Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Gingerbread Pirates will love this post. For example, it recommends a book companion based on the book. This resource includes writing prompts, reading comprehension questions, and more. In addition, it includes tons of helpful information for teachers. Specifically, it includes the book’s summary, reading levels, genre and more. You will have what you need to deliver a standards-based interactive read aloud based on this book.
With themes of perseverance and feelings, this The Gingerbread Pirates picture book by Kristin Kladstrup is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will quickly become one of you and your students’ favorite gingerbread man books! It is sure to be one you pick out to read each December. It’s a great one!
Engage Your Students with The Gingerbread Pirates Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Gingerbread Pirates. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with The Gingerbread Pirates reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
THE GINGERBREAD PIRATES SUMMARY
On Christmas Eve night, Jim and his mother left out pirate gingerbread men for Santa. Jim’s favorite cookie, Captain Cookie, sleeps by his bed. But once the boy is asleep, Captain Cookie goes off to look for his boat and crew.
On his adventure, he runs into the infamous cannibal, Santa. Santa shows the captain that he really is not evil by getting him a ship. When Jim wakes up, Captain Cookie is aboard the ship under the dazzling tree.
THE GINGERBREAD PIRATES 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 The Gingerbread Pirates reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retell
- analyzing character
- ask and answer questions
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- perseverance
- feelings
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- quotation marks
- italics
- contractions
THE GINGERBREAD PIRATES 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 The Gingerbread Pirates?
- Lexile® Measure: AD530L
- Guided Reading Level: K
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.9
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Kristin Kladstrup.
What genre is The Gingerbread Pirates?
It is an action and adventure 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 32 pages long.
