We’re sure most teachers and students are familiar with a variety of gingerbread stories. However, you may not have known there was a gingerbread story for St. Patrick’s Day. We love reading students the book The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School, it is always a hit. If you’ve read The Gingerbread Man Loose at School this book will seem familiar. That’s because the Gingerbread Man is back in this fun holiday story. Students will be excited to see this beloved character again. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
This book tells the story about a mischievous day the Gingerbread Man and his classmates had at school. It all started when they heard a laugh and saw the Leprechaun run down the hall. They followed his notes around the school, finding mess after mess that the Leprechaun created. First the music room, then the bathroom and library! The Gingerbread Man knew he had to come up with a plan to catch the Leprechaun before he made a mess of the classroom.
The Gingerbread Man gathered his supplies and set up the trap. When the Leprechaun entered the room he was covered and glue and flung across the room. He was wrapped and toilet paper and the Gingerbread Man knew his trapped worked and asked the Leprechaun to clean up the mess. Once the school was clean, the Gingerbread Man let go of the Leprechaun and knew he would be ready with a new plan next year.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Here are some different topics our lessons and activities for The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School include. There are many other topics covered in our resource!
- Practice identifying the point of view and who is narrating the story.Â
- Analyze how rhyme and repetition affect the story.
- Have students write letters from the perspective of one of the characters.Â
- Let students get creative and continue the story with their own writing.Â
- Practice identifying contractions and prepositions.Â
- Review suffixes using examples from the text.Â
- Discuss the importance of being respectful.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â 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
When using our lessons and activities, teachers have very little planning to do. Simply look over the book summary and materials and select which skills you want to teach. You will have a wide range of worksheets and lessons to choose from based on the needs of your students.Â
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- How To Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
- Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola
- The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman
- That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting
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