The children wrote about a memory in our Writer's Workshop. We followed the writing process by conferencing, editing, revising and finally publishing our work. The quilt was hung and displayed at our district's Annual Literacy Fair. My fifth grade math class studies measurement throughout the year, and as a culminating activity, we make a small quilt. Each student designs a quilt block, but only one is selected and repeated throughout the quilt.
Students work together to select appropriate colored material.
When the quilt is finished it is added to the collection and hung in the classroom. Students return to see the quilts after they have left our building. This year, we are also making a fourth grade quilt as a part of our language arts class. It isn't finished yet, but the kids are looking forward to adding theirs to the collection .