Expanded instructional edition | Grade 1 | Week 1 of 36
Theme: Hear, love, teach, and remember Yahuah’s words. Primary text: Deuteronomy 6:1–9. This is a family-led Scripture study, not a complete accredited Grade 1 curriculum. Read the passage from your family’s Bible before using each lesson.
Weekly learning targets
By the end of the week, the learner should be able to: identify Moses and Israel; locate Deuteronomy 6 with help; explain hear, love, and remember in age-appropriate language; answer a question using a verse; and retell one instruction accurately.
Daily rhythm | Approximately 20–30 minutes
Read aloud (5 minutes), discuss and model (5–8 minutes), hands-on practice (5–10 minutes), and review (3–5 minutes). Allow oral answers, dictation, tracing, or drawing according to reading and writing ability.
Day 1 | Listen to the instruction
Read: Deuteronomy 6:1–3. Learning point: Moses gives Israel commandments to learn and do.
Vocabulary: commandment. Say the word, explain it simply, and use it in a sentence.
Ask: Who is speaking to Israel? What does Moses tell the people to do?
Teacher answer: Moses; hear, learn, and observe Yahuah’s commandments. Ask the learner to point to the verse. Evidence: Deuteronomy 6:1–3.
Guided practice: Have the learner listen to two short household instructions, repeat them, and explain the difference between hearing and doing.
Student work: Draw Moses speaking to the people. Label Moses and Israel.
Exit check: Ask the learner to name one fact from today’s verses and show where it appears in the passage.
Day 2 | Hear, O Israel
Read: Deuteronomy 6:4. Learning point: Israel is called to hear that Yahuah is one.
Vocabulary: hear. Say the word, explain it simply, and use it in a sentence.
Ask: Who is told to hear? What does the verse say about Yahuah?
Teacher answer: Israel; Yahuah is one. Ask the learner to point to the verse. Evidence: Deuteronomy 6:4.
Guided practice: Say the word hear aloud. Have the learner point to their ear, listen while the passage is read, and repeat its central statement.
Student work: Copy or trace the word HEAR. Draw an ear and label it.
Exit check: Ask the learner to name one fact from today’s verses and show where it appears in the passage.
Day 3 | Love Yahuah
Read: Deuteronomy 6:5. Learning point: The command calls for love with heart, soul, and might.
Vocabulary: love. Say the word, explain it simply, and use it in a sentence.
Ask: Which three words describe how Israel is to love Yahuah?
Teacher answer: Heart, soul, and might. Ask the learner to point to the verse. Evidence: Deuteronomy 6:5.
Guided practice: Read the verse slowly three times, emphasizing one of the three words each time. Discuss how love is shown through choices and actions.
Student work: Write or dictate: I can show love by ____. Draw an example.
Exit check: Ask the learner to name one fact from today’s verses and show where it appears in the passage.
Day 4 | Teach these words
Read: Deuteronomy 6:6–7. Learning point: The words are to be in the heart and taught diligently to children.
Vocabulary: diligently. Say the word, explain it simply, and use it in a sentence.
Ask: When does the passage say families can talk about these words?
Teacher answer: When sitting at home, walking by the way, lying down, and rising up. Ask the learner to point to the verse. Evidence: Deuteronomy 6:6–7.
Guided practice: Make a four-part daily routine strip: home, walking, bedtime, morning. Discuss one time to read Scripture together.
Student work: Draw two routine pictures and label them MORNING and NIGHT.
Exit check: Ask the learner to name one fact from today’s verses and show where it appears in the passage.
Day 5 | Remember the words
Read: Deuteronomy 6:8–9. Learning point: The passage speaks of binding the words as a sign upon the hand, as frontlets between the eyes, and writing them upon house posts and gates. The reminder card below is only a learning illustration, not a substitute for these instructions.
Vocabulary: remember. Say the word, explain it simply, and use it in a sentence.
Ask: Where does the passage say to write the words?
Teacher answer: On the posts of the house and on the gates. Ask the learner to point to the verse. Evidence: Deuteronomy 6:8–9.
Guided practice: Create a paper reminder card with a Scripture reference. Explain that this activity illustrates remembering and does not replace the passage’s instruction.
Student work: Retell one lesson from Days 1–4. Draw a reminder and label it.
Exit check: Ask the learner to name one fact from today’s verses and show where it appears in the passage.
Week 1 independent check
1. Who spoke to Israel? 2. Complete: Yahuah is ____. 3. Name one of the three words in Deuteronomy 6:5. 4. Tell one time a family can discuss the Word. 5. Point to a verse that supports one of your answers. Accept spoken, dictated, or written responses.
Teacher scoring and next steps
Award one point for each correct response, up to five points. Four or five: proceed and review briefly next week. Two or three: repeat the relevant passage with concrete examples. Zero or one: reread in shorter segments, model the answers, and reassess orally. This is an informal instructional check, not a standardized assessment.
Family note
Keep interpretation anchored to the cited verses. Distinguish what Scripture states from an illustration or classroom activity. Avoid adding holiday traditions. The adult may adjust reading length and writing demands to the child’s development.