The title of this post does not imply that we should create our own Bible story. No. What it means is that we would develop a narrative that leads our students into thinking and reflecting on what they are about to learn, are learning, and have learned from a biblical point of view. That is, from the view point of someone who belongs to and loves Jesus. Here is an example.
Objective: The student will know how to add decimal numbers by aligning the decimal values, and using the addition and carry algorithm successfully to arrive at the correct sum.
Objectives like this do not have a corresponding "What would Jesus Do?" Scripture for us to reference and disseminate to our students. However, we know why we want our students to know how to add decimal numbers. Therefore designing a narrative that shows the God honoring benefits of knowing, and dishonoring consequences of not knowing might work as a good introduction, or summary for this lesson.
"David and John are two new workers for Mr Murphy. Mr. Murphy owns two Toy Stores in the Bangor area. David and John are both Christians and love Jesus, so they want to do a good job for Mr. Murphy.
In an email Mr. Murphy gives David and John the monthly profits of both stores, and asks them to find their sum. That means to add the profits together to find the total profit.
Here is the result of David and John's work."
Questions:
1. Who is the better worker?
2. Why did knowing how to add decimal numbers help the better worker?
3. Why do you think lining the decimal points is important?
4. Why is John's answer not helpful for Mr. Murphy?
5. Read Proverbs 14:23 and think about what you would tell John, or what advice you
might give to him.
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