gingerbread man math and literacy fun

by Deanna Jump

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Math and Literacy Fun

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Written by Deanna Jump

I made a little gingerbread

man. He was soft and

brown.

He jumped from the oven

and ran through the town.

He ran away from the big

brown cow.

He ran away from the

little pink sow.

He ran away from

the little old man...

STOP!

Singing, “Catch me,

catch me, if you can!”

Catch me,

Catch me,

If you can!

Now when I make

gingerbread men I put

them in a jar.

So my little gingerbread

men can’t run far!

Story picture cards to rebuild the story in a pocket

chart or on the floor. The students can use the

word phrase cards to rebuild the story.

** A non Santa version of the old man page is

included

at the back of this unit.

STOP! Catch me, catch me,

If you can!

**If your school doesn’t allow you to use images of Santa I’ve

included a different old man page and story cards at the end of

this unit.

He was soft and brown.

I made a little

gingerbread man,

He jumped from

the oven and ran

through the town.


I made a little big brown cow.


I made a little


I made a little

little pink sow.

I made a little

little old man...

catch me, if you can!”

Singing, “Catch me,

Now when I make

gingerbread men

I put them in a jar.

can’t run far!

gingerbread men

So my little

Get out your little rolling pins (like they make for

playdoh) and let your sweeties have some fun with

syllables. They should say the word on the cookie

card and roll the rolling pin as they say the word to

show how many syllables. Choose the recording sheet

or make the flip book to record the words based on

your student’s abilities. Ex:

= 1 roll place on the 1 syllable

cookie jar mat

= 2 rolls place on the 2

syllables cookie jar mat

Gingerbread Man

Syllable sort

Directions: Fold a sheet of 12x18 construction

paper in half hot dog style. Cut the top section

into 3 equal parts. Glue the gingerbread men

cover pictures from page 30 to the top of each

section. Sort the pictures into categories, 1

syllable, 2 syllables, 3 syllables and glue them

under the correct flap.

Gingerbread Man Syllable Flip Book

Use the pictures for the syllable sort flip book. There are 2 sets on this page.

Cut on the line to separate the sets.

Gingerbread Men for Cover of flip book

Name_______________________________

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Gingerbread Man Syllable Sort

Sort the cookies into the correct cookie jars and record the results by writing the words on the lines.

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Colorful words are included at the

end of this unit to use as a chart

header.

Gingerbread Man Pie Graph

Directions: 1. Make the Gingerbread Man by following the directions on pg. 30. 2.

Give the students a gingerbread cookie and tell them to take ONE bite. 3. After

they’ve taken a bite ask them to look at their cookie and determine which part

they bit first. 4. Give the students a coin to match the part that they bit and

have them color the gingerbread men. 5. Lay the colored gmen coins on top of a

poster board in a circle with the like pieces together. (See the picture above). 6.

Once you have them in a circle glue them down and then cut around them. This will

be the stomach part of your gingerbread man pie chart. 7. Analyze and discuss the

data. * if you made your gman using a lighter color then it isn’t necessary to use

the posterboard. You can just lay the pieces directly on the gman’s tummy like in

the picture above.

Which part of the cookie did you bite first?

Pie Graph Coins

Directions:

For all of the pieces cut off all four corners and round out the

points.

Glue the pieces together as shown.

Use scraps to make the icing on the arms and legs.

Directions for making the gingerbread man chart

Head- 16x16

Body-18x21

Arms-5x12

Legs-6x15

eyes-5 x 2 1/2 (fold in half)

nose-2x 2 1/2

______________ of us bit the arm first.

______________ of us bit the tummy first.

______________ of us bit the head first.

______________ of us bit the leg first.

More of us bit the ____________________ first.

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We can analyze our data!

I can write about our Gingerbread Man Pie Graph Data

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I can write about our Gingerbread Man Pie Graph Data

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Which part of the cookie did you bite first?

Compare stories using the Venn diagram. Choose two

stories to read then copy and paste the cover of the

books in the squares on the venn diagram.

Story Elements read the story of your choice and use the

story elements recording sheet to record the characters,

refrain (what the main character says), and ending.

Paste the cover of the book in the square that says

story stampl

All of these would work well in literature response journals

and on large chart paper. A picture of our large class

chart is on the following page. For larger book cover

images go to www.googleimages.com

Literature Response Activities

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Our class chart

We can read and compare stories.

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Gingerbread Man Story Elements

Story Stamp Characters

Ending

Refrain

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For this unit we make a gingerbread journal to record the endings of the various

stories we read. Use the patterns and directions on the following page to

create the journal.

The writing says, She rode the fox home.

Gingerbread Journals

The Gingerbread

Girl by Lisa Ernst

1. For head and body- cut off all four corners and

round out the points. Glue together.

2. For arms and legs- fold in half, cut off all four

corners and round out the points. Glue as

shown.

3. Use scraps to make the icing. Decorate the

cookie using crayons or a red sequin for the

nose and buttons for the tummy.

The patterns for the jar are on the following

page.

Gingerbread jar

journal cover

To make the gingerbread cookie:

head 3 ½ x 3 ½ body 4 x 4 ½ legs 2 x 8 arms 2 x 6

The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Ernst












Labels for Gingerbread Journals

The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires












The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth












The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett












The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone












The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School by Joan Holub










Many of these math problems incorporate higher level thinking skills. You may want to do

them together on a large chart as part of your math message before having the students

add them to their math journals. Use the clipart on the following page as manipulatives if

desired. There are four gingerbread men.

Each gingerbread man has two buttons. How many buttons altogether? There are two cookie jars.

Each cookie jar has five cookies. How many cookies altogether? I ate two gingerbread men.

There are four more on the plate. How many gingerbread men did I start with?

I have three gingerbread men in a line. One is blue, one is pink and one is green.

The blue one is not first, the green one is last. Draw the gingerbread men.

I baked six gingerbread men. Two of my friends came to visit. How can we share them equally?

Read, Draw, Solve Math Journal Story Problems

Gingerbread Man Math Manipulatives

After the children eat their gingerbread cookie have them

brainstorm a list of adjectives to describe gingerbread. Use the

adjectives to write gingerbread list poems.

Ex:

Gingerbread

Sweet

Soft

Yummy

Gingerbread

Or you could do this type of poem:

I like gingerbread.

Soft gingerbread,

Sweet gingerbread,

Yummy, brown, spicy gingerbread.

I like gingerbread!

Gingerbread Bubble Map

Gingerbread

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Gingerbread Science

Did you ever wonder why the Gingerbread Man didn’t just swim across

the river himself? He might have saved himself a lot of trouble if he

had! This activity will let your little sweeties discover the answer to

this question by conducting a fun and easy science experiment.

Materials Needed for

each group:

Clear plastic

container of

water

Gingerbread

Cookie

Recording Sheet

Steps:

1. Review the Scientific Method using this free

book http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-Do-Scientists-Do

2. Ask your kids the essential question and

have them draw or write their hypothesis.

3. Have them place their cookie in the water

and record their observations on the recording

sheet.

4. Discuss what happened.

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Gingerbread Science Experiment

Experiment: I put the Gingerbread Man cookie in water to see what would happen.

Essential Question: What would have happened if the

Gingerbread Man had swam across the river by himself?

My Hypothesis:

I

think...

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He jumped from the oven

and ran through the town

He ran away from

the little old man...

STOP!

Gingerbread

Glyph

The bow tells whether I am a boy or a girl.

girl boy

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My Gingerbread

Glyph Book

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The nose tells if I like gingerbread.

red= pink=

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The buttons tell which story I liked best.

= =

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Girls in our

class. Boys in our

class.

We like gingerbread.

We don’t like gingerbread.

Our Gingerbread Glyph Data

Gingerbread Glyph

Measurements:

head tan or brown 7x7 body tan or brown 8 ½ x 10 arms tan or brown 2 ½ x 12 legs tan or brown 2 ½ x 12 eyes black 1 x 2 nose pink or red

Depending on answer 1 ½ x 1

frosting pink ½ x 12 buttons red 1x2 bow green pattern

Center of bow green 2x2

Steps:

1. For head and body- cut off all four corners and

round out the points. Glue the head to the front of

the body.

2. For the arms and legs. Fold the

rectangles in half. Cut off all four

corners and round out the points.

Glue to the front of the body.

3. For the eyes fold the piece in half.

Cut off all four corners and round

out the points. Glue in place.

4. For the nose cut off all four corners

and round out the points. Glue in place.

Draw a mouth.

5. For the bow- glue to head if you’re

a girl and under chin for boys.

For the center of the bow cut off all

four corners and round out the points.

Glue in place.

6. Buttons- based on answer to question.

For square buttons-fold piece in half and cut

on the fold. Glue in place. Round buttons-

fold in half and cut off all four corners

and round out the points. Glue in place.

7. Frosting- Fold in half. Fold in half again.

Cut on the folds to make four rectangles.

Glue as shown and trim off excess.