God Rescues: Catch-up or Calendar Flex - Teacher (Standard) (print)

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Objective: Retell the main action in To be selected by curriculum editor and state in simple language that the operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.

Read: To be selected by curriculum editor

Opening: Ask one observation question before explaining the lesson.

Say:

This record is an optional curriculum slot rather than a fixed canonical lesson.
The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires interpretation or synthesis?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete God Rescues: Catch-up or Calendar Flex Story Path.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; God Rescues: Catch-up or Calendar Flex Story Path

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Exodus 12:1-32 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What conclusion can we support from those observations? Where could someone overstate or misapply this passage?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Read and Notice: God Rescues: Catch-up or Calendar Flex. Printable: K3-L07-P01-the-passover-story-path.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What faithful response fits the text?

Activity details

Read and Notice: God Rescues: Catch-up or Calendar Flex · 10 min

Materials: The Passover Story Path; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read or retell To be selected by curriculum editor in context.
Name two details the text directly states.
Restate the big idea in your own words.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: To be selected by curriculum editor

Prayer: Thank God for what the passage shows and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: The operating calendar may use this slot for catch-up, holidays, or a congregation-specific teaching need.