Year 3 Islamic RE: Spring 1 worksheet

“The Sea Opens for Musa” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 Islamic studies unit “Islamic RE: Spring 1”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 13 to 18 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

The Sea Opens for Musa

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · Islamic RE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain that tawakkul means trusting Allah completely, and retell the crossing of the Red Sea in order.

A Look back3 min

1.
Join each name of Allah to its meaning.
Al-WadudAl-HafizAl-Razzaq
The ProviderThe Loving OneThe Protector
2.
Which name of Allah means The Creator? Circle one.
Al-KhaliqAl-WadudAl-HafizAl-Razzaq
3.
Put each action in the right column.
Trusting Allah when the way seems closedGiving up hope at onceAsking Allah for help and keeping goingRefusing to try because it is scary
Shows tawakkul Does not show tawakkul

B Watch me, then you4 min

Musa (AS) and his people reach the water. Fir'awn's army comes from behind. Look at what happens, step by step.

Watch me

The sea was in front and the army was behind.

Musa (AS) trusted Allah and did not panic.

Allah told Musa (AS) to hit the water with his staff, and he did.

Then the sea opened, and the people could walk through.

Now you

1.
The first box is missing. What did Musa (AS) do first? Circle one.
Musa (AS) struck the sea with his staffFir'awn built a boatBani Isra'il went back to Egypt

C Your turn6 min

Musa (AS) and Bani Isra'il were saved on the 10th of Muharram, the day called Ashura.

A wide sea with a dry path through the middle, under a clear sky

1.
Join each word to its meaning.
TawakkulFir'awnBani Isra'ilAshura
The Children of IsraelThe 10th of MuharramTrusting Allah completelyThe cruel ruler of Egypt
2.
On which day do Muslims remember the rescue of Bani Isra'il? Circle one.
Eid al-FitrDay of AshuraJumu'ahLaylat al-Qadr
3.
Put each action in the right column.
Trusting Allah when the way seems closedGiving up hope at onceAsking Allah for help and keeping goingPanicking and stopping
Shows tawakkul Does not show tawakkul
4.
Number these steps from 1 to 5 in the right order.
1. The sea closes over Fir'awn's army
2. The sea splits into dry paths
3. Bani Isra'il cross safely
4. Musa reaches the sea with Bani Isra'il
5. Musa strikes the sea with his staff

Say it out loud: What did Musa (AS) do that shows tawakkul? Say it in your own words.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A wooden staff lying on sand beside calm water

Sami says: “Musa (AS) split the sea with his own strength.”

1.
Who made the sea split? Circle one.
Allah, when Musa struck the sea as commandedMusa (AS) alone, by his own strengthThe wind

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Write one sentence explaining tawakkul in your own words. Then tell your grown-up one time you can trust Allah this week.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

The Sea Opens for Musa · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Al-Wadud → The Loving One; Al-Hafiz → The Protector; Al-Razzaq → The Provider your child may have matched by the first sound. Ask: what does a protector do? Then match Al-Hafiz to that meaning.

2. Al-Khaliq your child may have picked a name that sounds kind. Ask: which name is about making things from nothing?

3. Shows tawakkul: Trusting Allah when the way seems closed, Asking Allah for help and keeping going · Does not show tawakkul: Giving up hope at once, Refusing to try because it is scary your child may have mixed up the columns. Ask: does the action show hope in Allah, or has the person given up?

B

1. Musa (AS) struck the sea with his staff your child may have picked the answer that sounds like a plan. Ask: what did Allah command Musa (AS) to do at the sea?

C

1. Tawakkul → Trusting Allah completely; Fir'awn → The cruel ruler of Egypt; Bani Isra'il → The Children of Israel; Ashura → The 10th of Muharram your child may have swapped Fir'awn and Bani Isra'il. Ask which one was the ruler, and which one was the people he was cruel to.

2. Day of Ashura your child may have picked a day they know well. Remind them that Ashura falls on the 10th of Muharram, which begins the Islamic year.

3. Shows tawakkul: Trusting Allah when the way seems closed, Asking Allah for help and keeping going · Does not show tawakkul: Giving up hope at once, Panicking and stopping your child may have put trust in the wrong column. Ask: is the person hoping in Allah, or has the person given up?

4. 1 Musa reaches the sea with Bani Isra'il · 2 Musa strikes the sea with his staff · 3 The sea splits into dry paths · 4 Bani Isra'il cross safely · 5 The sea closes over Fir'awn's army your child may have put the drowning first. Ask: what had to happen before the people could cross?

D

1. Allah, when Musa struck the sea as commanded your child thinks Musa's own strength did it. Ask: who gave Musa the staff and the command to strike the sea?

E

1. Look for: A sentence that says tawakkul means trusting Allah completely, plus one example from the child's own life.

Words to use

Say“Tell me what Musa (AS) felt when the sea was in front of him. What did he do?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer, or say the story is only about a big miracle.”

After the sheet

At dinner, use a tray as the sea and two cups as walls. Ask each person to retell the crossing in three moments, moving the cups as they talk.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

The Tawrah and Its Laws(with a plan)
Noon sakinah: four rules(with a plan)
Al-Amin: The Trustworthy(with a plan)
The Cave of Hira(with a plan)
Seerah storyboard(with a plan)

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