March Atonement Lesson: What is Grace? & How can the Atonement Help Me through My Trials? BOOKLET printable

This lesson goes with the March: Atonement questions:

What is Grace?

&

How can the Atonement Help Me through My Trials?

Booklet:

Download HERE  or in Dropbox HERE

You need to copy the pages back to back.  So, you have 4 pages.  Copy the first two back to back.  And then the second two back to back.  Then staple. :)

COVER 

 p.1 & p.2

P.1~  I used for my object lesson at the beginning of my lesson.  I gave each girl a book with a post it note on it.  I had the girls write a trial they might have or a friend has on the post it note.  I had a dictionary too that I wrote "sins" on the post it note.  I had a young women come to the front of the room.  Each girl came and put her "trial" on the girl's arms.  And then we put the "sins" on her arms too.  I had her stand there holding them with her hands a little extended for as long as she could.  Once she said she needed help, I put my hands under her arms to help her carry the weight of the "trials & "sins".  Then, I asked her if it would be easier if we removed the "sins".  Since the dictionary was the heaviest part... she said yes!  I took away the sins.  I asked who the YW represented.  Correct response: US.  I asked who I represented.  Correct response: Jesus Christ.  I explained that just how I helped the YW carry the weight of her trials, Jesus Christ can do the same for us because he experienced the pain of the trials through the Atonement.  Then, I explained how Jesus Christ was able to remove the weight of the sins because of the Atonement also.  

The girls seemed to like the object lesson and got it. :)  I drew and had them label the different parts of the object lesson on p. 1

I left it blank on the printable in case you wanted to draw the pit with the ladder illustration they have in the lesson "What is Grace?" instead of the one I used. :)

P. 2~ Was just some quotes I liked that went with my object lesson.  These quotes came from the lessons above.

p.3 & p.4

These pages were used for the partner/group work activity

 I divided the girls into 4 groups.  Had them draw which example they would have.  They had to read the scriptures related and excerpt from Elder Bednar's talk from the Atonement/Trials lesson.

I just printed his talk.  Cut out the parts from each of these examples and stuck it behind the pic from the Gospel Art Kit I used.  

This is the story when they came back from getting Ishmael's daughters and bound Nephi.  Then, they were going to leave him to the beasts to die.

But, I used this pic, since it was the only one I had from the Gospel Art Kit.

This is the story of the pioneer that Elder Bednar shared.  I cut the story out of his talk and put it behind this pic.

This took about 15 mins of class.  The girls took about 5 mins to read the story.  5 mins. to write down their part in their booklet and on their construction paper.  And then about 5 mins. to discuss and share with the class.

This is called the Jigsaw method in teaching. :)  Each group took a piece of the lesson and presented it to get the whole picture of the lesson. 

So, as the girls would present their story the other YW would fill in that part in their booklet.

This saves on time of reading each story together as a class.  And help involve the girls and getting them teaching!

p.5 & p.6

P.5~  Share the Video "God Will Lift Us Up" from the "How can the Atonement Help Me Through My Trials?"

I loved using this quote from Elder Bednar's talk to help answer the first question:

Why do trials happen to good people?

The grand objective of the Savior’s gospel was summarized succinctly by President David O. McKay (1873–1970): “The purpose of the gospel is … to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.”¹Thus, the journey of mortality is to progress from bad to good to better and to experience the mighty change of heart—to have our fallen natures changed (see Mosiah 5:2).

P. 6~  Apply the principle taught to themselves!

Have them fill in the chart, just how they did for the stories, to apply it to their own lives!

Hope you find this helpful!

You can glue this booklet into the INB too!  You can just apply glue to the back page of the booklet and glue it in!  Or you can cut each half page and glue it in.

I moved to a new ward and they called me into YW :)

So, they don't have the INBs, so I did the booklet concept for my lesson.  

I haven't told them about the INBs....... yet. :)

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This lesson goes with the March: Atonement questions:

What is Grace?

&

How can the Atonement Help Me through My Trials?

Booklet:

Download HERE  or in Dropbox HERE

You need to copy the pages back to back.  So, you have 4 pages.  Copy the first two back to back.  And then the second two back to back.  Then staple. :)

COVER 

 p.1 & p.2

P.1~  I used for my object lesson at the beginning of my lesson.  I gave each girl a book with a post it note on it.  I had the girls write a trial they might have or a friend has on the post it note.  I had a dictionary too that I wrote "sins" on the post it note.  I had a young women come to the front of the room.  Each girl came and put her "trial" on the girl's arms.  And then we put the "sins" on her arms too.  I had her stand there holding them with her hands a little extended for as long as she could.  Once she said she needed help, I put my hands under her arms to help her carry the weight of the "trials & "sins".  Then, I asked her if it would be easier if we removed the "sins".  Since the dictionary was the heaviest part... she said yes!  I took away the sins.  I asked who the YW represented.  Correct response: US.  I asked who I represented.  Correct response: Jesus Christ.  I explained that just how I helped the YW carry the weight of her trials, Jesus Christ can do the same for us because he experienced the pain of the trials through the Atonement.  Then, I explained how Jesus Christ was able to remove the weight of the sins because of the Atonement also.  

The girls seemed to like the object lesson and got it. :)  I drew and had them label the different parts of the object lesson on p. 1

I left it blank on the printable in case you wanted to draw the pit with the ladder illustration they have in the lesson "What is Grace?" instead of the one I used. :)

P. 2~ Was just some quotes I liked that went with my object lesson.  These quotes came from the lessons above.

p.3 & p.4

These pages were used for the partner/group work activity

 I divided the girls into 4 groups.  Had them draw which example they would have.  They had to read the scriptures related and excerpt from Elder Bednar's talk from the Atonement/Trials lesson.

I just printed his talk.  Cut out the parts from each of these examples and stuck it behind the pic from the Gospel Art Kit I used.  

This is the story when they came back from getting Ishmael's daughters and bound Nephi.  Then, they were going to leave him to the beasts to die.

But, I used this pic, since it was the only one I had from the Gospel Art Kit.

This is the story of the pioneer that Elder Bednar shared.  I cut the story out of his talk and put it behind this pic.

This took about 15 mins of class.  The girls took about 5 mins to read the story.  5 mins. to write down their part in their booklet and on their construction paper.  And then about 5 mins. to discuss and share with the class.

This is called the Jigsaw method in teaching. :)  Each group took a piece of the lesson and presented it to get the whole picture of the lesson. 

So, as the girls would present their story the other YW would fill in that part in their booklet.

This saves on time of reading each story together as a class.  And help involve the girls and getting them teaching!

p.5 & p.6

P.5~  Share the Video "God Will Lift Us Up" from the "How can the Atonement Help Me Through My Trials?"

I loved using this quote from Elder Bednar's talk to help answer the first question:

Why do trials happen to good people?

The grand objective of the Savior’s gospel was summarized succinctly by President David O. McKay (1873–1970): “The purpose of the gospel is … to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.”¹Thus, the journey of mortality is to progress from bad to good to better and to experience the mighty change of heart—to have our fallen natures changed (see Mosiah 5:2).

P. 6~  Apply the principle taught to themselves!

Have them fill in the chart, just how they did for the stories, to apply it to their own lives!

Hope you find this helpful!

You can glue this booklet into the INB too!  You can just apply glue to the back page of the booklet and glue it in!  Or you can cut each half page and glue it in.

I moved to a new ward and they called me into YW :)

So, they don't have the INBs, so I did the booklet concept for my lesson.  

I haven't told them about the INBs....... yet. :)

The Godhead~ "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?" Printable

Page 1

Page 2

You can download them HERE or in Dropbox HERE

Here are the printables I used for the lesson "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?"

For my handout I did heart suckers with this scripture attached:

D&C 8:2

Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.

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Page 1

Page 2

You can download them HERE or in Dropbox HERE

Here are the printables I used for the lesson "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?"

For my handout I did heart suckers with this scripture attached:

D&C 8:2

Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.

UPDATE on "Come Follow Me INBs"

I have made all the title pages for all the months in 2013!

They can be found HERE on the original "Come Follow Me INBs" post.

Thanks for all the positive comments and e-mails about these notebooks!

Glad I could help! :)

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I have made all the title pages for all the months in 2013!

They can be found HERE on the original "Come Follow Me INBs" post.

Thanks for all the positive comments and e-mails about these notebooks!

Glad I could help! :)

The Godhead ~ "What do we know about the nature of The Godhead?"

So, how did your first lesson go?  My YW seem excited for this new curriculum!  Here are the pages we glued in their INBs for the first question "What do we know about the nature of The Godhead?"  Thought I'd share in case you did a different question for the first lesson.  Or you can get your creative juices flowing for future lessons!

The nature of The Godhead: Page 1

The nature of The Godhead Page 2

OR download them HERE in Dropbox:
Page 1
Page 2

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So, how did your first lesson go?  My YW seem excited for this new curriculum!  Here are the pages we glued in their INBs for the first question "What do we know about the nature of The Godhead?"  Thought I'd share in case you did a different question for the first lesson.  Or you can get your creative juices flowing for future lessons!

The nature of The Godhead: Page 1

The nature of The Godhead Page 2

OR download them HERE in Dropbox:
Page 1
Page 2

"Come Follow Me" INBs

As many of you know, there is a new curriculum for Young Women for 2013!

So excited for this new change!

While attending the training, watching the videos online, etc... I felt very strongly that our YW would "learn" more and be more engaged if they had a notebook to write down thoughts, feelings, and information they learned.  I know this new curriculum is very generalized so we can meet the needs of our own YW, but I thought I would share since this is a generalized idea on how to carry out the new curriculum.  But, what goes IN the INB is up to YOU and your own personal inspiration you receive for your own YW.

What is an INB?

INB stands for Interactive NoteBook.  And it's just that.  An Interactive Notebook.

When I taught Jr. High these are what my students used for Math Notes {see previous INB post here} and Reading Assignments.  They. were. awesome.   I've used them with over 480 middle schoolers and they flourished using them.  They really made them their own and took ownership over them.  I picture the YW doing the same.  As they glue in handouts, worksheets completed in class, write down feelings they had during the lesson, draw diagrams {picture plan of salvation diagrams being glued in}, etc... They take notes and really make it geared toward them.  I can picture the YW hanging on to these and using them on their missions!  Eek!  I'm really excited about using these with my YW and seeing them grow this year!

I'm having my YW put them together Wednesday night for mutual.

 

 First, purchase one of these.

Honestly, after doing this with over 480 middle schooler, the spiral ones last longer.

But, that was being put in and out of backpacks all year long.  The binding on the other composition books doesn't last long for that.  But, since these will just come back and forth with the YW on Sundays.  Or are even kept in the YW closet during the week, you may get away with it.

Make a Table of Contents on the first 4 pages {front, back, front, back}

You can, of course, make more or less if you want.

 I labeled mine:

Page #, Date, Lesson/Topic

I just drew a line after the wording "Page #" and "Date".  Drew a line at the red line, and centered "Lesson/Topic" over that column.  I used to give the kid's their score in the far right column.  But, since these aren't for a grade, you can omit that column. :)

 Now, that you have made your Table of Contents on the first 4 pages

{front, back, front, back}

it's time to number ALL the pages.

Yes, seems tedious, but believe me. It's very helpful throughout the year!

 Now, here is an example of how I envision the Table of Contents looking:

 Of course, yours will be different based on what you want to put in the notebook with your YW during the year.  But, the Table of Contents is key.  Whenever one of my YW wants to review or look over the characteristics we wrote about Heavenly Father, she will turn to pages 6 & 7.  When she wants to look at her Plan of Salvation diagram, she can turn to that page.  List of 10 commandments can be found on such n such page, etc.... Get the idea?

 Here are some pages I know ALL of us can use.

***UPDATE!!***
You can now download all the pages below HERE!

The "Come Follow Me" 2013 Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead
February: The Plan of Salvation
March: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
April: The Apostasy and the Restoration
May: Prophets & Revelation
June: Priesthood & Priesthood Keys
July: Ordinances & Covenants
August: Marriage & Family
September: Commandments
October: Becoming More Christlike
November: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
December: Building the Kingdom of God in the Latter Days

OR DOWNLOAD IN DROPBOX HERE:

The "Come Follow Me" 2013 Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead
February: The Plan of Salvation
March: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
April: The Apostasy and the Restoration
May: Prophets & Revelation
June: Priesthood & Priesthood Keys
July: Ordinances & Covenants
August: Marriage & Family
September: Commandments
October: Becoming More Christlike
November: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
December: Building the Kingdom of God in the Latter Days

You will glue in the month subject papers as you go during the year.  Now remember, not everyone will be gluing these on the same page.  For example, Amanda might have taken up 5 pages writing her testimony on The Godhead.  But, Sara only took up 3.  So, they will be gluing in the "February: Plan of Salvation" page on their next available page.  Which will be different since they took up different amounts of room in their notebook.  This will be fine!  As long as they update their Table of Contents so they can find where "February: The Plan of Salvation" starts.  So, it's important!!  Always label your page on the Table of Contents when you start a new page!

**NOTE: Whenever you make a worksheet to go along with your lesson, you will want to adjust the margins.  So, it's easier for the YW to cut to fit in their INB.  

Margins are:

 Top 0.25 

Bottom 0.5

 Left 0.5 

Right 1.8

 The girls will only have to cut off a "L" {see above pic}

Use GLUE STICKS to glue worksheets into the INB

Bottle glue makes the paper wrinkle.

 Decorate the front how you want!!

These pictures of Jesus Christ are only .10 at the Distribution Center! Free Shipping!

So, this is what it should look like inside:

 Table of Contents

 Table of Contents, Table of Contents

 Table of Contents, Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead

Hope you find this helpful!!

Pin It Now!

As many of you know, there is a new curriculum for Young Women for 2013!

So excited for this new change!

While attending the training, watching the videos online, etc... I felt very strongly that our YW would "learn" more and be more engaged if they had a notebook to write down thoughts, feelings, and information they learned.  I know this new curriculum is very generalized so we can meet the needs of our own YW, but I thought I would share since this is a generalized idea on how to carry out the new curriculum.  But, what goes IN the INB is up to YOU and your own personal inspiration you receive for your own YW.

What is an INB?

INB stands for Interactive NoteBook.  And it's just that.  An Interactive Notebook.

When I taught Jr. High these are what my students used for Math Notes {see previous INB post here} and Reading Assignments.  They. were. awesome.   I've used them with over 480 middle schoolers and they flourished using them.  They really made them their own and took ownership over them.  I picture the YW doing the same.  As they glue in handouts, worksheets completed in class, write down feelings they had during the lesson, draw diagrams {picture plan of salvation diagrams being glued in}, etc... They take notes and really make it geared toward them.  I can picture the YW hanging on to these and using them on their missions!  Eek!  I'm really excited about using these with my YW and seeing them grow this year!

I'm having my YW put them together Wednesday night for mutual.

 

 First, purchase one of these.

Honestly, after doing this with over 480 middle schooler, the spiral ones last longer.

But, that was being put in and out of backpacks all year long.  The binding on the other composition books doesn't last long for that.  But, since these will just come back and forth with the YW on Sundays.  Or are even kept in the YW closet during the week, you may get away with it.

Make a Table of Contents on the first 4 pages {front, back, front, back}

You can, of course, make more or less if you want.

 I labeled mine:

Page #, Date, Lesson/Topic

I just drew a line after the wording "Page #" and "Date".  Drew a line at the red line, and centered "Lesson/Topic" over that column.  I used to give the kid's their score in the far right column.  But, since these aren't for a grade, you can omit that column. :)

 Now, that you have made your Table of Contents on the first 4 pages

{front, back, front, back}

it's time to number ALL the pages.

Yes, seems tedious, but believe me. It's very helpful throughout the year!

 Now, here is an example of how I envision the Table of Contents looking:

 Of course, yours will be different based on what you want to put in the notebook with your YW during the year.  But, the Table of Contents is key.  Whenever one of my YW wants to review or look over the characteristics we wrote about Heavenly Father, she will turn to pages 6 & 7.  When she wants to look at her Plan of Salvation diagram, she can turn to that page.  List of 10 commandments can be found on such n such page, etc.... Get the idea?

 Here are some pages I know ALL of us can use.

***UPDATE!!***
You can now download all the pages below HERE!

The "Come Follow Me" 2013 Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead
February: The Plan of Salvation
March: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
April: The Apostasy and the Restoration
May: Prophets & Revelation
June: Priesthood & Priesthood Keys
July: Ordinances & Covenants
August: Marriage & Family
September: Commandments
October: Becoming More Christlike
November: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
December: Building the Kingdom of God in the Latter Days

OR DOWNLOAD IN DROPBOX HERE:

The "Come Follow Me" 2013 Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead
February: The Plan of Salvation
March: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
April: The Apostasy and the Restoration
May: Prophets & Revelation
June: Priesthood & Priesthood Keys
July: Ordinances & Covenants
August: Marriage & Family
September: Commandments
October: Becoming More Christlike
November: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
December: Building the Kingdom of God in the Latter Days

You will glue in the month subject papers as you go during the year.  Now remember, not everyone will be gluing these on the same page.  For example, Amanda might have taken up 5 pages writing her testimony on The Godhead.  But, Sara only took up 3.  So, they will be gluing in the "February: Plan of Salvation" page on their next available page.  Which will be different since they took up different amounts of room in their notebook.  This will be fine!  As long as they update their Table of Contents so they can find where "February: The Plan of Salvation" starts.  So, it's important!!  Always label your page on the Table of Contents when you start a new page!

**NOTE: Whenever you make a worksheet to go along with your lesson, you will want to adjust the margins.  So, it's easier for the YW to cut to fit in their INB.  

Margins are:

 Top 0.25 

Bottom 0.5

 Left 0.5 

Right 1.8

 The girls will only have to cut off a "L" {see above pic}

Use GLUE STICKS to glue worksheets into the INB

Bottle glue makes the paper wrinkle.

 Decorate the front how you want!!

These pictures of Jesus Christ are only .10 at the Distribution Center! Free Shipping!

So, this is what it should look like inside:

 Table of Contents

 Table of Contents, Table of Contents

 Table of Contents, Lesson Schedule

January: The Godhead

Hope you find this helpful!!

Math INBs

What is an INB?

INB stands for Interactive NoteBook

What are they?  They are just that.  An interactive notebook. :)

When I taught Jr. High we used these.  They were a huge success!  My students who don't normally take Math notes, took them!  I taught both Math and Reading.  So, my students had a Math INB and a Reading INB.  I would have my students set them up on the first few days of school.  4 pages of Table of Contents. And then they number the front and back of EVERY page.  Then, we are ready for the year.  I had a printout to glue on the cover.  If they decorated it, it was extra credit.  And then the students kept them in storage size baggie in their backpacks.  My experience with students using these is that they really take ownership of them and become quiet possessive of them.

In the Math INB, we would take notes.  We had a table of contents at the beginning.  So, every day before we began Math Notes, my students would go to the next available page in their notebook.  See what page number was next.  Then, they would go to the table of contents, put the page number, date, and note section {such as 9.4 Surface Area of a Square Pyramid etc...}

Then, when they were studying for a test or referring to their notes during homework it was EASY to find.  I would collect the student's Math INBs at the end of each Chapter and give them quick participation points if they had their math notes.  I rarely had any students not take notes because of these INBs.  

In the Reading INB, we would do their vocabulary, novel studies, etc....  Any worksheets I handed out were cut and glued into the INB {no lost papers!!}.  Glue sticks work best.  Don't recommend the bottle glue... huge mess and not a flat surface to write on.

And what an easy cost at the beginning of the the year.  A single subject notebook.  That's it.  

10 cents at Target.  Done.

 My favorite unit to teach in the INBs were the surface area and volume chapters.

My students loved gluing in the nets of these shapes and hands on folding the shapes as they try to configure the Surface Area.  How easy is it to tell the difference between the slant height and height of the square pyramid when you can actually see it!

Pin It Now!

What is an INB?

INB stands for Interactive NoteBook

What are they?  They are just that.  An interactive notebook. :)

When I taught Jr. High we used these.  They were a huge success!  My students who don't normally take Math notes, took them!  I taught both Math and Reading.  So, my students had a Math INB and a Reading INB.  I would have my students set them up on the first few days of school.  4 pages of Table of Contents. And then they number the front and back of EVERY page.  Then, we are ready for the year.  I had a printout to glue on the cover.  If they decorated it, it was extra credit.  And then the students kept them in storage size baggie in their backpacks.  My experience with students using these is that they really take ownership of them and become quiet possessive of them.

In the Math INB, we would take notes.  We had a table of contents at the beginning.  So, every day before we began Math Notes, my students would go to the next available page in their notebook.  See what page number was next.  Then, they would go to the table of contents, put the page number, date, and note section {such as 9.4 Surface Area of a Square Pyramid etc...}

Then, when they were studying for a test or referring to their notes during homework it was EASY to find.  I would collect the student's Math INBs at the end of each Chapter and give them quick participation points if they had their math notes.  I rarely had any students not take notes because of these INBs.  

In the Reading INB, we would do their vocabulary, novel studies, etc....  Any worksheets I handed out were cut and glued into the INB {no lost papers!!}.  Glue sticks work best.  Don't recommend the bottle glue... huge mess and not a flat surface to write on.

And what an easy cost at the beginning of the the year.  A single subject notebook.  That's it.  

10 cents at Target.  Done.

 My favorite unit to teach in the INBs were the surface area and volume chapters.

My students loved gluing in the nets of these shapes and hands on folding the shapes as they try to configure the Surface Area.  How easy is it to tell the difference between the slant height and height of the square pyramid when you can actually see it!