Expanded instructional edition | Grade 1 | Week 28 of 36
Read the cited Scripture with the learner. Family-led study guide, not an accredited complete Grade 1 curriculum.
Learning targets and routine
Identify people and events, explain vocabulary, retell a passage, answer with evidence, and draw or write a response. Read 5 minutes, discuss 5–8, practice 5–10, check 5.
Day 136: The greatest commandments
Read: Matthew 22:34-40. Focus: Yahusha teaches love for Yahuah and love for neighbor.
Model: Read the passage in short sections, name who is involved, retell the main action, and reread the key verse.
Vocabulary: Select a key word from the passage. Explain it using the verse, then use it in a sentence.
Question: Name one of the two commandments Yahusha highlights? Teacher answer: Love Yahuah or love your neighbor (Matthew 22:37-39).
Guided activity: Make two heart cards labeled LOVE YAHUAH and LOVE NEIGHBOR. Locate the two commandments in Matthew 22:34–40.
Student work: Draw and label one true detail. Write or dictate one sentence and identify the supporting verse.
Check: Tell one accurate fact and point to its verse.
Day 137: A neighbor in need
Read: Luke 10:25-33. Focus: Yahusha tells a story about a traveler who is hurt and others who pass by.
Model: Read the passage in short sections, name who is involved, retell the main action, and reread the key verse.
Vocabulary: Select a key word from the passage. Explain it using the verse, then use it in a sentence.
Question: Who stopped to help the hurt traveler? Teacher answer: A Samaritan (Luke 10:33).
Guided activity: Draw a road, a wounded traveler, and people passing. Read Luke 10:25–33 and identify who passed by and who stopped. Verse 33 introduces the Samaritan; verses 34–37 describe his care.
Student work: Draw and label one true detail. Write or dictate one sentence and identify the supporting verse.
Check: Tell one accurate fact and point to its verse.
Day 138: Showing mercy
Read: Luke 10:34-37. Focus: The Samaritan cares for the traveler; Yahusha says to go and do likewise.
Model: Read the passage in short sections, name who is involved, retell the main action, and reread the key verse.
Vocabulary: Select a key word from the passage. Explain it using the verse, then use it in a sentence.
Question: What did the Samaritan show? Teacher answer: Mercy (Luke 10:37).
Guided activity: Make three picture cards showing the Samaritan treating wounds, transporting the traveler, and arranging care. Retell Luke 10:34–37.
Student work: Draw and label one true detail. Write or dictate one sentence and identify the supporting verse.
Check: Tell one accurate fact and point to its verse.
Day 139: Mary listens
Read: Luke 10:38-42. Focus: Mary sits and listens to Yahusha while Martha is busy serving.
Model: Read the passage in short sections, name who is involved, retell the main action, and reread the key verse.
Vocabulary: Select a key word from the passage. Explain it using the verse, then use it in a sentence.
Question: Who sat and listened to Yahusha? Teacher answer: Mary (Luke 10:39).
Guided activity: Draw Mary listening and Martha serving. Read Luke 10:38–42 and explain what Martha asked and what Yahusha said.
Student work: Draw and label one true detail. Write or dictate one sentence and identify the supporting verse.
Check: Tell one accurate fact and point to its verse.
Day 140: Forgiving others
Read: Matthew 18:21-35. Focus: Yahusha uses a parable to teach forgiveness; the story includes a servant who refuses mercy.
Model: Read the passage in short sections, name who is involved, retell the main action, and reread the key verse.
Vocabulary: Select a key word from the passage. Explain it using the verse, then use it in a sentence.
Question: What did Peter ask Yahusha about? Teacher answer: How often to forgive a brother (Matthew 18:21).
Guided activity: Draw two hands releasing a paper debt note. Retell Matthew 18:21–35 and identify the difference between mercy received and mercy refused.
Student work: Draw and label one true detail. Write or dictate one sentence and identify the supporting verse.
Check: Tell one accurate fact and point to its verse.
Weekly assessment
Identify a person or group, retell one event or instruction, explain a word, locate a verse, and draw or write one true detail. Score one point per skill. Reteach weak areas. Allow oral answers and dictation.