Little House in the Big Woods Chapter 1 Worksheet

Little House in the Big Woods
Chapter 1
1. Who is the author of Little House in the Big Woods?
2. In what state did the story take place?
3. Who were the main characters in the story?
4. Why was Laura sometimes afraid to go to sleep at night?
5. What was Laura’s dog’s name?
6. What did Pa do to preserve their meat for the winter?
7. Name two things Jack did to help the family?
8. What was used to make a balloon for Laura and Mary?
9. What was Laura’s doll, Susan, made of?
10. What instrument did Pa play in the evenings?
Activities:  Choose 1or 2
• Look up Laura Ingalls Wilder in an encyclopedia.
• Look up Wisconsin on the Internet.
• Draw a picture of a wolf, dog, or cat and color.
• Try some beef or venison jerky.
• Make a corncob doll
• Have a visitor play a fiddle.
• Plant a garden in a cup (onions, carrots, lettuce, radishes) Chapter 1 Answers
1. Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. Wisconsin
3. Laura, Mary, Pa, Ma, Baby Carrie
4. The wolves
5. Jack
6. He smoked and salted it.
7. He kept the wolves out and chased the deer out of the garden.
8. A pig’s bladder
9. A corncob
10. A fiddle