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Reading God's Promises

Review and Readiness: Building on First Grade

Day 5of 180
Week 1of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Apply learned phonics patterns to read connected text

2

Comprehend a short Bible story about God's faithfulness

3

Practice reading fluency with decodable text

4

Understand how God's Word guides us

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”

— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)

Demonstrates how reading helps us understand God's guidance

📦 Materials Needed

  • Decodable Bible reader
  • Highlighter
  • Phoneme manipulation chips
  • Whiteboard
  • Marker
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in reading circle. Discuss how reading helps us learn about God. Show the day's decodable Bible reader.

💭 Review Question: How can reading help us understand God better?
2Teaching (8 min)

Model reading the decodable Bible story, pointing out familiar phonics patterns (CVC, digraphs, blends, CVCe)

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God's Word helps us understand His love
  • Reading carefully helps us learn
  • Each word is important in understanding the story
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What did you notice about the words in our story?
  • How does this story show God's faithfulness?
3Activity: Promise Path Reading (7 min)
hands-on

Students read story in pairs, highlighting words with learned phonics patterns

📝 Instructions:
  1. Partner up
  2. Take turns reading pages
  3. Highlight words with known patterns
  4. Discuss story's meaning
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher reads with student, pointing to words

Challenge: Students identify and explain phonics patterns independently

4Closing (5 min)

Reflect on how reading God's Word helps us grow

📝 Review Questions:
  • What new words did you learn today?
  • How can reading help us understand God?
  • What was your favorite part of the story?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for giving us Your Word to help us learn and grow. Help us read carefully and understand Your love. Amen.

Coming up: Next week, we'll explore more amazing stories about Your faithfulness!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”

— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Lamp Walk: Children walk while holding a small flashlight, symbolizing God's Word guiding their steps

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson integrates phonics skill review with biblical comprehension

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage daily reading practice
  • Ask children to explain words they've learned
  • Connect reading skills to spiritual growth
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children may find decoding challenging; patience and consistent practice are key

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Increasing confidence in reading, engagement with biblical text

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a word wall with phonics pattern words from the story
  • Draw a picture illustrating the story's main point
  • Write a simple sentence using learned phonics patterns

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