Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two stories. Discuss whether the story is real or make-believe. Give each pair of students a paper gingerbread man and a bag of manipulatives. Make sure each pair has a different bag of manipulatives as the pairs will switch bags. You can also give each pair a recording sheet so they can write down their measurements.
Students take turns measuring and recording.
After everyone has completed the activity ask students why it took more of one thing than another to measure their gingerbread men. The Gingerbread Man and do a sequence chart of who chased the gingerbread man in the story. Use pictures that the students can paste on the chart showing the sequence. Math - Make a gingerbread pattern. Give students a sheet of blank gingerbread men and a sentence strip.