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LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio God Gives the Te Commadmets (Part 2) How I Treat Others (about 10 mi.) Play a game, ad talk about how they treat others.

1 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio God Gives the Te Commadmets (Part 2) How I Treat Others (about 10 mi.) Play a game, ad talk about how they treat others. At Mout Siai (about 25 mi.) Go through the fial 6 commadmets usig their Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Respectig Others (about 10 mi.) Decorate stickers that will help them remember to respect others. Bibles, Bible Truth Sleuth, pes, CD player Teacher Pack: CD, Bible Timelie Bibles, crayos, scissors Teacher Pack: sticker sheets Exodus 19:16 20:21 Beig accepted by their peers ad icluded i the group is very importat to thirdad fourth-graders. Beig icluded causes them to be proud of who they are ad gives them a sese of what it s like to be respected. Because they have bee show respect by beig icluded, it is importat that they lear to respect others by also icludig them i their group. Third- ad fourth-graders are just begiig to cosider the feeligs of others ad will beefit from learig ad uderstadig what it meas to respect others through this lesso. Tear out the Lesso 5 pages from each Bible Truth Sleuth studet book. Cut the stickers ito strips so there are 2 stickers o each strip. Lesso 5 Bible Poit God tells us how to respect others. 47 Key Verse Do ot murder, do ot commit adultery, do ot steal, do ot give false testimoy, hoor your father ad mother, ad love your eighbor as yourself (Matthew 19:18-19). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will show respect for others. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 5

2 48 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Showig Love ad Respect (about 15 mi.) Act out scearios, ad rate the level of respect show i each. Teacher Pack: Showig Love ad Respect cards Separate the Showig Love ad Respect cards. 4 Lastig Impressios Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Bible Truth Sleuth Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 5 Grades 3 & 4

3 49 God Gives the Te Commadmets (Part 2) Exodus 19:16 20:21 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Last week s Bible Backgroud cocetrated o the evets surroudig the givig of the Te Commadmets, while this week s cocetrates o the commadmets themselves. If you have t already doe so, you may wat to read both of them before begiig this lesso. Commadmets With a Purpose These commadmets were t give to force the Israelites to follow a arbitrary set of rules. These commads were iteded to help the people live their lives to the fullest i relatioship with oe aother. With the death ad resurrectio of Jesus, we live o loger uder the law but uder grace. Jesus said he came to fulfill the law (Matthew 5:17-18). Certaily we are ot boud to follow these laws to try to wi God s favor, but the priciples behid the Te Commadmets are valid priciples for all time. Commadmets i Two Categories Over the ceturies, scholars have divided the commadmets ito categories i varyig ways. For the purpose of these studies, we re dividig them ito two sectios. The first four commadmets have to do with our relatioship with God; the last six have to do with our relatioships with others. God s Commadmets Establish Priorities The commadmets regardig our relatioship with God clearly spell out the priority ad hoor that he is to hold i our lives. How ofte eve i the Christia commuity do we let other thigs come before our relatioship with God? to misuse God s ame. To use it i swearig or frivolously i jokig is ot appropriate. How we use God s ame directly reflects how we feel about God. He ad his ame are worthy of all the hoor we ca muster! The commadmets regardig our relatioships with others (Exodus 20:12-17) give us lots of guidace o how to respect others. Though eve our Christia culture ca fail to take may of these commads seriously, livig by them gives people the hoor ad respect due them as uique creatios of God. No matter what we see aroud us, we must hold true to these priciples if we are to hoor God ad respect others the way God iteds. The Jesus Coectio As our relatioship with Jesus grows, we ca begi to see this world ad other people through his eyes of ucoditioal love. We will ejoy fellowship more ad others will see Jesus presece i our lives. God wats us to alter our lives to reflect our Savior who loves us eough to die for us. It s easy to get distracted, eve by good thigs, ad we ca get caught up tryig to be like other Christias more tha we try to be like Jesus himself. God loves his creatio so much that he gave us commadmets to help preserve it ad glorify him. God s greatest creatio is humaity ad we are surrouded by it. Every perso you have cotact with today gives you a opportuity to glorify God by liftig up his greatest creatio people. At the ed of the day, take ote of who God blessed through you ad how you were blessed i his service. You ca write your prayer i the space below. Oe commadmet that is ofte take too lightly, especially i today s culture, is the istructio ot Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 5

4 50 GETTING STARTED How I Treat Others What You ll Do Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Have kids umber off by twos. Have the Oes stad i a tight circle facig outward ad the Twos stad i a circle aroud the Oes. The Twos will face iward so that each of them is facig oe of the kids o the iside circle. Say: Let s have a discussio to show how we treat others. Explai that kids will complete statemets with their parters. Read aloud the followig statemets, ad allow kids to respod with their parters. I betwee each statemet, have either the iside or the outside circle move. This way kids will rotate ad have a ew parter for each statemet. Say: The last time I was i a good mood, people aroud me could guess my mood by [kids share with their parters]. Rotate. Say: The last time I was i a bad mood, people aroud me could guess my mood by [kids share with their parters]. Rotate. Say: Other people ca tell I love them because I [kids share with their parters]. Rotate. Say: The last time I was disrespectful, I [kids share with their parters]. Rotate. Say: I show that I respect someoe by [kids share with their parters]. Rotate. Whe kids fiish, have them sit dow. Say: We ll meet all differet types of people durig our lives. It s importat that we show respect to all of them. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. How did you show respect to the people you spoke to today? Tell what happeed the last time you showed respect to someoe. What s oe way you ca show respect to your parets today? Say: You talked a lot about differet ways to respect people. Let s keep that i mid as we lear some ways that GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. We re goig to Mout Siai with Moses ad the Israelites to hear what God has to say i his Te Commadmets. Lesso 5 Grades 3 & 4

5 51 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION At Mout Siai What You ll Do Have the kids gather i a circle. Show kids the God Gives the Te Commadmets picture o the Bible Timelie. Say: We re goig to fid out what God told his people i the last six commadmets. Whe Moses wet up o Mout Siai, the people waited below, ot really sure what was happeig. Let s fid out what the fial commadmets are that God gave to Moses, ad let s take a look at what these commadmets mea. Make sure everyoe has a Bible, ad have a willig child read aloud the fifth commadmet from Exodus 20:12. How does hoorig your father ad mother show respect? Distribute this week s Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Make sure kids all have pes, ad have them tur to the God Gives the Te Commadmets activity. Allow time for kids to complete part 1. At Mout Siai Supplies Bibles Bible Truth Sleuth pes CD player Teacher Pack CD: Rumblig Moutai (track 9) Bible Timelie At Mout Siai Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 5 pages from each Bible Truth Sleuth studet book. Have a willig child read aloud the ext commadmet from Exodus 20:13. Say: Let s take a look at what Jesus tells us about murder. Have kids tur i their Bibles to Matthew 5: Say: Here Jesus tells us that ayoe who murders will be subject to judgmet, ad the he goes o to say that ayoe who is agry with his brother will be subject to judgmet. So if we murder or are agry with someoe, that s a problem with God either way. Have kids form trios ad follow the istructios o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages for part 2 of God Gives the Te Commadmets. Allow about three miutes. Have a willig child read aloud the ext commadmet from Exodus 20:14. Say: Whe two people get married, God wats them to stay true to each other i their hearts ad with their actios for the rest of their lives. I their trios, have kids complete part 3 o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Allow about three miutes. Have groups share their aswers with each other. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 5

6 52 Have a willig child read aloud the ext commadmet from Exodus 20:15. Say: We all kow stealig is wrog. After all, it s somethig you ca get arrested for! How does stealig show a lack of respect for someoe? Have trios complete part 4 o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Allow about two miutes. Have a willig child read aloud the ext commadmet from Exodus 20:16. Say: What this commadmet meas is that it s wrog to lie about others. How does lyig about someoe show a lack of respect? Say: GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. Oe way to do that is to be truthful. All lies are wrog. Whe we lie, it ot oly shows disrespect for others but ca also cause a lot of trouble. Let s look at a few situatios about lyig ad act them out to see what might happe. Have kids complete part 5 o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Allow about two miutes. Have a willig child read aloud the ext commadmet from Exodus 20:17. Say: To covet meas to wat somethig that is t yours; it meas you wat somethig that belogs to someoe else. God wats us to be cotet, or happy, with the thigs we already have. Have kids complete part 6 o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Allow about two miutes. Play Rumblig Moutai (track 9 o the CD) as you read aloud Exodus 20: Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. How did these commadmets help you thik of ew ways to respect others? What ca you lear from oe of these commadmets this week? Explai. What differece do you thik it makes whe you treat people with respect? Say: No matter what other people are doig, we ca look i God s Word to kow that GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. The Te Commadmets help us kow how God wats us to treat other people. We ca be glad that God gave us these rules. Let s thik more about how to do what God wats ad treat others with respect. Lesso 5 Grades 3 & 4

7 53 Respectig Others What You ll Do Make sure each child has a Bible. Say: Our Key Verse today is Matthew 19:18-19: Do ot murder, do ot commit adultery, do ot steal, do ot give false testimoy, hoor your father ad mother, ad love your eighbor as yourself (Matthew 19:18-19). Jesus was repeatig words from the Old Testamet i this verse. What does it mea to you that Jesus thought these were importat eough to repeat? Have kids say the verse alog with you a few times. Give each child a two-sticker strip. Have kids brig their sticker strips as they gather aroud tables with crayos set out. Respectig Others Supplies Bibles crayos scissors Teacher Pack sticker sheets Respectig Others Easy Prep Cut the stickers ito strips so there are 2 stickers o each strip. Say: Sice respectig others ivolves spedig time with them, we re goig to make a remider of this. Each of you has two stickers. Decorate oe to remid you to respect others, ad the decorate the secod sticker to give to aother perso to whom you wat to show respect. Give kids a few miutes to decorate their stickers. The have a few willig kids share their desigs with the group. Say: Put the first sticker somewhere you will see it ofte. You might wat to put it i your room, o a school otebook, or o your Bible. The thik about the perso you decided to give the other sticker to. Whe you give the sticker to that perso, it would be great if you could tell him or her what you leared today about respectig others. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. How will it show respect to give the secod sticker to someoe else? Tell about a time someoe did somethig to show you respect. What do you thik is the most importat thig to remember about showig respect to others? Say: We ca respect other people i so may ways. Whether we re carig ad kid to them or if we talk kidly about them to others, we ca remember the Te Commadmets because GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 5

8 54 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Showig Love ad Respect Supplies Teacher Pack Showig Love ad Respect cards Showig Love ad Respect Easy Prep Separate the Showig Love ad Respect cards. Showig Love ad Respect What You ll Do Say: We show respect to others by treatig them the way we would wat to be treated. We love them as we love ourselves. We take care of them the way we take care of ourselves. This meas we show them love ad respect eve if they do t love ad respect us i retur. Have kids form four groups. Give each group a Showig Love ad Respect card. Have groups read their cards together ad discuss them. Let kids kow they ll be actig out scearios. Say: After each presetatio, the rest of you will hold up 1 to 10 figers idicatig how respectful the mai character i the sceario was to the other people. Oe figer would idicate o respect, ad 10 figers would idicate very respectful. If you thik the mai character was t very respectful, thik of ways to respod to that disrespectful perso i a respectful way. You ca raise your had ad tell the actors how to respod respectfully. Have willig kids from each group act out for the etire group the scearios o their cards. Allow time for presetatios ad resposes. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. I what ways ca you tell whether someoe is beig respectful or ot? What differece might it make to the people aroud you whether you re respectful or ot? What ca you do to show respect to all the people you meet, ot just some of them? Say: Our scearios showed us how every day we have opportuities to show love ad respect to others. Every day we make choices to either obey God s commadmets or to igore them. God wats us to obey his commadmets so that we ll have the best ad happiest lives possible. GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. Let s choose to obey God. Lesso 5 Grades 3 & 4

9 55 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges What You ll Do Say: Let s cosider this week how we ca act o the ways GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. Daily Challeges Supplies Bible Truth Sleuth Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges o their Bible Truth Sleuth pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Let your brother or sister go first whe it s your tur to go first. Do what your parets ask without complaiig or arguig. Show them respect by treatig them as you d wat to be treated. Help someoe who eeds help without askig aythig i retur. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell the kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Say: God gave the Israelites the Te Commadmets to help them remember that GOD TELLS US HOW TO RESPECT OTHERS. Let s treat others with respect this week as we follow through o our Daily Challeges. Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about respectig others. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their Bible Truth Sleuth pages with their families. Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Have kids fid a parter ad pray with each other. Ask them to show respect by listeig ad carig for their parter as they pray together about the ways God wats them to show respect. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 5

First- and second-graders are eager for more independence. In their quest for

First- and second-graders are eager for more independence. In their quest for Lesso 5 47 God Gives the Te Commadmets (Part 2) Exodus 19:16 20:21 First- ad secod-graders are eager for more idepedece. I their quest for idepedece, they may sometimes become defiat ad rebellious. While