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Rotation Theme
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Unit Name
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Description of Unit
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Teacher 1
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Teacher 2
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Welcome Back Jan 4
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Celebration
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Shepherds
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Shepherds
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Boy Jesus in the Temple Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1
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Drama/Storytelling
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Create a room sized Temple, then walk through the story in it in costumes (good for choice for architects)
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Ken Thacker
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Mary Jo Ayers
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Discovery
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Celebrate questions with a question game, making a catechism quilt or booklet, and visiting a church leader
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Jorgen Vik
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Laura Vik
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Art
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Compile pictures paralleling Jesus’ faith journey with their own. Then make dioramas of Jesus in the Temple
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Ali Davison
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Lynda Tubridy
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Cinema
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View segments of a DVD about Jerusalem and use maps to learn where Jesus went and what he saw
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Michael Costanzo
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Jim McGinnis
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Jesus Teaches Us to Pray Feb. 8, 15, 22, Mar. 1
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Art
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Explore prayers in Sunday worship, assume postures of prayer, make no-sew prayer shawls
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Sharon Webb
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Katha Bollfrass
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Cinema
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View and discuss 2 DVDs of biblical stories in which people prayed
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Elton Oliver
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Corrine Silva
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Games/ Puzzles
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Learn about and use prayer labyrinths, do puzzles about Lord’s Prayer, create a prayer poster
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Laurel Henneman
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Alan Williams
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Cooking
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Taste many kinds of bread, make tortillas. Listen to Lord’s Prayer in many languages and create a tile of the Lord’s Prayer in Spanish or English
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Dee Weikle
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Tina Goode
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Peter: 3 Times “No!”, 3 Times “Yes!” Mar 8, 15, 22, 29
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Art
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After hearing the Biblical story, turn own drawings of failings into mosaic new life symbols
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Lucy Burnette
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Carrie Lewis
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Cinema
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Create and video a newscast of interviews with Jesus, Peter, and eyewitnesses to these stories
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Kara Cox
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Mary Ann Mayo
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Drama
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Pose tableaux of the biblical stories then create modern skits about forgiving friends
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Kim Elgin
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Kevin Elgin
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Music/Worship
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Connect Peter's story to the confession and pardon in Westminster's weekly worship. Use musical instruments and movement.
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Ann Hamaric
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Jean Hammond
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Palm Sunday April 5
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Celebration
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Shepherds
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Shepherds
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Easter
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NO CHURCH SCHOOL
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Lydia April 19, 26, May 3, 10
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Workshops for this unit are not yet available until May 15. If the dates look good to you sign up and we’ll give you first choice of workshops when they come.
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Nancy Takashi/David Oakland will do either Art or Games/Puzzles
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Nita Grupe will do Art
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Games/Puzzles, not drama
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Sherry Lake
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Pat Tiedman
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Beth Hochstetler
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Beth Nissen
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