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Gingerbread Baby

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Students explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Students also make art projects, dramatize the stories, make gingerbread cookies, and journal about the stories.

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spelling patterns, following directions

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following instructions, spelling patterns, english language arts
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Duration
4 days
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Project-Based Learning
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