Monday, September 16, 2013

Sacrament Symbols

I always start my year in religion with an overview of the Sacraments.  Our 5th grade curriculum focuses on all seven of them as a gift to the Church from Christ.  We will get into the nitty-gritty of each throughout the year, but I like to begin with a big picture. Because we have been talking quite a bit about symbolism within literature in our St. Maximilian Kolbe unit (more on that soon!), I thought we could make some connections with symbols that we use to represent the Sacraments.   Here is how our graphic organizer turned out:
Note that these are not necessarily the official "signs" of the Sacrament, just something that draws our mind to make a connection.  I know there are many more symbols, but this is what the 5th graders came up with (some with a little help!).  The graphic organizer also divides the Sacraments into the categories of Initiation, Service, and Healing, as well as lists a few Bible references connected to the Sacrament.

We also now have a matching anchor chart on the wall to use as reference throughout the year. 

If you would like to use this idea to review/intro the Sacraments there are two printables available below, one filled out, and one with the note taking space left blank.  They would make a great addition to a notebooking project!

Click here for the graphic organizer that you can fill in yourself:
 Click here for the filled in version of our notes:

18 comments:

  1. thank you for sharing such helpful information. Have a blessed day.

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  2. Thank you for sharing this wonderful resource!

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  3. God bless you for your generosity! Thank you very much!

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  4. Yes praise God for your sharing of this wonderful resource! Much appreciated!

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  5. This is great! You are inspiring - I am just getting started...if you would, please check out my blog: www.everlearningcatholic.com. God bless!

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    1. I visited- excited to follow along with you, Jami!

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  6. Thank you so much this will greatly help me today.

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  7. Love this for my 6th graders! Great way to review at the end of the year.

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  8. I used this last year (and will again this year) whiting out the scripture passages, and instead of writing symbols, we wrote what the CCC's definition of each Sacrament was in the section as we studied it - by the end of the year they had a page that defined each Sacrament and reminded them of the groupings as well! I hand-drew a chalkboard sized version that I wrote on as well. This year I think I'll draw it on a bulletin board sized paper and put it on the wall. Thank you for this and everything else you offer!!!

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    1. What a great idea! I love that you worked in the CCC definitions! I still have that same poster size version of this on my wall that we refer to all year too! :)

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  9. Wow! I'm so happy I found your website! It's an answer to a prayer! Thank-you for sharing your resources!!

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  10. I also wanted to start out our year with all grades focusing on the sacraments. This is perfect for the older kids grades 5-7. They will do this on their own as our virtual classes are not every week.

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  11. Thank for this graphic organizer. This is a big help for me in teaching.

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