Hidden Words
Tape a piece of paper with the key words onto the ceiling. Give a treat to the first student to notice it and a treat to the first student who shouts out the reference. (or finds it in their scriptures).
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Phrase Hunt
Enlarge SM and cut into strips. Hide around the room before students arrive. On go the each hunt for a piece and then must assemble themselves into the correct order and recited the SM to you.
Tear it Up
Print out the SM (in 90 pts, landscape), then cut and tape into one long line. (Roll it up.) (Or have the students write out the SM on a piece of adding machine tapewhich you can buy at Walmart.) Do this 3 more times so you have 4 copies. Divide the room into 4 squares (with masking tape) and place a SM roll into each section. Divide the students into…
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Blocked
Enlarge the SM (print it in big font so it fills the page) and make a copy for each team. Cut into 12 equal squares, mix up, and place in an envelope (one envelope per team.) Phase one: teams open their envelope and race to put together the puzzle. Award a point for completing the puzzle first. Phase two: someone from an opposite team turns over one of the square…
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What’s Missing?
Type the scripture 3 different times on the same sheet of paper, but each time have different words missing (replace them with a blank line). Fold the paper so only the first is showing. First round: students fill in as many missing words as possible without using scriptures (and then may peek to complete the verse). Second round: fold the paper so that only the second section is showing. Fill…
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Scripture Bee
Give the students 2 minutes to memorize as much as possible. They all stand. The first person recites the scripture until they miss a word (or cant remember any more). That person then sits down, looks at the word they missed and tells it to the class. The next person tries to say more than the first person. And so on. People sitting down can help the person reciting, if…
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Puzzle
Enlarge the SM (or use the large poster once you are finished with it) and cut it into puzzle pieces.
Suck Up
Give each team an envelope with the SM cut up into small phrases. The students lay out the pieces onto a table. Teacher says go and they must transfer the words to a second table and put them in the correct order. The catch? They each have a straw (to suck up each piece for transit). If a word drops they must use the straw to pick it up. …
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Cup Tower
You need 12 styrofoam cups per team, each marked with a colored stripe so the teams know their color. On the board write out the SM so that the entire scripture is divided into four equal lines, and number the lines 1-4. Have all the cups separated and grouped in colors. All students begin sitting down in a line. When you say go, who ever is first in line, stands…
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Switcheroo
Divide the class into teams of 3 students. Each team has two dice, a pie tin, a set of scriptures, a pencil and paper. Open scriptures to the SM. When teacher says go, the first student on each team begins to read the scripture while the second student writes down exactly what the first student is reading. At the same time, the third student is rolling the dice into the…
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Assigned Lines
Divide the SM into phrases (or lines from the SM card). Number each phrase or line. Assign each student a number (several students should have the same number). Give a few minutes for students to memorize their line. Call up a student per phrase/line and have them recite the SM (each their own line). Then call out a number and who ever in the audience has that number will come…
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Read and Race
One student stands and reads (or quotes) one of the scriptures. The object is for the reading student to finish reciting the SM before all the others can locate and find the reference in their own scriptures.