We learned that Heavenly Father sent Abinadi to tell the people to repent. King Noah heard about him and did not want to change his behavior or have the people change theirs, so he had Abinadi arrested. Abinadi taught the king and the false priests Heavenly Father's commandments. We took turns choosing stars that had commandments written on them, and discussing what Heavenly Father was telling us to do. Each child had to explain how to keep the commandment, and then had the privilege of putting the star on the chalkboard. . .because magnets are the most important educational tool in our classroom!
We learned that Noah did not heed Abinadi's counsel, and only one of his priests did. Alma listened and felt the Holy Ghost telling him he needed to repent. He begged King Noah to free Abinadi, but Noah refused and threatened to kill Alma as well as Abinadi. Alma ran and hid and wrote down all the things he had learned from Abinadi. Much to the outrage of the entire class, King Noah then proceeded to kill Abinadi. They thought Abinadi should have escaped and taught more people! We talked about how Abinadi had done what Heavenly Father wanted, and that he had taught Alma, who would later teach a lot of other people.
We learned that the Holy Ghost can teach us about the truth of all things. We discussed praying and listening for the Spirit. We learned about a boy who was meeting with the missionaries and received a witness from the Holy Ghost that what they were teaching him was true.
We talked about being like a star and letting our light shine through our good examples. We listened to an old Primary song that Sister Combs sang frequently as a child. Then we colored a lot of stars and even more stars.