Gingerbread Man Unit Comparing Stories Reading Gingerbread Writing Activities

This Gingerbread Unit is a complete gingerbread language arts unit (reading, grammar, writing & speaking skills fun) that is done for you! Gingerbread man writing and gingerbread house design are always two gingerbread activity highlights of the unit!

This Gingerbread Unit will get students...

• Comparing and contrasting different versions of gingerbread stories
• Writing their own creative gingerbread stories
• Designing their own gingerbread houses
• Practicing oral speaking skills with their "Gingerbread For Sale" activity
• + SO MUCH MORE!

You can use the student activity pages to create personal gingerbread notebooks, or simply print and use pages as you go!

This Gingerbread Unit is designed for second grade, but it can be adapted for first or third grade. It is so much fun and you will love using it year after year!

HERE IS A DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• -Eight days of language arts lesson plans (reading, grammar and writing)
• -Suggested gingerbread story list (but you can use any gingerbread read alouds)
• -Spelling list, vocabulary list and high-frequency word list
• -Spelling words 2x practice
• -Vocabulary display cards
• -Ready to print student spelling list
• -Student packet cover - Three different design options
• -History of the Gingerbread - For students to read and highlight
• -Gingerbread Brainstorm - How many words can you think of?
• -Different Versions of the Gingerbread Man Graphic Organizer - Blank templates if you choose different stories, or a pre-filled one for this unit
• -Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram - Great partner activity!
• -Gingerbread Word List - ABC order practice!
• -Gingerbread Common Nouns - Practice categorizing nouns
• -Gingerbread Verbs - Brainstorm, alphabetize and illustrate!
• -Gingerbread Synonyms
• -Contraction Fun - My favorite grammar activity!
• -Descriptive Paragraph “My Gingerbread Friend” Final Copy Pages
• -My Gingerbread House Design- Different options included
• -Gingerbread Cut-Out - Fun pre-reading/during reading activity
• -Gingerbread for Sale Pre-Write organizer (great oral presentation)
• -My Gingerbread Story Pre-Write organizer
• -My Gingerbread Story Mini Book templates (two options)
• -My Gingerbread Story final copy paper - One and two page options
• -Gingerbread Friendly Letter writing paper
• -My Favorite Gingerbread Story journal paper

BONUS INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK TEMPLATES:

• Interactive Notebook Pages - two sizes included for spiral notebooks and composition notebooks:
• Gingerbread Brainstorm
• Story Elements Flaps
• Venn Diagram Flaps
• Vocabulary Flower
• Gingerbread Dialogue Speech Bubbles
• Gingerbread Story Pre-Write Flaps

See the PREVIEW FILE for a closer look!

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