1011IsenbergN-2

=The Reading Room = =Holland Patent Elementary NY =

December-The Gingerbread Man
The second graders listened to 5 different versions of the Gingerbread Man and filled in story elements together on a chart. Then each group (4) did a different response to the story. All responses provided a way for the students to work on the fluency and expression. Two projects I can't post until I find my sheets that let me know if I have permission to use the children's pictures on line or not. If I do I'll post them as well.

One group listened to the question on this Voki. Then they wrote their responses out on paper, practiced reading for fluency and expression and then recorded their responses. media type="custom" key="7999460"

Another group wrote their own version of the Gingerbread Man. They decided to use the format of //Gingerbread Fred//. We worked together on filling in a story frame with the setting, characters, beginning, middle and end. They had wonderful ideas and worked very well together. Next I cut the chart apart and gave one section to each child. They wrote their part of the story on Pixie2 and then selected a background and searched for their characters. Then they practiced their part and recorded it. I'm very pleased with the final result. media type="file" key="gingerbread with title.MP4" width="300" height="300" 

The other two projects not posted yet are a puppet show of the Gingerbread Baby and a Reader's Theatre of the Gingerbread Boy.