Gingerbread Girl Inspired Lessons

We love the Gingerbread Girl and these are the activities I have created for my students to do  with the story!  I introduce the book with a drawing of the Gingerbread Girl and her introduction to the students.  We read it together.  This sets the stage for the book.

Sequencing Activity - After reading the story, project the sequencing activity for students to see from their seats.  Together talk about each picture.  Read the summary for each picture.  Pass out a copy for each student and have students complete the activity.  Then review the answers with students.

Answers

Review adjectives that describe the Gingerbread Girl
or Brainstorm a list of adjectives with the fill in sample below.

Fill In Brainstorm Adjectives

Have students circle all the words that describe the Gingerbread Girl. 

Project Answers for students to see

Completed Example  - Stickers and felt pens were used to decorate Gingerbread Girl

Fill in adjectives describing Gingerbread Girl

Student Template - Have students write a story and/or together write a class generated story.

Student example

Present, stocking and tree are all words that begin with consonant blends

What does a present, stocking and tree all have in common?  Christmas and Consonant Blends!

Student Page

List of words that begin with the consonant blend pr as in present

List of words that begin with the consonant blend st as in stocking

List of words that begin with the consonant blend tr as in tree

Sorting board for categories: pr, st and tr.  There is also a not my category for words that do not fit into the pr, st or tr consonant blends

Cut out words below and place the in the correct categories on the sorting board

Completed activity

26 Words of Christmas Ornaments on a Tree

26 Words of Christmas

26 ornaments with a word for each letter of the alphabet and/ or  blank ornaments for your students to brainstorm a list of words

Christmas Ornament Gift for Parents
Made with clear plastic ornament.  Place sprinkles in first.  The make a mini candy cane with red and white beads held together with a small piece of white or red pipe cleaner.

Word ending patterns: in, ain and ing

When words end in the letters, i and n,  they don't always make the final /in/ sound as in twin.  When the letters, i and n,  follow the vowel a as in ain, the ai  join together to make the long a sound heard in train. In this post we will also review words that are commonly mispronounced by saying the /in/ sound instead of the correct  ing spelling sound
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Student Paper To Decorate

Words that end in the letters in and make the /in/sound.

Student paper to decorate

We brainstormed a list of words ending in the letters in.

We reviewed the list of words with illustrations that we brainstormed ending in the letters in.

Student copy

When the vowel, a, comes before the letters in, the sound changes.  The a and i join together (ai)  to make the long a sound as in rain, not as in twin.

We brainstormed a list of words ending in the letters ain

We reviewed the list of words with illustrations ending in the letters ain

Student copy

Many words are commonly mispronounced replacing the /in/ sound for the correct /ing/ sound.

We made our chart

Common words that are said incorrectly

Student copy

 Activity Section - Picture sorting mat (display)

Student sorting mat

Pictures to sort (display)

Students pictures to sort

Sorting Mat Answers to display

Circle the correct ending pattern  (display)

Student copy

Circle the correct ending pattern answers to display

Video