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The Gingerbread Boy (Folk Tale Classics)
Last updated Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Author: Paul Galdone
Date of Publication: 1983
ISBN: 0547599404
Grade Level: 1st (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: May 2020
Synopsis:
The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. all follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox, and "at last and at last he went the way of every single gingerbread boy that ever came out of an oven . . . He was all gone!"
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A principal told us the kids would delight in a sock puppet doing some of the reading!
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The PDF for your book does NOT include page numbers on the pages themselves. Instead you can see the page number of the PDF in the upper left of the free Adobe Acrobat software.
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Spoiler: The Gingerbread Boy does get eaten in the end, so you might want to remind the kids that he is a cookie!
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| Discussion topics for before reading: |
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Have you ever heard the story of The Gingerbread Boy?
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What are some other fairy tales? e.g. Three Little Pigs, Cinderella
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Have you ever made gingerbread cookies? Or other shapes of cookies?
Vocabulary
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gingerbread - cake made with molasses and flavored with ginger.
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currants - a small dried fruit made from a seedless variety of grape, now widely produced in California, and much used in cooking.
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threshing - separate grain from (a plant), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism.
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thresher - a person or machine that separates grain from the plants by beating.
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ashore - on land.
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| Discussion topics for during/after reading: |
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Why do you think the gingerbread boy ran away?
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Do you get hungry for cookies when you can smell them cooking in the oven?
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Was any animal or person able to outrun the gingerbread boy?
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Who outsmarted the gingerbread boy?
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| Craft ideas: |
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Make a drawing or cut-out in the shape of a gingerbread boy or girl. Add eyes, a mouth, a nose, and buttons.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCl3aq8Fpo
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Make a card for Mother's Day (tomorrow, May 10)! Fold a piece of colored or white paper in half. Draw a picture, like a flower or bouquet of flowers on the front or inside.
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Check our craft ideas on Pinterest!
https://www.pinterest.com/readingtokids/may-2020-fantasy-folklore-fairytales/
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*Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.
You can use them, but you don't have to use them.
You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.
Remember, though, that the focus of your time should
not be on the development and execution of a craft;
the focus should be on the read-aloud and the
enjoyment of the book!
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