Gingerbread Baby Lesson Plan

Gingerbread Baby, by Jan Brett is a retelling of the old favorite about a fast running gingerbread boy who escapes from the oven and the misadventures he has on his way.

Reading

 Watch and listen to Jan Brett read her version of the story, Gingerbread Baby (note actual story begins about 3.5 minutes through the video).

 

 

After reading answer the questions on this reading comprehension worksheet.

Compare and contrast the Gingerbread baby with the original Gingerbread man story using this venn diagram.   

 

Writing Prompt

Make up your own adventures of the Gingerbread Baby.  Where will he go? Who will he meet?  How did he escape?  How will you catch him?

Social Studies

Make a map of your Gingerbread Baby's adventures around your neighborhood.  Make his path clear and mark any place he stopped (houses, businesses, etc.)

History

Learn about the history of Gingerbread here.

Math

 Practice division with this Gingerbread division worksheet.

Math In The News - Facebook

Facebook has tons of friends - as of July 21st that number is over 500 million! 

• Twitter has 105 million users. That is _____ fewer than Facebook. Estimate the answer, then calculate. 
• LinkedIn has 70 million users. Facebook has ____ more users than LinkedIn. 
• Together, Twitter and LinkedIn have _____ fewer users than Facebook.
• Facebook has a goal of reaching 1 billion users.  How many more do they need?

Responding To Literature - Writing a Book Review

You've just read a great book, and you want to tell the world about it!  How do you write a great book review that others would like to read?  Here are some pointers:

• Go to Write a Book Review with Rodman Philbrick to learn how to write a book review.
• Now that you know how, write your review!  Make sure you include:
• author of the book and a statement about the author's style
• a brief summary of the book (do not give the ending)
• use one new vocabulary word from the book in the review
• briefly describe the "best part of the book"
• explain why someone should or should not read the book
  
  

Martin Luther King - Fact or Fiction?

Read the following paragraph and tell if each sentence is TRUE or FALSE.

Dr. Martin Luther King was a preacher and a civil rights leader. He was born in 1929 and died in 1968. He led a boycott against the city bus lines because of their segregation policy.

Because if his philosophy of nonviolent resistance, he was arrested several times in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963, he organized the March on Washington, which brought more than 200,000 people together. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1968, he was shot and killed by an assassin’s bullet on the balcony of the motel where he was staying. James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder.

1. Martin Luther King led a bus boycott because of the poor service. TRUE FALSE
2. Dr. King was a civil rights leader, preacher, and Nobel Prize Winner. TRUE FALSE
3. Dr. King assassinated James Earl Ray. TRUE FALSE
4. Dr. King believed that violence was not an effective way to accomplish goals. TRUE FALSE
5. Dr. King could not get anyone to march on Washington. TRUE FALSE

Tiger Woods Reading Comprehension

Tiger Woods at age 21 is the youngest person to ever to win a professional golf tournament. One of the reasons for his success is that he can hit the ball over 300 yards, longer than any other golfer.

Many think he is an overnight success because of his young age, however this is not so. His success has stemmed from hard work, devotion to practice, and determination to succeed.
It all started at age two when his father, Earl started giving his son his first golf lesson. By age 4 Tiger was competing and winning against children who were more than twice his age. With his father’s encouragement and help, and his mother, Kultidara’s love and family devotion Tiger grew into a mature, responsible young man.

His mother has also helped him in an unusual way. She thought that wearing red would bring him luck and help him win. Like a good respectful son Tiger followed his mother’s advice and he won!

1. How far can Tiger Woods hit a golf ball?

2. How old was he when he started playing golf?

3. What color is lucky for Tiger Woods?

Uranus Reading Comprehension

Classification Uranus is the third largest planet, about 4 times bigger than Earth! Based on classification by size, Uranus is one of the giant planets or gas giants. The other three giants planets are: Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. These gas giants all have diameters greater than 48000 kilometers. Since Uranus is a gas planet, it doesn't have a solid surface like the Earth.

Where is Uranus? Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It is 1 billion, 783 million miles from the sun. Uranus is more than 19 times farther from the sun than Earth is. It is so far away from the sun that light takes two hours and forty minutes to get there, which makes Uranus very very cold!

Time Flies! Time passes much slower on Uranus than on Earth. A year on Uranus is 84 Earth-years long. The days are faster though, one day is 17 hours long.

1. Uranus is the ______ planet from the sun.
A. Fifth B. Eighth C. Seventh D. Sixth

2. Uranus is the ______ largest planet.
A. Third B. Second C. Fourth

3. Uranus has a solid surface just like Earth.
False True

4. Uranus is called a ______.
A. Gas giant B. Rocky planet C. Dwarf planet

5. A year on Uranus is ______.
A. 27 Earth-years B. 84 Earth-years C. 19 Earth-years D. The same as a year on Earth

6.A day on Uranus is ______.
A. 27 hours B. 84 hours C. 17 hours D. The same as a day on Earth

Reading Questions

1. In which city did this story take place?

2. In which month of the year did the Great Chicago Fire happen?

3. What was the O'Leary's house made of?

4. When Mrs. O'Leary went out to the barn, what did she carry with her?

5. How do many people think the fire started?

6. Why did the fire spread so quickly?

7. How long did it take to stop the fire?

8. How much of the city of Chicago was destroyed by fire?

9. What finally happened to help firefighters get the fire under control?

10. Why is Fire Prevention Week held in October?

Frog and the Antelope Reading Questions

1. Who were the 2 chiefs of Tobacco Plains?

2. What did the frog chief bet?

3. How did the frog trick the Antelope?

4. What did the frog win?

Jim Henson Reading Questions

1. Where did Jim move when he was in fifth grade?

2. What was the name of Jim Henson’s first tv show?

3. Who was the Muppet’s first nationally known character?

4. What was Jim Henson’s last project?