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You've heard of the gingerbread man, but what about the gingerbread baby? This December literacy bundle is the perfect companion to the classic tale The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. Includes writing templates, a baby book, birth certificate, and games!
Your children are sure to feel some classroom magic when a basket of gingerbread babies arrives on your doorstep, complete with an official letter asking them to adopt them as if they were their own!
In this fun unit, your students will adopt a gingerbread baby, give it a name and fill out its Birth Certificate. They will make a Gingerbread Baby Book and write a story about their adventures! If you want to do a fun activity with your students that ALL students can participate in….this is for you!
Also included are 5 gingerbread math games that you can add to your math lessons, math centers, or small group activities. This unit is perfect for teaching your kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade students about responsibility along with adding some holiday fun to your classroom!
Included in this resource are printable and digital resources for the following:
- Lesson Plans
- Digital Google Slides
- My Gingerbread Baby Book
- Baby Gingy’s First Photo
- Writing Activity – The Adventures of My Gingerbread Baby
- Writing Activity – Letter To Mattie
- Letters from Mattie
- Birth Certificate
- Magic Poem
- Letter to Parents
- Gingy Money Labels
- Peppermint Paper Money
- Anchor Chart – What Can We Name Our Gingerbread Babies?
- My Gingerbread Baby’s Growth Chart
- Class Graph – Favorite Cookies
- Cookie Graphing Worksheet
- Mini Book – The Story Of Our Gingerbread Babies
- Gingerbread house patterns
- Gingerbread patterns with clothing
- Story elements anchor charts
- Pocket chart sorting cards for characters and setting
- Pocket chart sorting cards for plot
- Anchor chart – Describe the gingerbread baby
- Anchor chart – The Gingerbread Baby story elements
- Worksheet – Retell the story (2 versions)
- Venn Diagram – Compare and contrast The Gingerbread Man and The Gingerbread Baby
- Worksheet – Comprehension questions
- Vocabulary cards
- 5 gingerbread themed math games for addition, measurement and graphing
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IDEAS FOR USE:
- Help students learn responsibility.
- Reading comprehension activities
- Use during your Gingerbread Unit.
- Use in replace of traditional Christmas activities, so that all students can participate in a fun activity.
- Math center activities
- Math small group games
- Partner games
- Morning work
- Add some holiday magic to your classroom.
- Share your screen and use as a lesson with your remote classroom
- Add the link to your Google classroom for students to do as an assignment
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What other people are saying about the activities in this resource:
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ “My class absolutely LOVED this activity during the holidays. I tried to keep my class free from religion-based celebrations (to honor the diversity in my class), and this was a great substitute!”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ “My students loved naming, taking care of, and writing about the gingerbread baby. It was a nice activity for the week before Christmas break. My students who do not celebrate Christmas were able to participate in this activity as well.”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ “This was an absolutely fantastic activity for my students!! They were so fully engaged with their Gingerbread Babies! Thank you so much! I look forward to using this resource again and again. It was a great way for students to write and them not knowing that they were writing! If you are looking for something that is engaging and educational, this is it!!
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