Laura Murray's incorporation of rhyme appeals to the elementary-aged reader. Drawing from an activity she did with her own classes, Murray's Gingerbread Man is created by students and is left in the classroom to cool. But, Gingerbread Man, thinking he has been left behind, journeys through the school in search of the young bakers. Rather than the traditional repeated line "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man." the protagonist proclaims he is trying to catch the class. This story would be a perfect conclusion to a gingerbread man unit in any primary classroom. Laura Murray being the teacher that she is, has created an ellaborate unit for teachers. Check it out! She has provided oodles of extension activities, suggestions for using the text, and even a recipe if you'd like to make your own gingerbread man.
Vocabulary: ingredients, complete, announce, "tough cookie," "smart cookie," handrail, spectacular, belong
Close Reading Questions:
From the other stories you have heard about the gingerbread man, what do you think will happen now? p. 7
How could the nurse fix him? p. 12
Where is the gingerbread man? p. 19
Were we right about our prediction? p. 21
These pages have a lot of action words or verbs. Let's list them. p. 24-25
How did the gingerbread man know he was wanted and not forgotten by the class? p. 31
How is the pattern of this story different than The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth? end
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