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Our book, reading and writing activity, resources, and a step-by-step guide all in 1 page.
Our Book:
The Gingerbread Man
Retold by Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith ; Illustrated by Yen Lau and Dianne Hill
Book
Synopsis
Imagine that you are baking a gingerbread man. The smell of cinnamon, ginger, and everything warm and savoury wafting into your nostrils. Now, you open the oven to take the gingerbread man out, wanting to take a bite of the delicious goodness. But what would you do if your gingerbread man hops out of your oven and runs away?
Come and be a part of the exciting journey of the gingerbread man as he tries to escape from being eaten by the little old man, the little old woman, and many more! Accompanied by rich illustrations that will stimulate imagination and rhyming words that will develop your child’s phonemic awareness through a fun and thrilling adventure, your child will be sure to love this exhilarating book by Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith.
Our Shared Reading Video
Link to our shared reading video: https://youtu.be/GDtGaswn_vU
Our Reading Activity
For Cut, Paste and Sequence Activity
Our writing reading is aimed to help your child recap the story and read sentences from the book from our shared reading video, The Gingerbread Man by Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith.
Through our reading activity, your child will be able to:
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Read out sentences from the book "The Gingerbread Man".
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Sequence the sentences according to the storyline of the book "The Gingerbread Man"
Please continue to scroll to view our resources, step-by-step guide and a video tutorial for our reading activity.
A Parent's Guide for Our Writing Activity
Dear Parents,
We have written a parent's guide to explain how you can carry out our Kindergarten level writing activity with your child, as well as to share with you questions that you can ask your child during the activity to facilitate his/her learning.
Please click on the button below to access our parent's guide for this writing activity.
Thank you!
Reading Resources
Level 1:
Level 2:
Level 3:
Paste Here! Template
Draw Out The Sentence Template
Click on the images to download the templates for our reading activity.
A Step-by-Step Guide for Our Reading Activity
Tune-in Activity: Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze
Materials Needed:
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Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze Video
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Yourself!
Main Activity: Cut, Sequence and Paste!
Materials Needed:
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Activity Templates :
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Level 1-3 Activity Template
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Paste Here! Template
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Scissors
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Glue
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"The Gingerbread Man" shared reading video
Closure Activity: Draw Out The Sentence!
Materials Needed:
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Activity Templates
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Writing Materials
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Coloured Pencils
Instructions
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After watching our shared reading video of "The Gingerbread Man" book, prompt your child with questions about the book :
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What happened to the Gingerbread Man?
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Do you think he enjoyed getting baked?
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Did the fox help him?
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Ask your child if they are ready to dance like a Gingerbread Man!
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Click on the video provided to access the "Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze" video.
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Get your child to follow the action
Instructions
Prior to conducting this activity with your child, do ensure that you access the activity templates given above under Reading resource 1 and 2.
Depending on which difficulty level you deem fit for your child, print out the activity sentence template and the paste here! template to go alongside.
1. Guide your child in reading the sentences given.
2. If your child is attempting Level 1 of the activity sheet, guide them in using
the reverse images provided above the words that are slightly more challenging.
3. Once your child is able to read out and repeat the sentences, get them to cut
out the sentences following the dotted lines provided.
4. Next, get them to recall the story "The Gingerbread Man".
5. Your child will then have to sequence the sentences based on the storyline of
the book.
6. If your child has difficulty recalling what happened in the book, you can refer
them to the shared reading video provided at the top of the page as a refresher.
7. Once your child has completed sequencing the sentences, get them to paste
the sentences onto the Paste Here! template.
8. Get your child to read through the sentences once more to see if the story
flows correctly.
Note: You can begin from Level 1 and slowly challenge your child up to level 3
Instructions
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In order to reinforce your child's learning and understanding of the sentences from the main activity, the closure is a simple activity where they will pick one of the sentences and draw it out in the template given.
Scaffold your child's learning by asking them to describe and explain more about their drawing and how it is a representation of their chosen sentence.
Our Reading Activity and Resource Video Tutorial:
Please click on the video to watch our video tutorial of our reading activity, where we demonstrated how you can use our reading resources to carry out the reading activity!
Link to the video tutorial: https://youtu.be/U2Idqp3UY38
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