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gingerbread theme
By Kris
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Two years ago I did a gingerbread theme at Christmas time and my kids had a BLAST with it. I did an intro of making a big gb man with my kids and baked it at school. While it was baking, I read one of the many versions of| the gb man, and had another teacher sneak in the kitchen to let the gb man out of the oven. The kids looked everywhere for him! For the rest of the week the gb man left us clues around the school as to where he had been--I took pictures and wrote little poems to go with the places he had been (the nurse's office, the prinipal's office, computer lab). The students wrote every day about | |
where they thought he was, and made signs to post around the school. By the end of the week the whole school was in on the fun, even 5th graders were telling us they had seen it! We finally found him in the library (of course)and there were gb babies for us to eat! We read many versions of the story including Jan Brett's, and The Stinky Cheese Man and did compare/contrast with each one. The kids also made cinnamon dough Christmas ornaments for their parents. This unit was so fun during the week before Christmas when you need something exciting to keep them focused on school! Those kids still ask me how that gb man got out of the oven in the first place!! :oD
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