To see more about just this activity booklet, you can visit THIS POST. I do make sure I have one for each student to taste. I grab these or any gingerbread cookies and we just use enough to do the experiments as a class. All 12 activities can be stored in the cute gingerbread science book or in a composition book. We talk about the ingredients found in gingerbread while using our five senses to fully explore gingerbread. How long would a gingerbread cookie last in the water before it dissolves? What liquid makes dear Gingy dissolve faster or slower? Does gingerbread float? We taste gingerbread cookies and graph results. While we read about the adventures of our beloved Gingy, we also conduct science experiments involving his perils. The lesson, charts, and writing templates are just one of the eight writing lessons in my December Writing Unit. Some students have a gingerbread superhero, astronaut, or pet! From there students use the templates above to create their gingerbread story and character. Once we have studied enough versions and students truly get the sequence of the story, we map out our own main character, repeated phrase, and ending. I also have blank charts students are filling in as well (depending on their ability levels). As we read a different version each day, we chart our information. Our class compare and contrast chart goes up in the room housed on brown construction paper that I make look like a gingerbread house. Will Gingerbread Baby be eaten? Can Gingerbread Cowboy escape the coyote? SO. Through this process, we build a large class chart and compare the characters, repeated chants, and different endings in each version. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once we know the original tale, I introduce a new version each day. There’s the adorable characters, the thrill of the chase, the danger of being eaten, and the over-arching moral: be careful who you trust. My love for gingerbread-themed learning begins with just familiarizing my students with the original tale of The Gingerbread Man. In this post, we will roll out gingerbread-themed learning through reading, writing, math, science, and games! The mischievous character takes the form of bread dough in Russia, a pancake in Germany, and a dumpling in Hungary. Over the years, similar tales and tastes related to The Gingerbread Man can be found in cultures all over the world. The Gingerbread Man is a well-loved fairy tale dating back to 1875 in the United States.
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