G RADES 4 TO 9 C ONNECTING W ITH F AMILIES o Email is the first means - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

H OME S TUDY P ROGRAM G RADES 4 TO 9

C ONNECTING W ITH F AMILIES o Email is the first means of reaching families, so please let the office know when an email address changes. o Phone. We call periodically, including when classes are cancelled on short notice. Please insure faith formation has all new/changed phone numbers, including those of emergency contacts. o Text to 716-812-8063. Please introduce yourself so I know with whom I’m texting. o Go to SSPP parish website, choose Faith Formation tab from the bar at top of the page, scroll down Faith Formation page. o Link to Faith Formation Web Page: http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/79 o What Faith Formation no longer uses: physical mail, which has become too expensive and labor intensive.

T HE T EXTBOOKS GRADES 4 - 8  Finding God by Loyola Press (www.loyolapress.com/f inding-god-2013.htm)  This series is a catechetical approach to teaching  Catechetical = teaching by question and answer  versus …  Pflaum Gospel Weeklies which are a lectionary approach  Lectionary = based on weekly Gospel reading

T HE T EXTBOOK GRADE 9  Chosen by Ascension Press (http://shop.ascensionpre ss.com/t/category/study- programs/chosen/confirm ation-preparation)  A media-based course of study, with integrated written materials.  All videos available online.  Also a catechetical, or teaching, approach.

F INDING G OD L IST OF F INDING G OD S AMPLE T EXTBOOKS BY G RADE A PPROACH TO A S ESSION  Grade 4: Blessed Are The Poor  1 Unit has 5 Sessions.  Beatitudes & the Ten  Each Session Includes: Commandments  Engage in family prayer  Grade 5: The Bread of Life  Sacraments & Worship  Explore the faith  Grade 6: I Am Who Am  Reflect on God’s calling  The Old Testament  Respond to God’s  Grade 7: This Is My Beloved invitation Son  5 th Session highlights  Jesus Christ the Mass & the  Grade 8: You Are The Chosen Liturgical Year People  Church History

F INDING G OD — H OW T HE P ORTAL W ORKS  For each weekly session, complete  Complete a session in the the interactive session review student workbook each week.  Review the Online Study Guide Leave time for enrichment before completing the Interactive Session Review activities and review exercises  Include your name on each http://www.loyolapress.c Interactive Session Review so we om/faith- know whose it is formation/finding-  When the Interactive Session Review is finished, email scores god/finding-god- to 2013/parents-and- students/resources/resou faith-formation@sspphamburg.org rces/ Loyola Press web tech support  Click on grade level 4 thru 8 773-281-1818, ext. 361, or email  Click on the appropriate websupport@loyolapress.com . unit for PDF outline of At- Home-Edition lesson guides

F INDING G OD — S TEP - BY - STEP U SING THE P ORTAL Step #1 Go to Saints Peter and Paul parish website. Step #6 Now click on either the first “Grade 6” or the second link, “Click HERE”, under the Grade 6 http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/ line. Either link takes students and parents to the grade 6 study portion of the Loyola portal, where Step #2 Select Faith Formation tab, three in from enrichment, review and assessment materials are the right. located. (http://www.loyolapress.com/faith- formation/finding-god/finding-god-2013/parents- Step #3 Select “Faith Formation” drop down to and-students/resources/resources/grade-6), reach the Faith Formation page. http://www.sspeterandpaulhamburg.org/79 Step #7 The Loyola Finding God portal includes enrichment materials to use after completing textbook exercises and before taking the online Step #4 Scroll down to the Home Study section, assessment. Enrichment materials include games, half way down the Faith Formation page. family activities, prayers and teaching guide for parents. Step #5 Using Grade 6 Home Study as an example, Step #8 The assessment is the link in the leftmost click on the first link under the Home Study column of the Loyola portal. Take the assessment Resources Heading. This link takes you to the as the last step of study for each session. general Loyola website for their Finding God series ( http://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/finding- Step #9 Please put student’s name on each god/finding-god-2013 ), which provides an explanation assessment. Please email assessments to faith- formation@sspphamburg.org of the overall program.

C HOSEN — H OW T HE A SCENSION P ORTAL W ORKS  Complete a session in the student workbook each week. Leave time to view streaming videos at http://evangelization.com/  To view videos, follow instructions below to sign up for the “study” on the Ascension website. From: <koneel@ascensionpress.com> Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:01 AM Subject: You’re Ready to Invite Participants to Join Your Study To: faith-formation@sspphamburg.org Email these instructions to your participants Dear Participant, I am excited to extend an invitation for you to participate in Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation. Please review the following information and contact me with any questions you may have. Study Details Ss. Peter and Paul Church Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation 1/1/2017 7:00pm INVITE CODE: 5TJG1Y To Register: 1. Click or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://study.ascensionpress.com/redeem Enter our study’s Inv ite Code: 5TJG1Y 2. Enter your name and email address and click “Redeem Invite.” 3. 4. You will be asked to either sign in to your existing account or create a new one, which is free and only requires you to add a password. NOTE: You will only use this link one time to redeem your code. Once you are registered, follow the directions below to access your study. Be sure to only redeem your invite code one time and only with one email address. To Access Your Study: 1. Click here to login to your Ascension account. You can also copy and paste this link into your browser: https://study.ascensionpress.com/signin . Your name will appear at the top of the page. Hover your mouse over your name and then click “My Dashboard.” 2. On your Dashboard, click “Studies I’m Taking” and select your study. 3. Ascension Press web tech support 800-376-0520, option 2, ext. 415 or email digital@ascensionpress.com or support@ascensionpress.com .

F INDING G OD — S CHEDULE OF S ESSIONS TO BE C OMPLETED FOR G RADES 4-8 October 2 1. January 22 13. October 9 2. January 29 14. October 16 3. February 5 15. October 23 4. February 12 16. October 30 5. February 26 17. November 6 6. March 5 November 13 18. 7. November 20 March 12 8. 19. December 4 9. March 19 20. December 11 10. March 26 21. December 18 11. April 9 22. January 8 12. April 16 23. January 15 13. April 23 24.

C HOSEN — S CHEDULE OF S ESSIONS TO BE C OMPLETED FOR G RADE 9 October 2 1. January 22 13. October 9 2. January 29 14. October 16 3. February 5 15. October 23 4. February 12 16. October 30 5. February 26 17. November 6 6. March 5 November 13 18. 7. November 20 March 12 8. 19. December 4 9. March 19 20. December 11 10. March 26 21. December 18 11. April 9 22. January 8 12. April 16 23. January 15 13. April 23 24.

H OME S TUDY C OMMUNITY A CTIVITIES  Attend Advent Penance: o Monday December 18 @ 7 pm in the Church.  Christmas Caroling at Creek Bend Heights Senior Apartments Saturday Dec 2 @ 10 am  Attend Lenten Penance: o Date TBD; however it will be the date of the parish penance.  Attend mass weekly. Mass reflection sheets are for grades 6-9, several sentences about the homily or Gospel for the week. Return folded in collection plate or to Faith Formation office.  Community service.

G ROWING AND S HARING F AITH o Share faith as a community o Express faith through community service to others * o Prayer life and attending Mass * * A note about community service and Mass reflection sheets.

M ORE ON C OMMUNITY S ERVICE Service is a tenet of Catholic Social Teaching and has biblical roots. It’s also a way to meet others,  enjoy new experiences, and form a sense of community. Most of the work done at a parish is done by volunteers! Community service for youth helps families see how a parish works. Service for faith formation is parish-focused. That means it is one of these things: part of a parish  ministry, on the parish campus, or an activity the parish sponsors or organizes. Parish-focused service doesn’t require every activity to take place here at SSPP. Middle school students perform eight hours of service yearly. High school students perform ten  hours of service each year. There are many ways to find out about community service opportunities. This calendar is only one  way. Watch for emails from Jeremy and Sarah. Read the bulletin. Make a regular commitment to a ministry (altar servers, catechist helpers, youth choir, greeters). Please turn in service sheets by the end of the faith formation class year. Turning them in as you  complete your service is even better. If you would like to use service at SSPP for school, NHS, Scouts, please let us know, we are happy to sign off for you. All service opportunities on this calendar are by sign up to faith-formation@sspphamburg.org  Often activities have limits on the number of participants and some are parent/child opportunities.