Clip art by mycutegraphics.com

Run off on light brown construction paper. Cut slits with an Exacto knife. Children add some color to their gingerbread man. Wiggle eyes, buttons, glitter and white puffy paint, for frosting, all add a bit more pizzazz. Clip art by mycutegraphics.com

Run off on light brown construction paper. Cut slits with an Exacto knife. Children add some color to their gingerbread man. Wiggle eyes, a ribbon bow, buttons, glitter and white puffy paint, for frosting, all add a bit more pizzazz. Clip art by mycutegraphics.com

G N U Uppercase Letter Slider A H O V that the alphabet is in the proper order. B I P W Teacher decides whether students are working on the upper or lowercase letters. Students insert their ABC slider into their gingerbread man.. C J Q X Teacher calls on a student to spy a letter and call it out. D K R Y letter. When they spy it they hold it up so you can whole-group assess. correctly, gets to choose the next letter. E L S Z One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn. F M T You can also sing the ABC song as students slide their letters.

g m t Lowercase Letter Slider a b h i n o u v that the alphabet is in the proper order. Teacher decides whether students are working on the upper or lowercase letters. Students insert their ABC slider into their gingerbread man. c d e f j k l p q r s w x y z Teacher calls on a student to spy a letter and call it out. letter. When they spy it they hold it up so you can whole-group assess. correctly, gets to choose the next letter. One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn. You can also sing the ABC song as students slide the letters.

8 18 27 Number Slider 0 9 19 28 that the numbers are in the proper order. 1 11 20 29 Students trace the numbers. Students insert their countdown slider into their gingerbread. 2 12 21 30 Children pull on the bottom of the strip to slide the numbers through the viewing window. 13 22 Teacher and students count together. 3 When they get to 30 everyone can yell Hooray! 4 14 23 Teacher can also call on a student to spy a number and call it out. 15 24 number. 5 6 16 25 When they spy it they hold it up so that you can wholegroup assess. correctly, gets to choose the next number. 7 17 26 One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn.

Countdown Slider 2 12 that the numbers are in the proper countdown order. 10 9 8 1 0 Blast off! 20 19 18 11 10 9 Students trace the numbers. Students insert their countdown slider into their scarecrow. Children pull on the bottom of the strip to slide the numbers through the viewing window. (Scarecrow s nose.) While they hold their gingerbread, everyone gets into a crouching position on the floor, 7 6 17 16 8 7 Teacher and students count down together. When they get to 0 they jump up and yell Blast off! Teacher can also call on a student to spy a number and call it out. 5 15 14 6 5 number. When they spy it they hold it up so that you can wholegroup assess. 4 3 13 4 correctly, gets to choose the next number. One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn. 3

18 Number Slider Skip counting by 2 s & 3 s 2 20 3 that the numbers are in the proper order. 4 22 6 Students trace the numbers. Teacher decides what # strip students should insert into their slider. 6 24 9 Children pull on the bottom of the strip to slide the numbers through the viewing window. 26 12 Teacher and students count together. 8 10 28 30 18 21 When they get to the end everyone can yell Hooray! Teacher can also call on a student to spy a number and call it out. number. 12 24 When they spy it they hold it up so that you can wholegroup assess. 14 27 correctly, gets to choose the next number. 16 30 One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn.

45 90 Number Slider Skip counting by 5 s & 10 s 5 10 15 20 50 55 60 65 95 100 10 20 30 40 50 that the numbers are in the proper order. Students trace the numbers. Teacher decides what # strip students should insert into their slider. Children pull on the bottom of the strip to slide the numbers through the viewing hole. Teacher and students count together. When they get to the end everyone can yell Hooray! 25 70 60 Teacher can also call on a student to spy a number and call it out. 75 70 number. 30 35 80 80 90 When they spy it they hold it up so that you can wholegroup assess. correctly, gets to choose the next number. 40 85 100 One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn.

Gingerbread Shape Slider Students color the shapes and then cut out the strips. Cut the blank strip in half and glue 1 piece to the top of the circle strip, and the other piece to the bottom of the pentagon strip. Glue the two shape strips together to make one long strip so children can pull through the window. Students insert their shape strip into their gingerbread pal slider, Teacher calls on a student to spy a shape and call it out. shape. When they spy it they hold it up so you can wholegroup assess. correctly, gets to choose the next shape. One turn per student though, so that you make sure that everyone gets a turn.