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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Little House in the Big Woods

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Use Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic story, Little House in the Big Woods, is a favorite of boys and girls alike, and the first in the Little House on the Prairie series. It recounts the adventures of the Ingalls family, living as pioneers in 1870's Wisconsin. Life isn't easy for the Ingalls family; Pa must shoot deer or catch other food to last the cold winter. Ma must harvest the garden, churn butter, and make maple sugar. The family makes the best of every tough situation and grow in love in their log cabin where every night, safe and warm, the sound of Pa's fiddle lulls Laura and her sisters to sleep. Use Little House in the Big Woods Super Pack to help students read closely, make accurate inferences, and use specific textual evidence to determine the author's purpose for writing the story.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for making inferences, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to the Little House in the Big Woods Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.4.9RL.4.7RL.4.6RL.4.5RL.4.4RL.4.3RL.4.2RL.4.1RL.4.10W.4.9L.4.6L.4.5cL.4.4aW.4.8SL.4.1cSL.4.1bSL.4.1a
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.7F4.9D(i)4.9B4.9A4.8D4.8C4.8B4.8A4.7G4.9D(ii)4.7E4.7D4.7C4.7B4.7A4.6I4.6H4.6G4.10C4.13H4.13E4.13C4.13A4.10G4.10F4.10E4.10D4.6F4.10B4.10A4.9F4.9E(iii)4.9E(ii)4.9E(i)4.9D(iii)4.6E4.6D4.6C4.6B4.6A4.1D4.1C4.1A
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Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

Use Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods to explore making inferences. This Book Club begins by using a picture of the Wilder house to get students thinking.
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Meeting 2

When making inferences with Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, students will practice citing evidence in the text that supports their "reading between the lines".
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Meeting 3

Author Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote Little House in the Big Woods to either inform or entertain her readers. Students will look for evidence in the text that supports both of these options for author's purpose.
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Meeting 4

While reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, students will practice making important inferences that help them anticipate what will happen next.
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Meeting 5

This Little House in the Big Woods Book Club focuses on bringing together the reader's inferences, predictions, and conclusions. When students are able to use evidence from the text to prove that the prediction they made is correct, they are able to draw a conclusion.
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Meeting 6

The last Book Club meeting for Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder provides a chance for students to reflect on the making inferences work they have done and on how making inferences helps to strengthen their reading comprehension.
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Vocabulary Connections with Little House in the Big Woods

This set of vocabulary development resources for Little House in the Big Woods highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.4.4a,L.4.5c,L.4.6
TEKS Alignment
4.7E,4.7F,4.3A,4.3B
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with making inferences and drawing conclusions.
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Comprehension Assessment with Little House in the Big Woods

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of Little House in the Big Woods and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.
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Running Record with Little House in the Big Woods

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Little House in the Big Woods. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Management Resources - Spanish

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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: Little House in the Big Woods
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: Historical Fiction
Themes: Family, Adventure, History
ISBN: 9780062470720
Publisher's Summary:
This beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, but it is also exciting as they make their own homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and visit town. And every night Laura and her family are safe and warm in their little house, with the happy sound of Pa’s fiddle to send them off to sleep.
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