how to use pflaum

Pflaum Gospel Weeklies

• Lectionary-based catechesis– Uses the readings and flow of the church year

as a basis for the lessons.

Material for Your Lesson

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Read the week’s readings

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Sunday Readings

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Pick your Sunday

A children’s version of the readings that our lesson is based on:

Or visit http://www.usccb.org/nab/ for the readings as you will hear in Mass:

Material for Your Lesson

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Read the week’s readings

Review the Guides and Manuals

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Teaching Guides

Teaching Guides

Pick your grade

Resource Manuals

Resource Manuals

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Promise:Grade K-1 Manual

Material for Your Lesson

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Read the week’s readings

Visit the Guides and Manuals

Read and Share Family Seasonal Pages

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More: How to Use Family Pages

• To supplement your lesson• To share with the parents for an activity for

them “this” week (current week)• To give to the children during their “off” week• To challenge your students

– Give them an assignment online to do with parents and anyone that completes it for the next lesson or emails you the answer during the next 2 weeks wins the challenge.

Examples of Content

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-September 8

--September 14

-October 2

-Various

Feasts of the Season

One More Example of Content

At-Home Activities

Pick your grade

Material for Your Lesson

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Read the week’s readings

Visit the Guides and Manuals

Check out and Share Family Seasonal Pages

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Preparing for Sept 12/15 Lesson

• Pflaum does not produce handouts until Sunday, Sept 26

• We will use “early start” lessons combined with the Sunday readings for this session

• Gospel: Prodigal Son– God is our Father, and we

are loved and welcomed

by him

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Resource Manuals

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Pick your grade

Sept 12/15 – Use the following as the basis of your lesson:

• Seeds (PK)– Lessons 1 and 3

• Promise (K1)– Lessons 1 and 3

• Good News (23)– Lessons 1 and 2

• Venture (45)– Lessons 1, 2, and 3

Sept 12/15 – Session 1

Suggestions:• Introduce children to each other• Make nametags• Make seating cards• Collaborate on a list of class

commandments• Decorate your bulletin board