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James 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Taming the Tongue

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolKind Words

BoatfireLilyfruit

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenKind Words

SHIP → picture 4FIRE → picture 3FRESH → picture 1FRUIT → picture 2

Grade 1Words Matter

A small rudder turns a big ship. → picture 5A small fire burns a forest. → picture 1With it we bless our God. → picture 4A spring gives fresh water. → picture 2Peacemakers sow the fruit of righteousness. → picture 3

Grade 2A Small but Strong Tongue

  1. What does a small rudder turn? A big ship (circle)
  2. What can a small fire burn? A whole forest (circle)
  3. What can our words do? Help or hurt (circle)
  4. Who made all people? God (circle)
  5. What is wisdom from God like? Kind, and it makes peace
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Grade 3Bit, Rudder, and Fire

  1. What do we put in horses’ mouths? Bits
  2. What guides a ship? A very small rudder
  3. What comes out of the same mouth? Blessing and cursing
  4. How should a wise person show wisdom? By good conduct done in gentleness
  5. Who sows the fruit of righteousness in peace? Those who make peace
1: See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!2: Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing.3: Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs?4: Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Grade 4Wisdom from Above

  1. Why should not many become teachers? They will receive heavier judgment
  2. What three pictures does James use? A bit for a horse, a rudder for a ship, and a small fire in a forest
  3. Why is cursing people especially wrong? They are made in the image of God
  4. What does selfish ambition lead to? Confusion and every evil deed

Word bank: 1. ship; 2. fire; 3. bless; 4. fresh; 5. peace

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Power of Words

  1. Why does James say a person who never stumbles in word is perfect? He would be able to bridle the whole body also
  2. What point do the bit and rudder make? Something small can guide something very large
  3. How does nature show that blessing and cursing should not come together? A spring does not give both fresh and salt water
  4. What is the first quality of wisdom from above? It is pure

Word bank: 1. Words; 2. fire; 3. kind; 4. bless; 5. mouth

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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