Academic Standards
Learning Objective:
Children will sequence the steps to make a gingerbread cookie.
ELA Focus:
procedural texts
Social Studies Focus:
traditions
Page 4 Skill:
organize data
Vocabulary:
ingredients, cookie cutter, scrumptious
CCSS:
RI.1.1 ask and answer questions; RI.1.4 determine meaning of words; RI.1.10 read informational texts; RF.1.3 decode words; W.1.3 write narratives with sequenced events; SL.1.1 participate in collaborative conversations
Watch the video
Watch the video
Build background knowledge by watching “Holiday Cheer” When you’re done, ask students: What is one way you can spread holiday cheer?
Preview new vocabulary words
Preview new vocabulary words
Project the online vocabulary slideshow and introduce this issue’s featured words.
Set a purpose for reading
Set a purpose for reading
- Have students do a picture walk through the issue. Then read and discuss the cover. Have any students ever made a gingerbread cookie? What can they share about it?
- Before turning to page 2, say, “As we read the article, think about each step it takes to make a gingerbread cookie.”
- Read each box, stopping at the end of the box to check for comprehension.
- Have students follow along the text by acting out each step with their hands. On the second read, you can provide play dough for students to act out the steps.
- Complete the page 4 activity as a group or individually.
- When you’re done, do the Dance Break!
- Reading Checkpoint (skill: reading comprehension)
- How to Make Gingerbread (skill: sequencing)
- Color by Word (skill: decode words)
Deepen students’ learning with any of these supplemental activities:
Play the online game: Decorate Gingerbread People
(skill: digraphs)
Complete a hands-on activity: Our Favorite Recipes! Class Book
Kids draw their favorite food and write down what they think it takes to make it! Recipes are collected to create a class book. (skills: writing, create visuals)
Read a paired text: Catch That Cookie! by Hallie Durand
In Catch That Cookie! by Hallie Durand, a skeptical student and his class work together to solve riddles and find their runaway gingerbread cookies!