Grade 3 Scripture Study Chapter 4 | Teacher Guide

Grade 3 Scripture Study Chapter 4: Separate Teacher Guide and Answers

Parent reference. Chapter 4 addresses Scripture covenant-context sequence; not an Alabama academic standard. Answers to open tasks are indicative; evaluate evidence and reasoning rather than requiring identical wording.

Day 1 Answer Key: Deuteronomy 9:1–6

  1. 1. Moses
  2. 2. Israel
  3. 3. Entering the land
  4. 4. Their own righteousness as reason
  5. 5. Covenant oath to fathers and judgment on nations
  6. 6. Accurate contextual paraphrase
  7. 7. Not because of their righteousness
  8. 8. Audience and covenant setting shape meaning
  9. 9. Text-grounded summary
  10. 10. Verifiable wording in passage
  11. 11. Application distinct
  12. 12. Both caution against self-exaltation

Check for genuine independent understanding. For open tasks, require appropriate evidence. Reteach with an unfamiliar example and assess again.

Day 2 Answer Key: Deuteronomy 9:7–21

  1. 1. Golden calf
  2. 2. Stone tablets
  3. 3. Idolatrous image and disobedience
  4. 4. Moses broke them
  5. 5. Aaron is described as involved; read context
  6. 6. Intercession, destruction and warning
  7. 7. Calls Israel to remember disobedience
  8. 8. Refer to passage
  9. 9. Narrated actions versus moral instruction
  10. 10. Correct chronological summary
  11. 11. Any unsupported detail labeled
  12. 12. Verse-based comparison

Check for genuine independent understanding. For open tasks, require appropriate evidence. Reteach with an unfamiliar example and assess again.

Day 3 Answer Key: Deuteronomy 9:22–29

  1. 1. Taberah, Massah, Kibroth-hattaavah etc.
  2. 2. Go up and possess
  3. 3. Rebellion/distrust
  4. 4. Moses
  5. 5. Yahuah
  6. 6. People and inheritance
  7. 7. Deliverance from Egypt
  8. 8. Covenant and redemption invoked
  9. 9. Accurate verse citation
  10. 10. Text-grounded summary
  11. 11. Plea is direct text; inference labeled
  12. 12. Valid evidence from passage

Check for genuine independent understanding. For open tasks, require appropriate evidence. Reteach with an unfamiliar example and assess again.

Day 4 Answer Key: Deuteronomy 10:1–11

  1. 1. Earlier tablets broken
  2. 2. Moses
  3. 3. Ark
  4. 4. Yahuah wrote as before
  5. 5. Broken after calf episode
  6. 6. Set apart for service
  7. 7. Covenant renewed while consequences acknowledged
  8. 8. Moses
  9. 9. Israel
  10. 10. Text-supported summary
  11. 11. Any unwritten ritual claim
  12. 12. Contextual verse comparison

Check for genuine independent understanding. For open tasks, require appropriate evidence. Reteach with an unfamiliar example and assess again.

Day 5 Answer Key: Deuteronomy 10:12–22

  1. 1. What does Yahuah require?
  2. 2. Fear, walk, love, serve (any two)
  3. 3. Keep commandments and statutes
  4. 4. Circumcise heart / no longer stiff-necked
  5. 5. Justice and no partiality
  6. 6. Fatherless and widow
  7. 7. Love the stranger
  8. 8. Israel was strangers in Egypt
  9. 9. Correct verse-based commands
  10. 10. Clearly marked application
  11. 11. Reverence, love, obedience and justice
  12. 12. Covenant-focused comparison

Check for genuine independent understanding. For open tasks, require appropriate evidence. Reteach with an unfamiliar example and assess again.

Assessment and Progress Record

Suggested indicators: accurate concept, independent explanation, vocabulary or procedural fluency, and transfer to an unfamiliar example. This chapter alone does not establish year-level mastery. Record results privately.