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Third Grade

Third Grade Activities


CORNELIA’S LIFE: Review and complete Coloring Cornelia Book (see coloring book questions link below). Read A Generous Love: The Life of Cornelia Connelly. Cornelia starts a new religious community of sisters: The Society of the Holy Child Jesus. She chose the name because Cornelia believed God lives and acts in each person – just as God sent his son Jesus to enter our world to teach us how to act.


VALUES: Perseverance
QUOTE: “We never know what we can do until we try. Perseverance gains the crown” C.C.
PRAYER: Glory be to God, whose power working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
HOLY CHILD SCHOOLS: Continue penpals with another class from one of the Holy Child schools.
GEOGRAPHY: Use Google Earth to locate the Schools of the Holy Child in the United States. See link to our schools in resources.


Primary resources: If applicable, look at:


SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS:

  • Cornelia Connelly Scavenger Hunt game
  • Make "stained glass" SHCJ Seal with tissue paper.
    • Copy Holy Child seal. Cut interior space out. Paste or tape various layers of colored tissue from left to right to create a faux stained glass effect, following outline of the seal. Cut out along outer line.
  • Use puzzlemaker.com to construct a crossword puzzle. *See Holy Child vocabulary word list in resources
  • Make a timeline of Cornelia’s life using information from Coloring Cornelia and/or A Generous Love.
  • Practice cursive handwriting with Holy Child vocabulary words or prayers.
  • Possible questions to accompany coloring book pages 1-23.

Activities
Nursery
PreK & Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade
Resources
Calendar of Quotes
Cornelia's Family Tree
Holy Child Vocabulary
Glossary
Important Dates
Prayers and Hymns
Primary Sources
Holy Child Schools, National
Holy Child Schools, International
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