Gingerbread Man Skills Book

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Writing Activity Fill in the chart about Gingerbread Man. What problem do Mr. and Mrs. Smith have?

How do they try to solve it?

Characters

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Events

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Solution

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

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Summarizing The The Gingerbread Gingerbread Man Man Summarizing Name

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Writing Activity Retell the story of The Gingerbread Man.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

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What are some character traits of the Gingerbread Man? Use details from the play in your answer.

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kind

funny

silly

wise

smart

lazy

mean

wild

fast

sad

brave

happy

slow

bossy

gentle

friendly

tricky

selfish

shy

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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Question: Read this from the play: “I’m listening,” said the snake And he slithered up close “Tell me how you escaped All your terrible foes.”

Who is the snake speaking to and why? Use details from the play in your answer.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3 Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

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Character Traits in The Gingerbread Man

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Compare and contrast the snake and the Gingerbread Man. How are they alike? How are they different?

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Adjective Bank kind

funny

silly

wise

smart

lazy

mean

wild

fast

sad

brave

happy

slow

bossy

gentle

friendly

tricky

selfish

shy

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

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Number Number and and Operations Operations withwith The Gingerbread The Gingerbread ManMan

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The Gingerbread Man runs for three miles. Then he runs for two miles more. How many miles has he run in all? __________

2. It takes one spoon of dough to make one Gingerbread Man. If Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to create five Gingerbread Men, how many spoons of dough do they need?

3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith go to the store to buy some ingredients. They need to buy two eggs. If an egg costs a quarter, how much does two eggs cost?

4. Five cinnamon sticks cost one dollar. Figure out how much one cinnamon stick costs.

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have many animals: one dog, two cats, three moose, four snakes, five mice and six rats. How many animals are there in all?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions

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Subtraction with The Gingerbread Man

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have many friends. They want Gingerbread Men, too.

Figure out how many Gingerbread Men can give away and how many they can give away.

If Mrs. Smith has this many Gingerbread Men

And her friends want this many Gingerbread Men...

7

3

6

2

4

2

9

8

10

7

10

5

12

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20

3

18

7

16

2

19

9

15

4

12

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

How many are left over?

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Number and Operations with The Gingerbread Man Name

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Complete each math problem. Then use the answer to figure out which color to fill each section in.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.

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Number and Operations with Cinderella

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The two pictures look exactly the same, but there are ten differences between them! Find the ten differences between the two pictures.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4 Represent and interpret data.

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Common Core Standards Alignment for ​The Gingerbread Man. Target every standard by asking questions about the play. Take things further by having students complete the Skills Book.

Common Core Standard

Standard Description

Story-based Questions

RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

What problem faces Mr and Mrs Smith?

How do they try to solve it? Does it work? Why or why not?

RL.1.2

Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Why does the Gingerbread Man run away? How does the story end?

RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Look on the cover.

Where does the story take place? What character traits does the snake have? What character traits does the Gingerbread Man have?

RL.1.4

Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

What does it mean to slither? What does it mean to be tricky?

RL.1.5

Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

Is this a true story? Or is this story made up? How can you tell? What details in the story show that this is not a true story?

RL.1.6

Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

What is the job of the narrators in the story?

RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

What does the cover show? What is happening in the picture?

RL.1.9

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

Compare and contrast the Gingerbread Man and the snake