Expanded instructional edition | Grade 1 | Week 36 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 176: Review the Torah
Read: Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Focus: Review creation and Israel’s command to hear, love, and teach Yahuah’s words.
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 teaching from Deuteronomy 6. Teacher answer: Hear Yahuah, love him, or teach the words diligently (Deuteronomy 6:4-7).
Guided activity: Create a two-panel Scripture review card: Genesis 1:1 and Deuteronomy 6:4–9. Draw creation in one panel and a family teaching in the other.
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 177: Review Israel’s journey
Read: Exodus 14:21-22; Joshua 4:6-7. Focus: Review the crossing of the sea and the stones remembering the Jordan crossing.
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 twelve stones help children remember? Teacher answer: The crossing of the Jordan (Joshua 4:6-7).
Guided activity: Create two illustrated review cards: Israel crossing the sea (Exodus 14:21–22) and the twelve stones as a memorial at the Jordan (Joshua 4:6–7). Compare what each event teaches; do not require details outside the assigned readings.
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 178: Review wisdom and prophets
Read: Proverbs 15:1; Micah 6:8. Focus: Review gentle speech, justice, mercy and humility.
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 kind of answer turns away wrath? Teacher answer: A soft answer (Proverbs 15:1).
Guided activity: Make two cards, WISDOM and JUSTICE. Match a phrase from Proverbs 15:1 with a phrase from Micah 6:8 and explain both.
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 179: Review Yahusha’s teachings
Read: Matthew 7:24-27; John 13:34-35. Focus: Review hearing and doing Yahusha’s words and loving one another.
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 Yahusha command his disciples to do? Teacher answer: Love one another (John 13:34).
Guided activity: Draw a rock foundation and two neighbors helping one another. Read Matthew 7:24–27 and John 13:34–35 and explain one teaching from each.
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 180: Final demonstration
Read: James 1:22; Acts 2:42. Focus: Explain a teaching from the year, identify its verse, and describe one way to put it into practice.
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 does James say to do with the word? Teacher answer: Be doers of the word (James 1:22).
Guided activity: Prepare a three-part presentation: name a favorite Scripture passage, explain what it says, and show a drawing or action demonstrating understanding. Assess four observable skills, one point each: correctly name a passage, identify a supporting verse, accurately explain one teaching, and give a relevant example of putting it into practice. Allow oral responses or drawings with explanation. Score 0–4 and record which skill needs reteaching.
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.