It is Gingerbread Man week in our class. We will be reading many different versions of the story. We will compare how the stories are alike and different by looking at the story elements - characters, setting, problem and ending. Yesterday we started with the book by Karen Schmidt.
After reading the story, we sequenced, drew and labeled the characters on our own papers.
Today our book was, The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone. We then compared it with the story from yesterday. The students were quick to point out that the characters and ending were different from the Schmidt version of the story.
We started writing our own books about the gingerbread man. Students are using the frame, "I can run from a _____". They are responsible for writing all the words and illustrating the pictures.
