We started the day with a variety of traditional gingerbread activities...readers theater, graphing first bite of a cookie, and a science soaking experiment. Then I decided to change things up a bit. I divided the class into 4 groups. Each group was given one book, either The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Bear or Gingerbread Friends and 1/4 of a large gingerbread house made of chart paper. Groups read, then completed a story web (character, setting, refrain and ending) on the paper. We shared the 4 webs, rebuilt the gingerbread house and compared differences/similarities of each book. We quickly noticed the main idea of each book was the same...the gingerbread needed to be caught. So, students were asked to create a trap to catch their gingerbread, take a picture of it and blog! Love it! The students used cardboard, construction paper, string, ribbon, glue, tape, anything they could find! Planning, creating, measuring, collaborating, adjusting...I just love watching creative minds at work!
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| Gingerbread trap |
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| Gingerbread trap |
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