Games & Incentives to help them be "ON TIME!"

01/30/2012

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        February is one of those months when tardies can get out of hand (if they haven’t already :-). Here is a game that can really help, and is lots of fun.   We’ll call the game “Guess the Prize”.  To play, get a small gift (perhaps White Elephant like in nature –cheap and strange).  For the example say it is a small thing of colored pencils.  So if class starts at 6am, then each morning, that week at 6am (or 6:01am) give a clue.  Then on Friday, students can use their clues to guess what the prize is.  For guessing the pencils, clues on different days could be something like: “You wood love this”...”Don't let this make you blue”... “Oh no! Now I'm black and blue”... “With the luck of the draw you will be red faced”... “Orange you glad I didn't say banana, grapes, nuts, or broccoli?”  
            Expect that it will take a few days to get this going. And make sure you only give the clues to those one time. Only one prize per week and not answers till Friday. Thanks Sister Sykes for sharing this idea! For a handout with many more helps, games. and ideas to reduce tardies, click on the link HERE.
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2nd Samuel 11 Worksheet

01/30/2012

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        Here is a worksheet based on the great teaching idea from the Student Study Guide for 2nd Samuel 11.  I like to start the chapter asking them to start reading the first verses and to look for where King David started to go wrong in the chapter.  A great discussion about staying away from temptations can come from this.
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High Card

01/23/2012

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        This Scripture Mastery game is to help students recall the references from key words; so don’t let students tell each other the references.
        To play, divide students evenly into rows (no more than 5 in a row). Then each row is given a stack of 25 cards with a Scripture Mastery Reference written on each (you can also use a regular stack of Scripture Mastery Cards that they got at the beginning of the year).  These cards are disseminated evenly among the students in that row. Give the students a minute to familiarize themselves to the key words and references of their cards. Then the teacher calls out some key words.  Only one person on each row will be able to hold up that card.  The first person who holds up that card wins a point for their row.  
        After they are very familiar with their cards, have them rotate their hand of cards to the person behind them, and the person in the back to the front. Give them another minute to get familiar and play some more. After the game, they should have become quite familiar with the key words and references (if you didn’t let them help each other).
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Are We Different From The World? -1st Samuel 8 Worksheet

01/17/2012

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        The Israelites wanted a king so they could be more like the other people and nations around them.  They wanted to fit in.  After you teach 1st Samuel 8, this worksheet will help you and your students explore this same idea in our lives.  Make copies and break students into pairs to go through the worksheet.  Then go through it as a class.  After asking the class how similar church members are in that area, make sure you then ask, “How can we do better as Church members?”  Make sure to read President Kimball’s quote in the manual.
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Unlocking Isaiah

01/09/2012

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This last weekend we had the big multi stake meeting where in one of the classes, I share helps to get us ready for teaching Isaiah this Spring. Here are a couple of helps for teaching Isaiah. Click on the colored text to download that thing.

Paraphrasing Practice Worksheet:  Whenever teaching scripture books with difficult wording (Like Isaiah, Ezekiel, Paul…) I’ve often used this worksheet to get kids to slow down and translate the scripture English in to modern English so it can be understood.  During the lesson we talked about translating into “Hi-skulies”.   This worksheet takes common phrases that have been changed and flowered up.  The kids will have fun trying to figure out the common phrases.   The answer key is on the second page. 

Isaiah Presentation: I promised everyone the slides to the presentation so you didn’t have to write notes like a madman.   Here they are.  I am sure it will be useful, but there are parts that will not have full meaning without having attended the presentation.  Email me at bushmanjs@ldschurch.org if you want the actual PPT presentation instead of just the PDF.

I might post these again as we get closer to when you would actually teach Isaiah.  Thanks for all you do.

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Something to Make Life Easier

01/03/2012

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        Some of you teachers already use something like this, but here is something for the rest of you.  Naturally it is nice to have written up on the board what the opening hymn will be, and prayers, etc… But it is a pain to have to write all that up every day and then it cuts into your precious board space.  Here is a solution.   Have it on a paper (that is laminated with magnets on the back) that you can put up and take down easily.  This also gives your class president an outline of what he needs to put up on the board before starting class.  
        I have attached it in the PowerPoint format so that you can modify it to your needs better.  I have it as a PDF here so you can just use that if you want. Before I laminated it, I also added a piece of red paper behind it to make it stand out a bit.
        If you are wondering what is “On The Spot”, here is the explanation.  Each day I like to have a student told at the beginning of class that they will be “On the Spot”. Then they know it is their job at the end of the lesson (before the prayer) to share what they thought was the big lesson that day in seminary.  This shows you as the teacher if the big points came through. I’ve found this also makes other kids want to chime in.  It also helps review what they learned and keeps them on their toes.
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