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Where and When Questions in Stories

Asking and Answering Questions

Day 132of 180
Week 27of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify and answer 'where' questions about story settings

2

Recognize 'when' details in a narrative

3

Practice listening comprehension skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 119:105

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

— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)

God's Word helps us understand stories and learn important details

📦 Materials Needed

  • Bible story picture book
  • Question word cards
  • Colorful map or setting picture
  • Whiteboard and marker
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle and introduce question words. Show 'where' and 'when' cards and explain their meanings.

💭 Review Question: Can you tell me a place where something happened in a story?
2Teaching (7 min)

Read a simple Bible story, pausing to ask 'where' and 'when' questions about the narrative.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Settings tell us about the location of a story
  • Time details help us understand when events happen
  • Listening carefully helps us answer questions
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Where did this story take place?
  • When did these events happen?
  • Can you describe the place in the story?
3Activity: Story Setting Detectives (5 min)
hands-on

Students create a simple map or drawing showing where their favorite Bible story happens

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child a piece of paper
  2. Ask them to draw the setting of a Bible story
  3. Encourage them to share where their story happens
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps draw setting details

Challenge: Add time-related details to the drawing

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about 'where' and 'when' in stories

📝 Review Questions:
  • What does 'where' mean?
  • How can knowing the setting help us understand a story?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank You for helping us learn and understand stories. Amen.

Coming up: Tomorrow we will learn about 'why' questions in stories!

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 22:6

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

— Proverbs 22:6 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Act out the verse using hand motions

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning to comprehend stories by identifying location and time details

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Ask 'where' and 'when' questions during daily reading
  • Use simple maps and pictures to illustrate settings
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might confuse time and location concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child can point to or describe story settings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a story setting matching game
  • Act out different story locations
  • Make a time-line of a simple Bible story

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