That's the Word of the Week, selected from the Gospel Story and featured in Daily Exercises. Students not only add these everyday words to their vocabulary, but also are led to discover their religious meanings. As a class they can use these words to explore their growing faith life.

Learning to listen to God's Word can be as simple as learning vocabulary!

• The Good News™ Planners highlight a Word of the Week from the coming Sunday's Gospel story.
• Through Daily Exercises, students learn the meaning of this word and how it relates to the Gospel story.
• Students learn to listen for the word and thus listen more carefully to God's voice heard in the Liturgy of the Word.
• Word mastery and story familiarity will stay with children throughout their lives, helping them become literate in the language of Scripture and at home with Church life in prayer and worship.