Title – Diligence – Jezzy’s Example

By – Edna Almanza

Primary Subject – Other

Secondary Subjects – Social Studies

Grade Level – 1-2

Note from LessonPlansPage.com:

This lesson uses a PowerPoint presentation (not included) and a Bible verse (included), neither of which is required to gain benefit from the lesson.

Teacher Materials:

• 1 large Spider to play with and have interaction with
  
• 
  After words to place in room. The key verse will be under it.
  
  
• 
  Web-shaped paper for students to write Bible verse on.
  
  
• Material to prepare “Spider Charts.” (
  
  Goal card-like charts
  
  )

Visuals:

• Power point presentation (
  
  PPP
  
  ).

Objectives:

Children will see the importance of diligence and will strive to be more diligent in their daily activities. (

This will be reviewed by teacher

)

Introduction:

“Ahhh Man, I gotta do this again?!” Have you ever felt that way, kids? Like you just CAN’T do it anymore? You are exhausted. You want to… QUIT!! I think all of us have felt that way one time or another, right? (

Wait for response

) Well, today I’m going to introduce a very special spider to you. Her name is Jezzy.

Transition:

Let’s look at an important lesson Jezzy wants to teach us today! But first, we are going to sing a song together! (

Sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider Song

) (

Slide 2 in the PPP

)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider The Itsy Bitsy Spider Went up the waterspout, Down came the rain And washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, And the Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the spout AGAIN!