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unit 4 Gingerbread Man

by Joni Bowman

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© 2008 by Joni Bowman

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Kindergarten Plus! ISBN 978-1-55379-156-0

Unit 4 – Gingerbread Man ISBN 978-1-55379-164-5

Project editor: Leigh Hambly Illustrator: Lisa Rae Swan Book and cover design: Relish Design Studio Ltd.

Acknowledgments My parents, Bill and Barb Brown, for being my creative soundboard and my first editors throughout this project.

The publisher would like to thank Tricia Geske, former kindergarten teacher, and Jamie Dyck, music teacher, for their review of the content and for their invaluable advice.

Permission AcknowledgmentsGrateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material. Every effort has been made to determine and contact copyright owners. The author and publisher would welcome any information regarding omissions and errors.

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Letter to Parents/Guardians 2

Books for Children 3

Mathematics 4

1 Counting Buttons 4

2 Ordering Gingerbread Men by Size 9

3 Candy Patterns 13

4 Estimating Gingerbread Men Counters 16

5 Counting Forwards and Backwards From 1 to 10 21

6 Reviewing Numbers From 11 to 20 27

7 Directional Words 32

8 Identifying Canadian Coins 35

9 Using Canadian Coins 41

10 Area – Covering a Gingerbread Man With Marshmallows 46

11 Measuring Length of Objects 51

12 Graphing Our Favourite Gingerbread Man Story 54

13 An Introduction to Addition 58

14 An Introduction to Subtraction 62

15 Counting Decorations 66

16 Graphing Cookie Bites 70

Language Arts 75

Weekly Poem 1 – Counting Gingerbread Men 75

Home-School Connection 75

Day 1/Lesson 1 76

Day 2/Lesson 2 76

Day 3/Lesson 3 77

Day 4/Lesson 4 78

Day 5/Lesson 5 79

Weekly Poem 2 – Gingerbread Man Song 81


Day 1/Lesson 1 82

Day 2/Lesson 2 82

Day 3/Lesson 3 83

Day 4/Lesson 4 85

Day 5/Lesson 5 86

Weekly Poem 3 – Homemade Gingerbread 87


Day 1/Lesson 1 88

Day 2/Lesson 2 88

Day 3/Lesson 3 90

Day 4/Lesson 4 91

Day 5/Lesson 5 91

Weekly Poem 4 – Where Is My Gingerbread Man? 94


Day 1/Lesson 1 95

Day 2/Lesson 2 96

Day 3/Lesson 3 96

Day 4/Lesson 4 98

Day 5/Lesson 5 98

Additional Poems and Songs 101

Integrated Studies 103

1 Comparing Gingerbread Man Stories 103

2 The Great Gingerbread Man Escape 106

Additional Integrated Studies 113

1 Making Gingerbread Houses 113

2 Flannel Board 113

3 Gingerbread Man Ornaments 113

4 Family Gingerbread Man Project 113

5 Gingerbread Man Matching Game 114

6 Candyland 114

7 The Doorbell Rang 114

8 Gingerbread Baby 114

9 Sequencing – Making Gingerbread Man Cookies 114

Centres 118

Reading Centre 118

Writing/Language Centre 118

Arts & Crafts Centre 118

Discovery Centre 119

Mathematics Centre 119

Tactile Centre 119

Listening Centre 120

Dramatic Centre 121

Big Book Ideas 122

1 Where in the World Is the Gingerbread Man? 122

2 20 Ways to Cross a River Safely 124

Sources 126

CONTENTS



Dear Parents/Guardians,

The holiday season is nearly here. It is hard to believe we have almost completed the fi rst

term of our Kindergarten Journey. This month, we move into the popular “Gingerbread

Man” theme. Over the next several weeks, your child will be involved in a variety of

activities, including:

n comparing different versions of the gingerbread man story

n making candy patterns on gingerbread man cutouts

n being introduced to simple addition and subtraction

n estimating handfuls of buttons, cubes, and gingerbread counters

n learning about Canadian coins, and using pennies, nickels, and dimes to purchase

materials to decorate a class gingerbread man

n being introduced to the concept of area by covering a gingerbread man with

marshmallows

n graphing our favourite gingerbread man story

n baking and decorating gingerbread man cookies

n reciting gingerbread man poems and songs

Our Dramatic Centre will be set up as a bakery fi lled with various gingerbread recipes,

plastic baking ware, and sealed containers fi lled with spices to encourage role-playing and

creativity. Afterwards, it will turn into a drama stage where students can dress up in different

costumes and use simple masks to reenact the gingerbread man story. The Listening Centre

and Reading Centre will provide literature-rich environments fi lled with fi ction books on

the gingerbread man and nonfi ction books on baking. The Discovery Centre will be a delight

for the senses, with playdough scented with spices such as cinnamon, allspice, ginger, and

nutmeg. Other exciting activities, including a gingerbread Memory game, will be at our

Mathematics Centre.

Your child will continue to bring home weekly poems. Don’t forget to review the poem

and complete the home-school connection activity. Keep your eyes open for our latest and

greatest “Big Book” that will be circulating throughout our kindergarten homes. Remember

to add your valuable comments at the end of the book.

Our letters of the month are b for gingerbread baby, j for jujubes and jellybeans, and

d for decorations. Our number of the month is 2. Students will continue to work through

a variety of activities that reinforce the proper formation of both letters and numbers.

Once again, thank you for your continued support. We look forward to our fourth exciting

month on our Kindergarten Journey.

Sincerely,

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Focus

Students will place the correct number of buttons on a gingerbread man that has a numeral (between 0 and 10) written on it.

Materials

n Gingerbread Man Cutout (BLM 4.1.1)n scissorsn brown construction paper (enough to trace 11 gingerbread men)n penciln collection of small buttonsn small plastic container with lidn gluen Counting Buttons activity sheet (two pages) (BLM 4.1.2)n black felt markern 11 x 17-inch paper

PreParation

n Photocopy the Gingerbread Man Cutout. Cut out the gingerbread man, and trace it 11 times onto brown construction paper. Cut out the gingerbread men, and label them from 0 to 10.

n Photocopy the activity sheet Counting Buttons (one copy of each page per student).

n Place the collection of buttons in the plastic container.

teaching the lesson

1. Have the students sit in a large group circle. Spread out the 11 numbered gingerbread men, in random order, in the middle of the circle. Explain that you would like to put the gingerbread men in order from 0 to 10. Ask:n Who can find the gingerbread man with the number zero?

Select a student to identify the gingerbread man. Place the gingerbread man at the start of a line. Ask the students:

n What number comes after zero?

Select a student to identify the gingerbread man with the number 1. Have the student place it next to the gingerbread man labelled “0.”

Continue this process until the gingerbread men have been placed in order from 0 to 10. Review the order by pointing to each number and having the students identify each number aloud.

Mathematics

You may wish to laminate the gingerbread men cutouts for future use.

LESSON 1 COuNTING BuTTONS

You will need to enlarge the second page of Counting

Buttons (on 11 x 17-inch paper) so that students have enough space to glue buttons on the gingerbread men.

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2. Explain to the students that the number printed on each gingerbread man tells them how many buttons he should be wearing. Ask the students:n How many buttons would you place on the first gingerbread man?

(Answer: 0)n How many buttons would you place on the next gingerbread man?

(Answer: 1)

Select a student to take one button from the container and place it on the body of the gingerbread man labelled “1.” Continue this process for each gingerbread man. Whenever a student places the corresponding number of buttons on the gingerbread man cutout, have that student count the buttons aloud to encourage one-to-one correspondence.

Follow-uP student activity

1. Distribute a copy of the activity sheet Counting Buttons (BLM 4.1.2) to each student.

2. On the first page, have students count the number of buttons on each gingerbread man and print the corresponding number on the line below.

3. On the second page, have students look at the number written beside each gingerbread man and glue on the appropriate number of buttons.

extending the idea

n Have the students take a handful of buttons and place them on a paper plate. Ask them to estimate how many buttons they have, then ask them to count the actual number of buttons.

student assessMent

n Observe students’ ability to identify the numbers 0–10 and correctly match each number with the corresponding number of buttons on the gingerbread men (one-to-one correspondence). Use the Rubric sheet, GBLM-2, to record your observations.

Suggested achievement levels:

Level 1 – requires assistance to recognize and count objects from 0 to 10

Level 2 – can recognize and count objects from 0 to 10 with limited assistance (several minor errors)

Level 3 – independently recognizes and counts objects from 0 to 10 with few errors

Level 4 – independently recognizes and counts objects from 0 to 10 with no errors

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WEEkLy POEM 1 COuNTING GINGERBREAD MEN

Counting Gingerbread Men(sung to: ten Little, nine Little)

One little, two little, three little gingerbread men,Four little, five little, six little gingerbread men,Seven little, eight little, nine little gingerbread men,ten little gingerbread men.

hoMe-school connection

n Encourage your child to tap the words as you read the poem together.

n Reread the poem. This time, have your child circle all the number words. If your child cannot recognize all the number words, reread the poem slowly, and have your child ask you to stop when he/she hears a number word.

n Have your child print the number (e.g., 2) beside each circled number word.

You may wish to dot the outline of the number, and have your child trace the dots.

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Language Arts



Materials

n copy of the poem, “Counting Gingerbread Men” (page 75)n chart papern felt markersn construction papern plastic cup or containern pocket chartn sentence stripsn index cards n gingerbread man pointer (piece of dowel with a gingerbread man topper or

eraser glued to the top)

day 1/lesson 1

Focus

To introduce students to the poem, “Counting Gingerbread Men.”

PreParation

n Print the poem on chart paper.n Display the chart paper where all students can see it (e.g., chart stand,

chalkboard, bulletin board).n Photocopy the poem and Home-School Connection on page 75 (one copy

per student). Place the sheet in each student’s “Watch Me Read” Duo-tang. Remember to send the Duo-tang home with the students at the end of the week.

activity

1. Have the students gather around the chart paper. Ask the students to listen carefully as you read the poem aloud. Read the poem aloud a second time. This time, use the gingerbread man pointer to point out the words as you read them. Read the poem again, and have the students be your “echo.” Read one line of the poem, and have the students repeat the line after you. Finally, read (or sing) the poem together.

extending the idea

n Select a student to be the teacher. Have the student use the gingerbread man pointer to point out the words as you read (or sing) the poem together as a class.

day 2/lesson 2

Focus

To take a closer look at the words in the poem.

PreParation

n Place a collection of felt markers in a plastic cup or container.n Create a set of giant Memory cards on construction paper.

You may wish to laminate the Memory cards for protection.

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