Bible Drill

Since the beginning of the school year, our second and third graders have been working on memorizing the books of the Bible and knowing which books are in the Old and New Testament. In order to make this a little more interesting, our class has been participating in something I like to call Bible Drill. In these Bible Drills, second and third graders hold their Bibles up in the air while I say a reference, such as 1 Timothy 1:10. When I say the first "charge", second graders put their Bibles down and beginning searching for the verse. When I say the second "charge", third graders put their Bibles down and beginning searching for the verse. The first person to stand up and read the verse out loud, gets to go to the front of the room and be in our classroom championship. Once we have five champions in the front of the room, we have a contest between the five to discover who is the classroom champion for the day. This has been an excellent activity to get students excited to know the books of the Bible! Watch the video below to see the second and third graders in action:

PS: I have challenged the students to get good enough to beat me in a Bible Drill by the end of the school year...they have not yet been able to succeed! :)