Choose the Right, Chorus Details

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I’ve firmed up my lesson plan for this week and I’m only going to teach the chorus to Choose the Right. I’m using a combination of ideas from Pat Graham’s workshop and some I found from Yahoo Groups.

Camille's Primary Ideas: Choose the Right Singing Time Ideas
CTR Sticks (enough for each child to hold): I LOVED this sister’s work found HERE or you can download using my access button below.
 
You’ll also need these keyword word strips downloaded using my access button below: WISDOM, MARK THE WAY, LIGHT, BLESS YOU
 
Tape/magnets to hang items on chalkboard
 
3 Gospel Art Book pictures (I’ll reference these as GAB):
  • Picture of boy praying #111
  • Picture of a family paying their tithing/coins #113/114
  • Picture of a family at church receiving the Sacrament #108
If you don’t have the Gospel Art Book, you can find similar pictures using the Gospel Art Kit (aka GAK) pictures (I didn’t realize there was a difference??) which are featured online HERE. You can also try to find 3 pictures at the library of children choosing the right. If you use different pictures, adjust your activity accordingly.
 
**Note, the Gospel Art Book comes in a spiral bound book. I have taken it all apart and placed all the pictures in plastic cover sheets. It’s much more versatile this way!  See how I’ve done it HERE.
 
To use in primary, pass out CTR sticks and ask, I am thinking of a word that is the opposite of wrong, what is it? [right]. When I place a choice before you and the choice is a RIGHT choice, raise your CTR stick:
 
  1. You choose to say your morning prayer (hold up GAB picture 111 & hang on chalk board).
  2. You choose to say bad words when you are angry.
  3. You choose to pay your tithing (hold up GAB picture 113/114 and hang on chalkboard).
  4. You choose to sleep in and miss church.
  5. You choose to be reverent during the Sacrament (hold up GAB picture 108 & hang on chalkboard).
Choosing to do the right is not always easy, but we receive blessings when we try.
 
Sing the chorus and have the kids raise their sticks when “choose the right” is sung. You point to each picture as the phrase is sung as well (these 3 pictures represent the phrase “choose the right” each time it’s sung in the chorus).
 
Hang keywords out of order on the chalkboard.
 
Pick children at random to help place words in order as you sing until correct (keep raising the CTR sticks when you sing “choose the right” too). The words will be placed between the GAB pictures so hang the GAB pictures accordingly. Since Jr. Primary can’t read, I’ll pick a card, tell them the word and they will have to help me place it in order.
 
Sign “Evermore” (This word is in Beautiful Savior in ASL on the church’s music website HERE. It’s the last word of that song too).

Additional Activities

  • Pass sticks to the person on the right when you sing “right”
  • Boys sing only “Choose the right” (hold up their sticks) Girls sing the rest/switch
  • Younger children sing “Choose the right,” (hold up their sticks) teachers and leaders sing the rest
  • Lights on = sing words; lights off = clap rhythm
  • Gradually remove key words so only the pictures remain on the board

Testimony

Bear testimony that you are grateful that Heavenly Father gave us agency to make choices, and the Holy Spirit to help us choose the right.
 
Find my lesson plan to teach the verses HERE
Camille's Primary Ideas: Choose the Right Singing Time Ideas

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These printables are filed on my Resource Library page under Song Title > Choose the Right.

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15 thoughts on “Choose the Right, Chorus Details”

  1. This is amazing, Camille – you are a gem! I will be using this whole plan for my singing time tomorrow, have just made the little CTR sticks using your printout and they look great! Thanks so much!

  2. Thank you for this! I totally used this yesterday. In the coming weeks- I also want to wrap two packages one will have pictures or something of 'right' choices and one will have pictures of 'wrong' choices in life. I am thinking to wrap them so they look identical so its harder to choose right- helping to represent that it is sometimes hard to choose right.

  3. Rwoolsey,

    Just to help you with your idea (I want to do something similar but I'm kind of stuck), there is a CTR game in the friend on page 41(?). It's sort of a memory game – 10 pairs of pictures all relating to choosing the right. I don't know if that can help you or not. I may post something on this…I'm still putting together my thoughts!!

  4. Camille,
    Thanks for the suggestion for the CTR game from the friend. I printed them out, cut them apart and put the good things in one box, the bad choices in another box. I will wrap the boxes exact and ask them to choose the right one. Hope it works as planned- most likely i will have 2 kids come and open them together and see which one is right.

  5. You put so much thought into this and I love everything you put out. I'd like to believe that we think alike since we're cousins. I'm now the ward chorister and stake primary music leader.

  6. Georgia Ferguson

    The kids loved the sticks! Unfortunately the rest of the lesson was a bit of a bomb. I had junior primary today. I think I needed a bit of a different lesson plan for little ones who can’t read. I ended up abandoning it and just repeated it a few times to help them learn it and then we just moved on to reviewing other songs.

    1. Hi Georgia!

      Thanks for the feedback. I occasionally have a few flops as well. I’m glad you were able to cater it so it would work better for your primary’s needs.

      ~Camille

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