In trying to weave Scriptural truth into my public school teaching, I adapted Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 into a poem, “A Time for Everything in School.” Feel free to use it for behavioral intervention and/or reading comprehension. I’ll include the text in the comments.

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A Time for Everything in School
1 There is a time for everything.
There’s a time for everything that is done in school.
2 There is a time to begin.
And there’s a time to end.
3 There is a time to learn.
And there’s a time to show what you have learned.
4 There is a time to win.
And there’s a time to lose.
5 There is a time to build up.
And there’s a time to take down.
6 There is a time to cry.
And there’s a time to laugh.
7 There is a time to do classwork.
And there’s a time to do homework.
8 There is a time to play games.
And there’s a time to put them away.
9 There is a time to encourage someone.
And there’s a time not to encourage them.
10 There is a time to search.
And there’s a time to stop searching.
11 There is a time to keep.
And there’s a time to throw away.
12 There is a time to take it home.
And there’s a time to bring it back to school.
13 There is a time to be silent.
And there’s a time to speak.
14 There is a time to accept.
And there’s a time to reject.
15 There is a time for adversity.
And there’s a time for harmony.
16 There is a time for everything.
There’s a time for everything that is done in school.

Clever idea!

That is literally illegal. Hopefully you don’t have any non Christian students. But if you do I hope their parents found out because they would be livid.

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