MONROE - What's sugar and spice and needs a friend or two?
Northside Elementary School students in Lance Smith's Resource Room know all about the lonely Gingerbread Baby and the adventure that awaits as he sets out to find a friend.
The students, in first through fifth grade, presented the story adapted from Jan Brett's book "Gingerbread Friends" into a play. In the story, the Gingerbread Baby finds a bakery on his journey, but can't get the sugar cookie girl or the happy couple atop the wedding cake to play with him. He is chased by the baker, the baker's wife and a cast of animals, all the way to the safety of his home. Once there, he finds the boy Mattie has baked a special surprise for him.
Students presented their play seven times this week, with a final performance Thursday morning for parents and adult friends.
Students have been working on the play since January, said Smith, who has his class work on a different play each spring. In addition to memorizing their lines, students worked on sets and scenery for the play. Sue Barrett of Monroe made the costumes.
Northside Elementary School students in Lance Smith's Resource Room know all about the lonely Gingerbread Baby and the adventure that awaits as he sets out to find a friend.
The students, in first through fifth grade, presented the story adapted from Jan Brett's book "Gingerbread Friends" into a play. In the story, the Gingerbread Baby finds a bakery on his journey, but can't get the sugar cookie girl or the happy couple atop the wedding cake to play with him. He is chased by the baker, the baker's wife and a cast of animals, all the way to the safety of his home. Once there, he finds the boy Mattie has baked a special surprise for him.
Students presented their play seven times this week, with a final performance Thursday morning for parents and adult friends.
Students have been working on the play since January, said Smith, who has his class work on a different play each spring. In addition to memorizing their lines, students worked on sets and scenery for the play. Sue Barrett of Monroe made the costumes.