Little House in the Big Woods – Lesson #2 By: Julie Poulos
Review of Novel and Vocabulary Terms Who are the characters? What has happened so far?
Vocabulary for Chapter 7 Whalebonetrough sap fashionable basqueash Delaineskimmed Cedar wooden ladle Graining eaves leafingbasswood crinkled snuggle
New Literature Concept Sequence of events is much like a time line. This is where you put events that happen in a story from the first event to the last event.
Setting the Class for learning Adjust temperature of classroom to cool. Have Glade plug-in caramel apple energized. Begin Winter Scene slide show. Begin novel reading
Critical Thinking Questions Look back to the description of whittling the sugar maple troughs. Could you understand only from the narrative (text of the book)? How did the illustration help your understanding? Explain. Have you ever tasted maple syrup? What are the steps in gathering maple syrup? What additional steps are needed to get maple sugar? What was sugar snow? Compare evening entertainment today with the activities in Little House in the Big Woods.
Making Maple Sugar Watch movie clip of Making Maple Syrup. mont.com/maple1.htm mont.com/maple1.htm
Teacher Modeled Sample Sequence Chart Ingall’s Family Pa (Charles) Ma (Caroline) MaryLauraCarrie
Maple Syrup Sequence Chart Making Maple Syrup Grandpa made wooden buckets and troughs. Bored hole in maple tree. Put trough in hole and bucket under trough. Emptied buckets into barrel on sled. Boiled sap in kettle over bonfire. Used ladle to cool sap. Pour syrup into buckets. Poured grains into pans for maple syrup.