Little House On The Prairie Tasks

CC14 Little House on the Prairie – Y5/6, W5 Term 3: Tasks & Questions

Week 5 Term 3: 20th – 24th August: Indian Camp – Pa goes to Town or pages 172 - 207

TASKS - Choose from the following...

1. ART - Draw the goldenrod plumes turning gray and the ox-eyed daisies’ yellow petals. Add colour and detail.

2. ART: Draw the yellow, almost brown prairie with red streaks of sumac across it. Could be a great Art painting or crayon activity! Add plenty of colour and detail.

3. MAKE: a model of the rocking chair that Pa made for Ma.

4. WRITE: Pretend you are Laura, and Pa has invited you and Mary to go with him to see the Indian’s camp. Using details from Chapter 14, “Indian Camp”, write about your day at the camp with Pa and Mary. Include details of what you saw, what you found, and how you felt about Mary’s idea of sharing with baby Carrie.

5. WRITE: The Ingalls family all got very sick and Dr. Tan said it was because of eating watermelons. Pa seemed not to believe Dr. Tan and he ate watermelon anyway. Today, because of science we know that just eating watermelon will not make you sick. Write why you think Dr. Tan thought the watermelon made them sick.

6. RESEARCH – Fever ‘N’ Ague is an old term for Malaria. Develop your personal Inquiry questions about Malaria. Then present your findings for us all.

7. RESEARCH: Thanksgiving. What is it? When does it occur? Answer your Inquiry questions and present a report.

8. HANDS-ON - The Ingalls family had become settled in their new home but were still doing without some of the things they were used to. Everyone was excited about the new cow and the prospects of having milk and possibly even butter. Investigate the process of making butter. Then work to make some butter. Write about the difference between the butter you made and store bought butter. Take a few photos of the process!

9. HANDS ON: Make your own bead necklace.

10. VOCABULARY - Find the meanings of the following words: dangle, pierced, hollow, fringes, swarms, smudge, drawling, mellow, dose, bitter, luscious.

11. FLIPGRID – Describe the worst sickness that you have had. How long were you sick for? How did you get better? Was there any magic recipe that helped you recover? What would have happened to you if you had your sickness over 150 years ago? Add your thoughts to this FLIPGRID. https://flipgrid.com/d88581. PASSWORD - ChapterChatNZ

12. MINECRAFT – Create the environment that Ma called Midsummer- the squirrels, the crows, the yellow grass, the blazing sky, etc OR build the abandoned Indian camp. Add plenty of detail.

13: WORDSEARCH: this task has been supplied by a fellow teacher, you may like to use it with your students: https://thewordsearch.com/…/32…/little-house-on-the-prairie/

SLOW CHAT QUESTION (Posted on Monday morning at 9am)

* Pa wondered where the Indians had gone. Where do you think the Indians had gone? Explain why.
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FRIDAY TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS

1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week. Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.

2. What bothers and bites the Ingalls in the summer heat?

3. What symptoms do Laura, Mary, and Pa have that lets Ma know they are unwell?

4. Who takes care of the Ingalls during their illness? How did they know that the Ingalls needed help?

5. What do we now know caused their illness?

6. Once again one of the Ingalls neighbours came to help them when they needed it. Using examples from the story, describe the importance of neighbours on the prairie.

7. What went, ‘Honk, honk? Where were they going and why? What season was approaching?

8. How did the house nearly burn down? What happened? How was everything okay?

9. Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas? What is Thanksgiving?

10. Why do you think Pa went to town? What might happen next?