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Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

click on book  for activities

developed by Mrs DeWitt 2001

llinois Standards met by this activity:
     Language Arts:

• Comprehend a broad range of reading materials 
  ..by summarizing and making generalizations from content
  ..by connecting materials presented in maps and tables to printed text

• Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes
  ..by writing a paragraph about the author
  ..by writing a letter to children telling them about life in 2001

• Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions and communicate ideas
  ..by formulating questions and constructing a report to communicate acquired information

    Social Studies:

•      Describe the ways in which participation in the Westward Movement  affected families and communities

Click here for student page activities ( print one per student or group)

1.  Click here for information about Laura Ingalls Wilder:

     WhiteHouse for Kids:  Ofelia's Dream Team Link

    Finish activities 1-9 on student page

2.  Click here for Laura Ingalls Wilder Information Site:

     Laura Ingalls Wilder Frontier Girl

     Finish activities 1-7 (many have several parts)

     Picture of Laura a young girl (use as Title Page for story)

3.  Just for Fun Activities:

• Make up some type of puzzle about Little House in the Big Woods using Discovery's Puzzlemaker
   

• Make a Corn Husk Doll
  
  

• this page has had visitors since Sept 2001

  last update 11/17/06