Names: Addie, Sarah, Aiden, Mikey Subject: Reading

Grade level: Kindergarten Unit: Key ideas & details craft & comprehension
Lesson Title: “The Gingerbread man Loose at Christmas” craft and comprehension
Objective: With help, remember & talk about the important parts of a story
(RI. K. 2) (DOK 1)
Materials Gingerbread family decorating kit, paper, writing utensils, a
computer, The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas book
video, and our presentation.
Anticipatory Set (Put a picture of a gingerbread man on the slide) “Can any of
Or “hook”
you tell us what this is?” (Wait for answer) “Yes, a gingerbread
man! Well, today friends, we will be decorating our very own
gingerbread men and learning the acts of kindness you can
both do together this holiday season!” “While we are learning
about these acts of kindness, we will also work on remembering
and talking about the important parts of a story!”
Input (What Talk about how they clearly know what a gingerbread man.
students already
know)
Then, transition to talking about acts of kindness. “What are
some kind things you have experienced or done before?” Talk
about these kind acts.
Model (How will Students will watch the video of the book, “The Gingerbread
you demonstrate
Man Loose at Christmas.”
skills?)

Video link: https://youtu.be/hh6UqRX4EvI

Check for After we have finished playing the video of the book, “The
understanding
Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas,” we will ask the students
to give a thumbs up if they understood the story or a thumbs
down if they did not. If there is a student with a thumbs down,
see if they have any questions regarding the book to help them
better understand. After the thumbs up thumbs down portion,
we will go around the room and discuss what their favorite acts
of kindness were in the story.
Guided practice We will pass out a notecard and pencil to each student, the
notecard will have “I will be kind this Christmas by...” written
 on it. The students will model kindness by writing down
something nice they are going to do for a loved one this
Christmas season. Students will share these with one another
and get more ideas for modelling kindness and demonstrating
it. We will then pass out a gingerbread man to each of them
individually. Once they each have one, they will be set loose to
decorate them.
Closure “Alright take just one moment and stop what you’re doing and
look up at the front” Give them time to stop. “What acts of
kindness will you be doing this Christmas? Why did you choose
that act of kindness? Can you do this at times other than
Christmas?” Give each of them time to share out after each
question. “You did a really great job today friends! You can get
back to your decorating now.” Let them continue to work after
closure is done.

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This lesson plan is worth 35 points.