The Gingerbread Man

Our STAR Book for October 17-21, 2011, was The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt.  Each day the children listened as Mrs. Doiron read the story.  They also listened to The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone, as well as The Gingerbread Man by Richard Scarry and The Gingerbread Man by Elfreida.  They also watched two different versions of the story on YouTube!  We talked about fantasy vs. reality, the setting, the characters, and sequence of events.  Students used six laminated picture cards to retell the story.  They placed the pictures in order and told the story to each other.  On Thursday evening, Mrs. Doiron made gingerbread men at home and brought them to school on Friday.  (Mrs. Doiron said that she had to watch the oven to make sure that those little gingerbread men didn't jump out of her oven ~ LOL.)  On Friday, each student received a gingerbread man.  They frosted him, decorated him with sprinkles, and finally ate him.  Now we know why all those people and animals chase the gingerbread man.  He tastes so good!