Kindergarten is having a comprehensive literacy unit of study? What on earth does that mean?

What are we doing in kindergarten? We are having a comprehensive literacy unit of study. We are looking at a variety of books based on the gingerbread man story and comparing them. We will do sequencing, counting, reading, writing, and a whole bunch of other learning this month.  We will play games and even get to make our very own “gingerbread” person. Let’s hope that the one we make won’t run away like the one in the story does!