Unit D – Gingerbread Man

This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and describe some of the different characters, settings and plot events that feature in a traditional story and identify final sounds in a range of cvc words. The class can select new characters to explore how they might change the story.

Investigate and describe some of the different characters, settings and plot events that feature in the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man

Lesson One : Story Dialogue

Suggest and record some of the dialogue that might have been spoken by different characters in the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man

Lesson Two : Story People

Identify and describe some of the other characters that could appear in the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man to match the structure and content of the narrative

Lesson Three : Story Changes

Identify and role-play some of the different changes to the plot and events that might happen in the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man

Lesson Four : Story Puppets

Model how to re-tell part of a traditional story by using puppets to support dialogue of the characters to create different scenes from the narrative sequence of events

Lesson Five : Story Telling

Select, change and perform different parts of the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man adding new characters to the narrative sequence of events

  • Holiday Shirts

    Holiday Shirts

    Produce items of clothing to wear on a holiday to a particular location by selecting and using shapes to represent different places

  • Robot Movements

    Robot Movements

    Explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Explore, role-play and change the sequence of narrative events that occur in a traditional story and select and match cvc words with the same final phoneme sounds

  • Summer Picnic

    Summer Picnic

    Select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing