Creation

Self-awareness; Identifying myself as male or female

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify themselves as male or female according to Genesis 1:27
- State their gender according to the Bible verse
- Appreciate their gender as guided by scripture

- Learners read Genesis 1:27
- Learners state their gender according to the Bible verse
- Learners write Psalms 139:13 on flash cards and read aloud

What does the Bible say about how God created us?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 1
- Bible
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Observation - Recitation

Creation

Self-awareness; Boys' and girls' activities

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List different activities done by boys and girls
- Perform various activities done at home
- Appreciate that both boys and girls can perform various activities

- Learners look at pictures showing activities done by boys and girls
- Learners identify and list activities done by boys and girls
- Learners discuss activities they do at home

What activities do you do at home?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 3
- Pictures
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Self-awareness; Good thoughts and feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify good thoughts and feelings
- List examples of good thoughts and feelings
- Appreciate the importance of having good thoughts

- Learners identify good thoughts and feelings
- Learners list examples of good thoughts and feelings (loving others, loving God, having joy, forgiving others)
- Learners discuss how good thoughts influence behavior

What are some good thoughts and feelings?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 3
- Charts
- Flash cards

- Oral reports - Observation - Written work

Creation

Self-awareness; Coping with happy or sad feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how they cope with happy or sad feelings
- Draw and color faces showing various emotions
- Value the importance of expressing feelings appropriately

- Learners draw and color faces depicting various emotions
- Learners discuss what they do when they are happy
- Learners share how they cope when they are sad

How do you cope with happy or sad feelings?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 4
- Drawing materials
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Portfolio assessment

Creation

Self-awareness; Coping with happy or sad feelings

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how they cope with happy or sad feelings
- Draw and color faces showing various emotions
- Value the importance of expressing feelings appropriately

- Learners draw and color faces depicting various emotions
- Learners discuss what they do when they are happy
- Learners share how they cope when they are sad

How do you cope with happy or sad feelings?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 4
- Drawing materials
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Portfolio assessment

Creation

Self-awareness; Avoiding bad thoughts

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify bad thoughts that lead to bad behavior
- List ways of avoiding bad thoughts
- Desire to avoid bad thoughts in daily life

- Learners identify bad thoughts that lead to bad behavior (fights, stealing, hating others)
- Learners discuss ways to avoid bad thoughts
- Learners sing a song about being happy in Jesus

How can you avoid bad thoughts?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 5
- Charts
- Bible

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Self-awareness; Making right choices guided by the word of God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify right and wrong choices
- List results of making bad choices
- Desire to make right choices guided by the word of God

- Learners look at pictures showing right and wrong choices
- Learners list results of making bad choices
- Learners discuss how to make right choices guided by God's word

What happens when you make bad choices?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 6
- Pictures
- Bible

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

My Family; Members in the nuclear and extended family

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name family members in the nuclear family
- Identify members of a nuclear family from a picture
- Appreciate their nuclear family

- Learners tell each other members of their family
- Learners identify members of a nuclear family from a picture
- Learners discuss how they relate with family members

Who makes up a nuclear family?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 9
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

My Family; Members in the nuclear and extended family

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name family members in the nuclear family
- Identify members of a nuclear family from a picture
- Appreciate their nuclear family

- Learners tell each other members of their family
- Learners identify members of a nuclear family from a picture
- Learners discuss how they relate with family members

Who makes up a nuclear family?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 9
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

My Family; Members in the extended family

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name family members in the extended family
- Identify members of an extended family from a picture
- Value the importance of extended family members

- Learners look at pictures of extended families
- Learners identify relationships in extended families
- Learners name various relatives in the extended family

Who are the people in your extended family?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 10
- Pictures
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

My Family; Family tree

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the meaning of a family tree
- Draw his/her family tree
- Enjoy drawing his/her family tree

- Learners copy a family tree in their exercise books
- Learners fill in their own family members' names
- Learners draw and color their family trees

What is a family tree?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 13
- Drawing materials
- Charts

- Oral questions - Portfolio assessment - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve; Recognizing God as the creator of Adam and Eve

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Recognize God as the creator of Adam and Eve
- Read Genesis 2:7 and 2:21
- Appreciate God as the creator of human beings

- Learners look at pictures showing God creating man from soil
- Learners read Genesis 2:7 and 2:21
- Learners discuss how God created Adam and Eve

Who were the first people to be created?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 16
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve; How Adam and Eve disobeyed God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Read Genesis 2:16-17 and 3:6-7
- Desire to obey God's instructions

- Learners read Genesis 2:16-17 and 3:6-7
- Learners discuss how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Learners identify what God told Adam and Eve not to do

How did Adam and Eve disobey God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 18
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve; How Adam and Eve disobeyed God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Read Genesis 2:16-17 and 3:6-7
- Desire to obey God's instructions

- Learners read Genesis 2:16-17 and 3:6-7
- Learners discuss how Adam and Eve disobeyed God
- Learners identify what God told Adam and Eve not to do

How did Adam and Eve disobey God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 18
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve; Results of Adam's disobedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State four results of Adam's disobedience
- Read Genesis 3:17, 19 and 23
- Value the importance of obedience

- Learners read Genesis 3:17, 19 and 23
- Learners list the results of Adam's disobedience
- Learners discuss why obedience is important

What happened when Adam and Eve disobeyed God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 19
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

Creation

Adam and Eve; Exercising obedience in day-to-day life

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the importance of obeying teachers and parents
- Compose a poem on the importance of obedience
- Desire to obey parents and teachers

- Learners discuss why they should obey parents and teachers
- Learners compose poems about obeying parents and teachers
- Learners recite poems about obedience

Why should we obey our parents and teachers?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 20
- Charts
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Recitation - Observation

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God; Differentiating the Bible from other books

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Differentiate the Bible from other books
- Tell the difference between the Bible and other books
- Appreciate the Bible as a holy book

- Learners identify the Bible among other books
- Learners tell each other why the Bible is different from other books
- Learners draw and color the Holy Bible

Why is the Bible a Holy book?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 23
- Bible
- Various books
- Drawing materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Portfolio assessment

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God; The Bible as inspired by God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read 2 Timothy 3:16A
- State what they learn about the Bible from 2 Timothy 3:16A
- Value the importance of the Bible as the word of God

- Learners read 2 Timothy 3:16A in turns
- Learners discuss what they learn from the Bible verse
- Learners sing a song about the Bible

What does 2 Timothy 3:16A teach about the Bible?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 24
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God; The number of books in the New Testament

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State the number of books in the New Testament
- Write the number of books in the New Testament
- Appreciate the Bible as a guide in daily life

- Learners state the number of books in the New Testament
- Learners write the number of books in the New Testament
- Learners discuss why they should respect the Bible

How many books are in the New Testament?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 25
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God; The number of books in the New Testament

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State the number of books in the New Testament
- Write the number of books in the New Testament
- Appreciate the Bible as a guide in daily life

- Learners state the number of books in the New Testament
- Learners write the number of books in the New Testament
- Learners discuss why they should respect the Bible

How many books are in the New Testament?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 25
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

The Bible as the word of God; The four Gospel books

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Name the four Gospel books in the New Testament
- Read the names of the four Gospel books from flash cards
- Desire to read the Bible regularly

- Learners identify the four Gospel books
- Learners read the names of the four Gospel books from flash cards
- Learners discuss the importance of reading the Bible regularly

What are the names of the four Gospel books?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 26
- Bible
- Flash cards

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Stories: Moses and the Burning Bush; Introduction to the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Observe a picture of the burning bush
- Describe what they see in the picture
- Show interest in the story of Moses

- Learners look at the picture of the burning bush
- Learners describe what they see in the picture
- Learners share what they would do if they saw a burning bush

What would you do if you saw a burning bush?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 28
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Bible Stories: Moses and the Burning Bush; Retelling the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read Exodus 3:1-6
- Retell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Appreciate God's holy presence

- Learners read Exodus 3:1-6 in turns
- Learners retell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Learners watch a video clip of Moses and the burning bush

How did Moses meet with God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 29
- Bible
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Observation - Recitation

The Holy Bible

Bible Stories: Moses and the Burning Bush; Retelling the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read Exodus 3:1-6
- Retell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Appreciate God's holy presence

- Learners read Exodus 3:1-6 in turns
- Learners retell the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Learners watch a video clip of Moses and the burning bush

How did Moses meet with God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 29
- Bible
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Observation - Recitation

The Holy Bible

Bible Stories: Moses and the Burning Bush; Role playing the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Role play the story of Moses and the burning bush
- State how Moses obeyed God
- Desire to obey God like Moses

- Learners role play the story of Moses and the burning bush
- Learners discuss how Moses showed obedience to God
- Learners draw and color Moses and the burning bush

How did Moses express obedience to God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 30
- Bible
- Drawing materials

- Oral questions - Observation - Portfolio assessment

The Holy Bible

Bible Stories: Moses and the Burning Bush; Lessons from the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Mention three lessons learnt from the story
- Share experiences of obeying parents
- Desire to obey God in day-to-day life

- Learners re-read Exodus 3:1-6
- Learners mention lessons learnt from the story
- Learners share experiences of how they obey their parents

What can we learn from the story of Moses and the burning bush?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 31
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: The Big Fish Swallows Jonah; Understanding disobedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the meaning of disobedience
- Give examples of disobedience
- Appreciate the importance of obedience

- Learners discuss the meaning of disobedience
- Learners share occasions when they disobeyed parents or teachers
- Learners discuss what happened when they disobeyed

What does it mean to disobey?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 33
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: The Big Fish Swallows Jonah; Narrating the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read Jonah 1:1-4, 15, 17; 2:10
- Narrate the story of Jonah and the big fish
- Value the importance of obeying God

- Learners read Jonah 1:1-4, 15, 17; 2:10
- Learners narrate the story of Jonah and the big fish
- Learners complete the story by filling in blank spaces

How did Jonah disobey God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 34
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: The Big Fish Swallows Jonah; Narrating the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read Jonah 1:1-4, 15, 17; 2:10
- Narrate the story of Jonah and the big fish
- Value the importance of obeying God

- Learners read Jonah 1:1-4, 15, 17; 2:10
- Learners narrate the story of Jonah and the big fish
- Learners complete the story by filling in blank spaces

How did Jonah disobey God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 34
- Bible
- Pictures

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: The Big Fish Swallows Jonah; Results of disobedience

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- List the results of Jonah's disobedience
- Describe how Jonah disobeyed God
- Desire to obey God in day-to-day life

- Learners discuss how Jonah disobeyed God
- Learners list the results of Jonah's disobedience
- Learners sing a song about Jonah and the big fish

What happened to Jonah after he disobeyed God?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 35
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: The Big Fish Swallows Jonah; Obeying God

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- State the benefits of obeying God
- Write true or false statements about obedience
- Desire to obey God and other people

- Learners discuss the benefits of obeying God
- Learners identify true and false statements about obedience
- Learners recite a poem about obeying God

Why should we obey God and other people?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 36
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Recitation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: Naaman is Healed; Understanding leprosy

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe leprosy as a skin disease
- Explain how leprosy is spread
- Show compassion towards the sick

- Learners observe pictures of people with skin diseases
- Learners discuss what leprosy is
- Learners learn how leprosy is spread

What is leprosy?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 39
- Pictures
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: Naaman is Healed; Retelling the healing

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Read 2 Kings 5:1-14
- Retell the healing of Naaman
- Appreciate God's healing power

- Learners read 2 Kings 5:1-14 in turns
- Learners retell the story of Naaman's healing
- Learners watch a video clip on Naaman's healing

How was Naaman healed?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 40
- Bible
- Digital devices

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: Naaman is Healed; Dramatizing the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Dramatize the story of Naaman's healing
- Identify the characters in the story
- Value the importance of obedience in healing

- Learners dramatize the story of Naaman's healing
- Learners identify the various characters in the story
- Learners fill in blank spaces with correct answers about the story

Why did Naaman follow Elisha's instructions?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 42
- Bible
- Costumes

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: Naaman is Healed; Dramatizing the story

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Dramatize the story of Naaman's healing
- Identify the characters in the story
- Value the importance of obedience in healing

- Learners dramatize the story of Naaman's healing
- Learners identify the various characters in the story
- Learners fill in blank spaces with correct answers about the story

Why did Naaman follow Elisha's instructions?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 42
- Bible
- Costumes

- Oral questions - Observation - Written work

The Holy Bible

Bible Story: Naaman is Healed; God as the healer

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Mention three lessons learnt from the story
- State ways of appreciating God as the healer
- Appreciate God as the healer of all diseases

- Learners re-read 2 Kings 5:1-14
- Learners discuss lessons learnt from the story
- Learners share ways they appreciate God as the healer

What can we learn from the story of Naaman?

- KLB CRE Activities Grade 3 Learner's Book p. 43
- Bible
- Charts

- Oral questions - Written work - Observation