Gingerbread Baby Worksheets

by Jan Brett

Reading Level L · Lexile AD580L · ATOS 3.5

Matti opens the oven too soon, and out jumps a cheeky Gingerbread Baby who leads Matti's parents, the animals and a crowd of villagers on a chase through the snowy countryside. While everyone else runs after him, Matti stays home with a clever plan of his own.

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Gingerbread Baby vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include worn, pranced, delicious, tumbled, tabby, whiff, braid, snout, meddling, clearing, crumbs, lucky.

Sample questions

What does the recipe tell Matti not to do?
What jumps out when Matti opens the oven door?
Why does a baby come out instead of a gingerbread boy?

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