Story Summary:

Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who enters a high‑stakes dogsled race to save his grandfather’s farm from unpaid taxes. With his loyal dog Searchlight, Willy bravely competes against the undefeated Stone Fox, an Indigenous racer committed to reclaiming tribal land. After leading most of the race, Searchlight dies just before the finish line, and Stone Fox—moved by Willy’s determination—halts the other racers and allows Willy to carry his dog across the line to win. The novel highlights courage, love, and the unexpected kindness that can arise even in competition. 

Overall Expectations:

The students will:

• become familiar with an author and his/her writings and style of writing.
• develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print.
• read to find new information about a topic deriving it from print and 

Introduction includes:

• Learning Expectations Skill List
• Student Activity Checklists 

• Teacher Notes:
  • Overall Expectations
  • List of Resources
  • Vocabulary by Chapter
  • Teacher Suggestions
    • To the Teacher
    • Setting Up
    • Planning Ahead
    • Bulleting Board Displays
    • Introduction
    • Discussion Topics
    • List of Skills
    • Author Biography
    • Illustrator Biography
  • Summary of the Story
  • Teacher Evaluation Record Sheets 

Chapter Questions:

Includes:

• Student Booklet Cover
• Chapter Activities One to Ten
  • Comprehension
  • Word Study
  • Thinking About the Story

Answer Key for Chapter Activities 

Novel Extension Activities

Teacher Notes:

The following ½ page reproducible activities cover the following areas: 

• Creative Writing Activities
  1. Write an epilogue
  2. Write and illustrate a new story ending
  3. Write a news article
  4. Write the dialogue
  5. Write and read your eulogy
  6. Write about your best friend
  7. Write a Biography
  8. Write a Sequel 

• Visual Arts Activities
  1. Illustrate a picture of your favorite scene
  2. Design a mobile for the book
  3. Paint a picture of the favorite part of the story
  4. Create a cartoon with speech balloons for your dialogue 

• Language Arts Activities
  1. Write a character sketch of your favorite character
  2. Make a time chart of the ten important events in the story
  3. How is the main character like you or different than you?
  4. Write five good interview questions for Little Willy. 

• Research Activities
  1. Research Dog Sledding
  2. Research Potato Farming
  3. Research Doctors Tools from the Previous Century
  4. Research Medicinal Herbs Used in the Past
  5. Research Sign Language
  6. Research Taxes
  7. Research the Shoshone Tribe and the Arapaho Tribes
  8. Research the Time Period of the Old West
  9. Research the Samoyed Dog Breed
  10. Locate Wyoming on a Map and List 10 Interesting Facts 

• Crossword Puzzle and Answer Key 

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