READING ACTIVITIES
READING ACTIVITIES
This is another version of gingerbread. However, the only people eating the cookies are Maisy's friends, Charley and Talullah. The story is an excellent background for interactive writing, following directions, sequencing, and comparing characters, settings, and resolution to the other Gingerbread Man versions. The following are a few suggestions to use with the story. For a complete listing, please email me for ordering the literature package.
Reading the Story:
Show the book to the students. Let them look at the pictures as you turn the pages. Ask them questions about what they think is happening, who are the characters, how is this different than other stories.
Read the story. During the reading, ask students questions about specific words, punctuation (commas in a series, capitals, periods at the end of a sentence).
Interactive writing:
Using chart paper, have the students sequence the story. Begin by writing the title. Ask guided questions, "where was Maisy at the beginning of the story?" Then have the students put their responses into sentences. "Who can start this sentence?" What sound does the word _____ begin with?" "What do we need to do at the beginning; end?" Have students write on chart paper a LIST of events.
Compare and Contrast
On chart paper, ask students how this story was different from the Gingerbread Baby and the Gingerbread Man versions. I had one student even notice that the oven was different in this story. Write down their responses. Have them summarize using a comparison chart the story of Maisy. Who ate the cookies in this story?
Art and Independent Writing
My students then drew pictures of the scene and wrote about the events and how it was different. They then designed a cookie that they would make for their friend as an art project.