Product Description
Help students engage deeply with Grade 3 Lesson 9: Jesus through this complete printable lesson bundle from JustusCrafting.
This resource is designed to move beyond simple reading by providing three complementary learning experiences:
- Understand the lesson through the Enrichment Workbook.
- Interact with key ideas through printable interactive activities.
- Experience the lesson through hands-on connections, demonstrations, creative activities, and practical exploration.
Students explore stories and ideas connected to Jesus' life and teachings through activities that encourage reflection, drawing, writing, discussion, observation, movement, construction, and creative participation.
The bundle brings together the three JustusCrafting resources so that students can approach the lesson in different ways. The Enrichment Workbook provides opportunities to explore and respond to lesson content, the Interactive Components allow students to construct and manipulate paper-based activities, and the Hands-On Connections provide optional experiences that connect lesson ideas with observation, demonstrations, creativity, and practical participation.
Together, the three resources provide a flexible collection of printable activities for exploring Jesus, His life, His teachings, and the spiritual ideas connected to the lesson.
What's Included in This Bundle
Understand — Enrichment Workbook
- Story-based learning activities centred on Jesus, His life, and His teachings
- Reflection and discussion opportunities
- Drawing and writing activities
- Activities that encourage children to think about lesson ideas and make personal connections
- Review and learning activities connected to the lesson
Interact — Interactive Components
- No Room at the Inn pull-tab activity
- Preparing the Way interactive activity with two pull tabs
- A Message of Love interactive fold activity with Simple Fold and Turkish Map Fold options
- Seeing with the Heart interactive folding activity
- Alternative workbook pages
- Printable templates
- Step-by-step assembly instructions
- Assembly photographs where helpful
The Interactive Components are designed to be assembled and used as part of the learning experience, with teachers able to prepare some pieces in advance depending on the age and abilities of the children.
Experience — Hands-On Connections
Extend learning beyond the page with science connections, demonstrations, an object lesson, creative activities, and optional group exploration that help children connect lesson concepts with observation, discussion, creativity, and practical experience.
- How Much Can You See? science connection
- Walking Around the Sea of Galilee demonstration
- Who Is My Neighbour? demonstration
- A Rock That Stays Firm demonstration
- Seeing More Than Our Eyes Can See object lesson
- Spiritual Sight Glasses creative connection
- Spiritual Sight: Blind Man Can See creative connection
- Loaves and Fishes: There Is Enough to Share creative connection
- Discussion and reflection opportunities
- Printable templates and creative project guidance
- Optional activities that can be adapted for different ages, group sizes, and settings
Teacher Benefits
Ready-to-print complete lesson bundle with workbook, interactive components, and hands-on connections
- Encourages active participation through writing, drawing, interactive activities, and hands-on experiences
- Supports discussion, observation, and reflection
- Provides a variety of learning approaches, including reading, writing, drawing, movement, interaction, and hands-on exploration
- Easy to use for classrooms, homeschool, children's classes, or small groups
- Includes teacher notes, activity guidance, and facilitation suggestions to help guide instruction
- Provides opportunities to extend learning through discussion, reflection, and practical experiences
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Students will have opportunities to:
- Learn about important events and stories connected to Jesus' life and mission.
- Explore Jesus' teachings about love, kindness, forgiveness, helping others, and making room for others.
- Explore the story of the Good Samaritan and consider ways to recognise opportunities to help someone in need.
- Reflect on qualities such as love, kindness, forgiveness, perseverance, faith, and compassion.
- Explore ideas about seeing beyond what is immediately visible and seeing with the heart.
- Participate in writing, drawing, reflection, discussion, interactive activities, demonstrations, creative projects, and hands-on experiences.
- Connect lesson ideas with everyday situations through opportunities for discussion, observation, reflection, and practical participation.
Complete Lesson Bundle
This complete lesson bundle includes three complementary resources that work together to support learning through multiple approaches.
📘 Enrichment Workbook
- Story-based printable workbook
- Reflection, drawing, writing, puzzles, sequencing, and review activities
- Teacher notes
- Family reflection opportunities
✂️ Interactive Components
- Printable interactive learning activities
- Alternative workbook pages and printable templates
- Activities involving movement, assembly, and interaction
- Step-by-step instructions and assembly photographs where helpful
🖐️ Hands-On Connections
- Demonstrations, object lessons, and creative activities
- Simple investigations and experiential learning activities
- Lesson extensions that reinforce key concepts
- Opportunities for observation, discussion, and reflection
Together, these resources provide opportunities for students to:
- Understand the lesson.
- Interact with the lesson.
- Experience the lesson.
