[Teachldsseminary] CHAT: Feeling inadequate with SM

[Debbie]

My students have a fall break this week and it's given me time to 
prepare and reflect on my classes and teaching methods since we started 
on Aug. 7th.  I LOVE my 2 active students and I even love the other 2 
that show up once every 2 wks.  :-)  I've reflected on the "game" 
Scripture Man that we played the last Friday before break.  My students 
LOVED it and had so much fun with it.  One that day, I had 3 students.  
One young lady hadn't been there in 2 1/2 wks., and came without her 
scriptures that day, so it was a little hard for her to participate, but 
she tried with my scriptures.  What I'm reflecting on is the 2 girls 
that were there.  We haven't learned all of the SM yet and haven't even 
touched on some of them.  The reason.........my attendance varies from 
1-4 people and for some reason I feel like I need to "wait" on some of 
them before I go over a new SM.  I sometimes feel that when I have the 
ONE young lady that comes everyday, and I do a new SM with her, then the 
others are getting left behind. But in another sense, it's not fair to 
her to keep waiting on the others.  Anyway, while playing Scripture Man 
the girls found the scriptures quickly from the clues I gave, or the 
historical background.  At the beginning of Seminary this year, I 
purchased the SM stickers from Ken Alfords web site and told the girls 
they could use them if they wanted to.  They didn't have to.  They were 
thrilled to mark their scriptures and use the stickers.  At the end of 
Scripture man on that day, one of the girls told me.........I wouldn't 
have been able to find them without the stickers.  The other one told me 
that she remembered what the sticker looked like for that historical 
setting so she was able to find it. 

As I've reflected this week, I've worried that I haven't been teaching 
SM the correct way.   I know it's early in the years and I"m grateful 
that they were able to find the scripture with the sticker. But in the 
same sense I worry that I haven't taught them well enough where the 
scripture reference is, or the keywords.

My question..........will it come to them with the remainder of the 
year, or should I be trying a different method for teaching them the 
SM.  So far we have gone over 7 SM and they have memorized 5 of them.  
Even on some of the ones they memorized, when I gave the clue, or 
setting, they looked at me as if they were puzzled.  Then I could see 
them mouthing the scripture, then they would find.

Any suggestions?  Any techniques that would help?  I appreciate this 
list and all of the suggestions.
Thanks in advance,
Debbie