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Schedule for Memory Work
General Guidelines
Suggestions for Memory Work
Example of a Class Plan for Memorization
LUTHERAN CHURCH
OF MARTHA & MARY
SUNDAY
SCHOOL SCHEDULE OF REQUIRED MEMORY WORK
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Preschool:
2 or 3 table and/or bedtime prayers (send home)
Listen
to the Lord's Prayer
Church
manners
Kindergarten:
The Lord's Prayer (listen/pray together)
2
or 3 table and/or bedtime prayers (send home)
Church
manners
Short
bible verses (teacher's judgment/curriculum)
1st Grade:
The Lord's Prayer (pray together)
The
Apostle's Creed (teacher recites)
2nd Grade:
The Lord's Prayer (pray together)
The
Apostle's Creed (students begin to join in)
Commandments
1, 2 3 (parrot back/say alone) Wording does not have to be exact
3rd Grade:*
The Lord's Prayer (opening/closing)
The
Apostle's Creed (without teacher; vary student leaders as a group)
Commandments
1-5 (parrot back/say alone)
Introduce
Bible (Genesis, Psalms, Revelation)
Old
Testament Books (song, incorporate in opening, cassettes)
4th Grade:*
The Lord's Prayer (opening/closing) Continue to use weekly to reinforce
and for newcomers
The
Apostle's Creed
Commandments
1-10 (use "see/hear/write/say")
Bible
usage (look up verses)
New
Testament Books (song, incorporate in opening, cassettes)
*If 3rd and 4th grades combined, Old Testament before Christmas
and New Testament after Christmas.
5th Grade:
Review: The Lord's Prayer and The Apostle's Creed
Review:
The 10 Commandments (write them)
New
Memory Work: Psalm 23 (opening/closing), by Christmas
New
Memory Work: Bible Verses as follows:
John 3:16
Matthew 22:37-39
John 14:6
Matthew 7:7
Matthew 7:12
6th Grade:
Review: The Lord's Prayer, The Apostle's Creed, The 10 Commandments,
Psalm 23.
New
Memory Work: The Beatitudes (The "Blessed" Version) Matthew
5:3-12
Bible
Verses as follows:
Isaiah 40:3,5
Matthew 7:1-2
Matthew 5:43-44
1 John 1:7
Matthew 28:19-20 (The Great Commission)
7th Grade:
Review: The Lord's Prayer, The Apostle's Creed, The 10 Commandments,
Psalm 23, The Beatitudes
New
Memory Work: The Aaronic Benediction, Numbers 6:24-26 (September-Christmas)
Bible
Verses as follows:
Ephesians 2:8-9
Matthew 18:20
John 11:25-26
Matthew 25:40
Matthew 6:19-21
Mark 9:23b
8th Grade:
Review: The Lord's Prayer, The Apostle's Creed, The 10 Commandments,
Psalm 23, The Beatitudes, the Aaronic Benediction
New
Memory Work: Psalm 100 (September-Christmas)
Bible
Verses as follows:
Romans 3:28
John 8:31b, 32
1 Corinthians 10:13
John 20:23
Matthew 18:18
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General Guidelines
SPECIAL NOTES:
- Flexibility: Give yourself permission to set the pace slower or
faster as you get a feel for your group. Meet the students where
they are, remembering they come from different ability levels and
different home environments. Provide an opportunity for memory,
but don't put undue pressure on yourself or your students! Relax.
Have fun with it.
- Bible Verses: The RSV version has been used on the schedule of memory
work, but feel free to use the NSRV is you prefer
- 7th and 8th Grade Teachers: It would be helpful to coordinate
your memory work with the confirmation instructor. In this way,
you will not be running into a problem with duplication.
SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING MEMORY WORK:
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- Listen first: teacher recites and students listen. Gradually
students may join in. For younger (preschool-1st or 2nd grades),
listening is the key. Students may parrot back phrases in small/appropriate
segments. Pictures may help as cues to table prayers and The
Lord's Prayer.
- Repetition or rehearsal is a good technique. Some children
do this automatically; others need to be shown how to practice.
Tell them to say it over and over in their heads.
- Older students (Grades 2 & up) may read (aloud and/or silently),
repeat, recite, copy, write from memory, draw, look at pictures, recite
as a group, recite individually, count on their fingers (1st , 2nd,
etc.), use mnemonics (HOMES for the Great Lakes, Huron, Ontario, Michigan,
Erie, Superior).
- Usually memorizing in order is more efficient than random order.
It is normal to recall the first item, then the last time, and then
some from the middle. The middle items are the hardest to memorize.
- The brain memorizes about seven (7) items before becoming overloaded,
hence 7-digit phone numbers. Clumping information allows us
to remember more items. The younger the child, the fewer items
that can be memorized. Clumping the books of the Bible in meaningful
clumps, i.e. phrases in the song, Books of Law, etc., can help store
the information.
- Visual cues help. Posters, drawings, pictures, etc. can be
posted.
- There is memory in muscle movement. Writing something down
can help us learn/memorize. It can also stimulate recall.
When we block, sometimes writing can trigger the memory. This
is especially true for children who have difficulty memorizing.
EXAMPLE OF A CLASS PLAN FOR MEMORIZATION
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(These are suggestions only!
Modify or make your own agenda.)
Third Grade: Example only!
1. The Lord's Prayer. By now students should be saying it together.
Memorized through previous use.
2. The Apostle's
Creed. Some students may know it from previous use
- Continue to use in opening or closing.
- Break into phrases to have them repeat during 5-minute memory time
- Most may be able to follow words from a text, but some may not read
that well.
- Explain, only as you feel appropriate. Like the Pledge of
Allegiance, they may not really understand the words until they are
much older.
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Use posters with words/pictures.
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Accept non-exact wording; working for exact.
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Parrot back. (Group/individual,
use your judgment)
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Say alone.
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Do one per month (4/5 Sundays
in a row.)
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Repeat 1 & 2.
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Repeat 1, 2 & 3.
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First Book: Genesis
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Middle Book: Psalms
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Last Book: Revelation
Fourth Grade:
Example only!
September: First five (5) commandments.
Review (write).
October:
Commandments 6 & 7
November: Commandments
8 & 9
December: Commandment
10
January:
One Sunday, review 1-5 Commandments (write).
3 Sundays, Books of New Testament (break into sections)
February:
One Sunday, review 6-10 Commandments (write)
3 Sundays, Books of New Testament (break into sections)
March:
Review 10 Commandments
All New Testament Books
April:
Same
May:
Review all. |