Expanded instructional edition | Grade 1 | Week 31 of 36
Read the cited Scripture with the learner. Family-led study guide, not an accredited complete Grade 1 curriculum. Adults should explain the arrest and death of Yahusha gently and age-appropriately.
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 151: The tomb
Read: Luke 23:50-56. Focus: Joseph of Arimathaea places Yahusha’s body in a tomb.
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 placed Yahusha in a tomb? Teacher answer: Joseph of Arimathaea (Luke 23:50-53).
Guided activity: Draw Joseph placing Yahusha’s body in a rock-hewn tomb. Read Luke 23:50–56 and identify who requested the body and what the women observed. Do not add a sealed stone to this scene, because this reading does not mention one.
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 152: The tomb is empty
Read: Luke 24:1-12. Focus: Women come to the tomb and find the stone rolled away.
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 women find at the tomb? Teacher answer: The stone rolled away and the body absent (Luke 24:2-3).
Guided activity: Draw an open tomb and a rolled-away stone. Read Luke 24:1–12 and identify what the women discovered.
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 153: On the road
Read: Luke 24:13-27. Focus: Two disciples walk toward Emmaus and speak with Yahusha.
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: To which village were the two traveling? Teacher answer: Emmaus (Luke 24:13).
Guided activity: Draw a road toward Emmaus with two travelers and a third person. Retell Luke 24:13–27 and name what they were discussing.
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 154: They recognize him
Read: Luke 24:28-35. Focus: The disciples recognize Yahusha when he breaks bread.
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: When did they recognize him? Teacher answer: When he took, blessed, broke, and gave bread (Luke 24:30-31).
Guided activity: Draw a table with broken bread. Read Luke 24:28–35 and explain when the disciples recognized Yahusha.
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 155: The witnesses are sent
Read: Luke 24:36-49. Focus: Yahusha appears to the disciples and speaks of repentance and remission of sins.
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 are the disciples called in verse 48? Teacher answer: Witnesses (Luke 24:48).
Guided activity: Draw a group of disciples listening. Read Luke 24:36–49 and identify the message Yahusha said should be proclaimed.
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.