Use The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.
Run, run, as fast as you can — this time, students meet a clever cookie who learns from her brother's mistakes and outsmarts the same hungry fox who once ended his story.
This resource set helps students practice three key comprehension strategies: Understanding Text Structure, Making Predictions, and Identifying Author's Purpose. Each activity guides readers to explore how familiar story patterns, character actions, and author choices shape meaning.
A word work activity focuses on irregular past tense verbs, helping students recognize how verbs like ran, was, and caught tell what has already happened in the story. The vocabulary list introduces engaging third-grade level words to strengthen language and comprehension. To extend learning, an enrichment activity gives students the chance to engage with the Gingerbread Girl's adventure in a creative way. Together, these resources build fluency, comprehension, and grammar skills while students enjoy a playful twist on a classic tale.
