1. “If I had a Pony” and “Trot Along Pony”
Does the speaker in the first poem have a pony? How do you know?
What is the pony doing in the second poem?
Which poem did you find more interesting? Why?

2. Question of the Day
Day 1: What do you think is an auctioneer’s favorite word?
Day 2: Why is the weather important to a farmer?
Day 3: What are some signs of hard times?

3. Question of the Day
Day 4: Why is the setting of Leah’s Pony so important to the story?
Day 5: How do you think the memory of The Great Depression affected the people who lived through it?

4. Vocabulary glistened- glowed county- part of a state
galloped- ran fast
auctioneer- leader of the auction

5. Vocabulary
clutched- grasped
bid- offer to buy