Prefixes
What is did not like?
Oldest
What is the most old?
What does the word "blizzard" mean?
What is a heavy snowstorm?
What type of materials did American Indians use to decorate their clothes?
What are feathers and shells?
When Laura was in her sixties, she started writing about her experiences as a girl. In all, she wrote eight books about life on the frontier. These "Little House" books are still favorites of readers today.
How many books did Laura write?
Eight!
Return
What is turn again/back?
Writer
What does the word "territory" mean?
What is land claimed by a group or country?
What item did miners use to separate gold from other rocks in a river?
What is rocker boxes?
In the 1800s, Americans started moving west. The trip west meant a new life for everyone. However, some pioneers were looking for specific things. What were they looking for?
a) New farmland
b) Gold
c) New businesses
d) All the above
d) All the above!
Unhappy
What is not happy?
Quickly
What does the word "opportunity" mean?
What is a chance to get something better?
"Laura called her Kansas home the Little House on the Prairie". What does Prairie mean?
What is a land made up of open fields of grass?
When Ruth was 17 years old, she started teaching school. She was in the classroom when a blizzard struck. She saved the lives of her students by taking them to a nearby house until the storm passed. It took three days.
What did Ruth do when the blizzard struck?
Ruth took the students to a nearby house until the storm passed.
Pretest
What is test before?
Successful
What is full of success?
What does the word "pioneer" mean?
What is a settler who moves into an area where people do not live?
Many pioneers like Ruth's family lived in houses made of what?
Hint: dirt held together by grass.
What is sod?
Not all of the pioneers were living with American Indians or searching for gold. Most lived simple lives, working on farms or raising animals. Some moved many times, always looking for the next opportunity, or chance to make their lives better.
What is the main idea?
a) Prioneers were living with American Indians.
b) Prioneers were looking for gold.
c) Pioneers lived different lives and did other things.
d) Pioneers moved.
c) Pioneers lived different lives and did other things.
If I read something and don't understand, what should I do?
What is reread?
Name a person who moves into an area where people do not live.
What is a pioneer?
What does the word "destiny" mean?
What is events that are supposed to happen?
Where did Laura's family settle after moving many times?
Hint: Laura was 12 years old.
What is the Dakota Territory, South Dakota, or De Smet?
George Staples was born in England. As the oldest son in his family, he went to the United States to seek his fortune. Meanwhile, his parents raised the money for the rest of the family to follow. In 1848 George headed west from Illinois with a group of Mormon pioneers. He was only 14 years old.
Where was George Staples born?
He was born in England.