We have been busy reading various versions of the Gingerbread Man tale. You wouldn't believe how mnay variations there are!! One of the major educational objectives of this unit is to introduce a Venn diagram to compare two stories. Have you seen these coming home? We have talked about the difference between a big story component such as how the fox gets close to the Gingerbread Man. In one story the fox pretends to be deaf to get close to the Gingerbread Man while in the other story the fox helps the Gingerbread Man cross a river. A small story component is that one Gingerbread Man had lots of icing clothes while the other Gingerbread Man had only buttons and a face. The big story components make a difference in our understanding of the story while the little story components add detail to make the story interesting.
We also have a loveable friend named Gingerbread Fred who has been busy traveling to different homes in Colchester every night. He has enjoyed staying with each and everyone of you! We are making an amazing book out of all of these tales. We will end our gingerbread study this Friday with an amazing activity (which we are trying to earn with good behavior). We are building foam gingerbread houses while we eat candy! What more could a second grader ask for!! Here is a picture of some of gingerbread books and our bulletin board! I hope the holidays are filling your house with yummy smells!
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