First Grade, "Cain and Abel," and Second Chances
I started teaching first grade this year at a wonderful Christian school. I love teaching, and I love first graders! They are so fun, sweet, and honest … .brutally honest! Just last week, a student told me that I did NOT use my best handwriting when writing on the board! Yikes! The same student asked me if I had trouble picking out my outfit that morning because … my hair looked like it had not been brushed! Ouch! Honesty!! Well, one of my favorite parts of our school day is when we get to dive into our Bible lesson. My kids are AMAZING at memorizing Scripture. They are always engaged in our Bible story. Right now, we are studying the Old Testament. Our first week of Bible class focused on Adam and Eve. Our second week focused on Adam and Eve’s sons, Cain and Abel. Each week, there is a Bible poster that accompanies the lesson. During week two, the Bible poster was a little graphic; it showed Cain hitting Abel and Abel cowering back in fear. One of my students said, “Mrs. Cochran,