Through our Gingerbread unit, we read several different versions of the story. We read The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, Gingerbread Baby, Gingerbread Friends, and Gingerbread Pirates. Did you know there were so many? While we read, we compared and contrasted the stories. We recorded our notes on a huge classroom chart. We wrote the characters, refrain, and endings for each story. The students were so lively in their discussions. I even caught them independently discussing other versions that they had read or listened to on the ipads.
At the end of the many different readings, I gave a "quiz" using MimioVotes. The votes are small hand held response clickers. The quiz asked about the different stories' characters, refrains, and endings. The quiz covered stories read over a two week time frame. I was thrilled with the students' comprehension level. The class average on the quiz was 87%. Wow! What great comprehension.
We did so many different fun cross curricular gingerbread activities. Here are some pictures of our other activities!
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