The Long Winter Unit Study
“On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seconds away. The first blizzard came in October. It snowed almost without stopping until April. The temperature dropped to forty below. Snow reached the roof-tops. And no trains could get through with food and coal. The townspeople began to starve. The Ingalls family barely lived through that winter. And Almanzo Wilder knew he would have to risk his life to save the town.”
The Long Winter and Farmer Boy were the two Little House books that my boys liked best. Putting together living book unit studies has always worked well in our home and I hope you and your children enjoy this one!
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Recommended Resources:
The Long Winter - Laura Ingalls Wilder (required)
My Little House Cookbook - Amy Cotler
My Little House Crafts Book: 18 Projects from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Stories - Carolyn Strom Collins
The World of Little House - Carolyn Strom Collins
Animal Adventures: Reillustrated Edition - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Garter Snakes - Kristin Petrie
Muskrats - Victoria Blakemore
Train: The Definitive Visual History - DK and Smithsonian Institution
Washday - Eve Bunting
Antelopes - Kate Riggs
Animals In Africa: A Picture Book For Kids To Learn African Animals - Melissa Ackerman (out of print but usually in the library system)
Life-Sized Animal Tracks - John Townsend
Vocabulary:
wallow
shanty
quivering
shimmering
slough
gauzy
chirruped
plodded
whirring
homesteader
haycock
hayrack
whiffletree
trample
errand
independent
smothering
equinoctial
harvest
thresh
winnow
husk
shock
muslin
sodden
blizzard
icicles
shawl
Indian summer
auk
lean-to
depot
pigeonhole
bedstead
strawtick
partition
spacious
cupboard
dread
buttonhook
recess
teamster
stovepipe
handcar
handbar
politician
relinquishment
soberly
hemlock
humdinger
conscience
parboil
awl
sluggish
mother-of-pearl
lumberyard
slate
reproachfully
tussle
seeping
ceaseless
muffler
brisk
stout
heifer
whittle
hospitality
fortunate
petticoat
hair-switch
brine
calico
hair receiver
clambering
progressive
contrive
kindling
newfangled
axle
antelope
venison
canter
whinny
locomotive
throttle
fury
mope
recitation
rouse
chirk
provision
gelding
palaver
Chinook
acquainted
mire
basque
saleratus
contralto
tenor
alto
soprano
bass
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