The Gingerbread Man | Book Study Activities, Class Book, Craftivity

This is a book study literacy unit for The Gingerbread Man by Eric A. Kimmel. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craftivity makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase learning.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Simply copy a pack for each student. You may wish to choose to implement pages that best fit your students’ learning abilities.

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character cards
• character traits
• character analysis
• story retell
• story events
• story clues
• story sequence
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• giving my opinion
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections
• If I had a gingerbread cookie
• decorate a gingerbread man

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• writing story prompt: How to Make a Gingerbread Man
• class book template: Where Is the Gingerbread Man Going?

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• making words
• vocabulary word search
• syllable count
• alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• cause and effect
• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• true or false comprehension questions
• reading notes
• personal response page

CRAFTIVITY

• How I Would Catch the Gingerbread Man craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

• learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

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