Every year I spend about two weeks reading gingerbread stories, and doing all the gingerbread things.
My BEST tip: do your gingerbread unit AFTER Christmas. Say WHHAAAT?
I know, I know. But seriously, I have so many Christmas books (you can read about those HERE) I want to share with my class, that there’s just not time for Gingerbread too. So, I’ve been teaching it after the break for a few years, and it’s the perfect way to get back in the swing of things.
Gingerbread stories lend themselves well to so many different reading concepts including:
- Sequencing
- Characters
- Problem/Solution
- Compare and Contrast
- Beginning, Middle, End
Plus, I love having students discuss which version they liked best and why (opinion/persuasive writing).I actually made a Gingerbread Teaching Unit, which you can find HERE.
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The Gingerbread Man (Karen Schmidt)
The Gingerbread Man (Parragon Books)
The Gingerbread Boy (Richard Egielski)
The Gingerbread Boy (Paul Galdone)
The Gingerbread Pirates
The Gingerbread Cowboy
Gingerbread Baby
Gingerbread Mouse
Gingerbread Friends
The Gingerbread Girl
Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas
Gingerbread Bear
