Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for How to Catch a Gingerbread Man will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of perspective, this How to Catch a Gingerbread Man picture book by Adam Wallace is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
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- Read a summary of How to Catch a Gingerbread Man. You can find it in the section below.
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HOW TO CATCH A GINGERBREAD MAN SUMMARY
During a storytime reading of The Gingerbread Man, the famous book character magically comes to life, leaps from the pages and begins his adventure!
As the Gingerbread Man runs loose in a bookstore, he gets help from other well-known characters like Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Peter Rabbit, nursery rhyme characters, and more!
Will the children be able to catch him with their clever traps or will he escape for good?
This fun, action-packed book makes for a very engaging read aloud!
HOW TO CATCH A GINGERBREAD MAN LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based How to Catch a Gingerbread Man reading comprehension questions focus on:
- setting
- sequencing
- illustrations
- summarizing/retelling
- point of view
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- perspective
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- possessive nouns
- compound words
HOW TO CATCH A GINGERBREAD MAN ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for How to Catch a Gingerbread Man?
- Lexile® Measure: AD610L
- Guided Reading Level: O
- DRA Level: 30
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Adam Wallace. It was illustrated by Andy Elkerton.
What genre is How to Catch a Gingerbread Man?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 40 pages long.
