4• Priesthood, consecrated religious,
• Priesthood,
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single life,
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and married
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and ways
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Called to
Serve
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• All
Church
baptized
are called
members
to serve
of the
God
Church
and the
areChurch
called to
using
serve
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Godgifts.
and the Church using their gifts.
•
•
•
•
A Saint is a person who the•Church
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is a person
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led athe
holy
Church
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declares
is enjoying
has led
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andGod
is enjoying
in Heaven.
eternal life with God in Heaven.
• Mary
Mary is the
perfect
holiness,
is the
accepting
perfect model
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of holiness,
throughout
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and remaining
will throughout
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to life
him.and remaining faithful to him.
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of model of
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• is
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Conception
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God kept
the first
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moment
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of her
sin from
life. the first moment of her life.
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Mary
Church
is called
because
the Mother
she holds
of the
herChurch
Son’s followers
because she
close
holds
to her
herheart.
Son’s followers close to her heart.
CHAPTER 11
Called to
Serve
THE CHURCH
CHAPTER 9
Honoring
God
CHAPTER 11
• MoralityLiving
• Morality with
is living
is living
God,inyourself,
right relationship
and others.
with God, yourself, and others.
in in right relationship
Community
• God created
• God
all people for one
another
created
and
allwe
people
mustfor
all one
workanother
for the and
common
we must
good.
all work for the common good.
• Our love of our neighbor reflects
• Our love
the love
of our
of the
neighbor
Holy Trinity.
reflects the love of the Holy Trinity.
3
Love God and
Neighbor
CHAPTER 5
2• The mission of God the Son•and
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mission
Holy of
Spirit
Godisthe
to bring
Son and
all people
the Holy
into
Spirit
theislove
to bring
of theallHoly
people
Trinity.
into the love of the Holy Trinity.
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 4
14:10–31, 15:19–21
Life and
St. Kateri
Dignity,
Care for
Tekakwitha
Creation
CHAPTER 5
Human dignity comes from• being
Human
made
dignity
in God’s
comes
image
fromand
being
likeness
madewith
in God’s
the ability
image to
and
love,
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think,with
and the
make
ability
choices.
to love, think, and make choices.
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the spiritual part• of
The
a human
soul is the
thatspiritual
lives forever.
part of a human that lives forever.
Image
Sin is a deliberate
thought,•word,
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a deliberate
or omission
thought,
contrary
word,todeed,
the law
or omission
of God. contrary to the law of God.
• Everybecause
Every person is worthy of respect
person is
heworthy
or she of
is created
respect in
because
God’s image
he or she
andismade
created
to love.
in God’s image and made to love.
Tasks of
Catechesis
CHAPTER 6
•
•
•
•
CHAPTER 4
God Is
Faithful
Catechism of the
Catholic Church
Sacred Scripture
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 2
1• Death, suffering, ignorance•andDeath,
the inclination
suffering, ignorance
to sin all came
and the
intoinclination
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assin
a result
all came
of Original
into theSin.
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Scope and Sequence
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Grade 4
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Tasks of
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Catholic
Faith Words
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881,
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85, 890–891,
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892, 2041–2043
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families
created
andhumans
wants family
to live members
in familiestoand
respect,
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family
and
members
protect one
to respect,
another.
love, and protect one another.
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children
Commandment
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to honor
are toand
provide
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and Ninth Commandments
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and
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2:41–52
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Option for the Poor
Life and Dignity,
Option for the Poor
CHAPTER 15
Live in the
Truth
• A martyr is a person who gives
• A up
martyr
his oris her
a person
life towho
witness
gives
toup
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truth
or her
of Christ
life to and
witness
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to the truth of Christ and the faith.
Live in the
• God is the source of all truth.
• His
GodWord
is theand
source
his law
of all
call
truth.
people
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Word
liveand
in the
histruth.
law call people to live in the truth.
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to be Commandment
honest in wordscalls
and us
actions
to beand
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forbids
in words
lying,and
gossip,
actions
and and
any forbids
acts against
lying,the
gossip,
truth.and any acts against the truth.
Keep Your Promises Matthew 5:33,
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2465,
Matthew
2464, 5:33, Moral2473,
Formation,
2465, 2464,
Will Set You Free
2487
Education
2487 for the
37; The Truth Will Set You Free37; The Truth
John 8:31–32, 14:6
John 8:31–32, 14:6
Community Life
martyr,
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Formation,
prudence
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Rights and
Responsibilities,
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The Liturgical
Year
• The Paschal Mystery is the mystery
• The Paschal
of Jesus’
Mystery
suffering,
is theDeath,
mystery
Resurrection,
of Jesus’ suffering,
and Ascension
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through whichand
he Ascension
saved all through which he saved all
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Eternal Life
with God
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CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 18
Healing and
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