12 LEARN MORE AT Unit 1: We Are the Church Unit 2: Our Life in the Church Unit 3: We Are One in Faith Unit 4: We Are Sent into the World GRADE 3 SCOPE & SEQUENCE UNIT 1: WE ARE THE CHURCH Chapter Lesson Goals Scripture Key Words* Catechism Pillar Catechism References People of Faith 1.  We Belong to the Body of Christ 2.  We Are Priestly People 3.  We Offer Our Gifts to the Church 4.  We Care for the Earth 5.  We Thank God Believe Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Saint John Vianney Saint Dominic Savio Saint Francis of Assisi Saint John Bosco 790–791 799–801 1267 Body of Christ, gifts, unique, diversity accordance,grace, encourage,generously, authority union,rejoice,attitude, temporary, permanent, enduring, gratitude cornerstone, ordained psalm,praise,entrusted • to identify that we become members of the Body of Christ through Baptism • to state that the Church is made up of different peoplewithdifferentgifts • to discuss that the Church benefits when everyone shares their unique gifts • to identify Jesus as the cornerstone of faith • to explain that we become priestly people through Baptism • to state that the Sacrament of Holy Orders is one special way to live in service to God’s people • to state that God has given each one of us special gifts • to identify that the gifts we are given are for serving others • to recall that belonging to the Church means helping others and allowing others to help us • to name the Book of Psalms as a group of songs and poems to God • to state that some of the Psalms are prayers of praise to God • to identify that we are entrusted with caring for the world because it was created for us by God • to explain that we can be joyful and thankful because God loves us • to discuss that peace is the result of having joyful and thankful hearts • to explain that expressing gratitude for what God has given us is called a prayer of thanksgiving 1272–1280 1536–1600 787–791 1936–1937 2003–2004 293–294 2415–2418 2585–2589 2639–2641 293–294 478, 1328 1358–1360 2637–2638 Celebrate Live Pray Live: Catholic Social Teaching 1 Corinthians 12:14–18, 27 (p. 1808) 1 Peter 2:4–10 (p. 1922) Romans 12:6–8 (p. 1788) Psalm 104:5–15 (p. 921–922) Philippians 4:4–7 (p. 1858) *Bold and italicized key words indicate terms introduced and defined in TheCatholicChildren’sBible