While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Almanzo wishes for just one thing—his very own horse—but he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.
This Student Guide features essential questions, reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, and enrichment connected to the novel. The Teacher Guide offers teaching guidelines, answers to all exercises in the Student Guide, and quizzes & tests.
94 pages.
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