Grade Level:
                        3rd and 4th Grade

Subjects:

     Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology, Art

Learner Outcomes:

• Given the story, The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, the student will appreciate the amount of history and family heritage preserved in the form of a quilt.
• The student will be aware of the importance of family involvement in creating a family heirloom.
• The student will use critical thinking skills to respond to prepared story questions.
• The student will use writing  skills and draw from prior knowledge to write and publish a story about a special memory.
• The student will design a quilt square to reflect their story.

     Three 45 minute class periods

Materials:

• The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
• Oak tag - 8 1/2" x 11"  one sheet per student
• Yarn
• Crayons
• Rulers
• Pencils
• Black line Masters - permission slip, parent note, vocabulary, critical thinking questions

• Multi-media Computer
• Laptop Internet Ready Computer
• Large Screen Monitor, Projector, or LCD Panel
• Wireless Keyboard (if available)
• Printer
• Scanner
• Writing and Publishing Basic Skills Program
• CD-ROM, The Learning Company:  Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center (or a similar word processing program)

• Collect unit related book listed under materials from library
• Set up laptop and large screen monitor
• Send home permission slips for Storytelling Festival held yearly at Jackson's Mill near Clarksburg, WV and/or a field trip to a local museum to see a quilting demonstration.
• Send home parent/family involvement letter.
• Tell students to bring a family quilt to display and relate the story the quilt tells (for lesson two)
• Schedule Star Lab inflatable mobile planetarium or a field trip to a planetarium

First Period

1. The teacher will display several examples of quilts for the students to view.
2. The teacher will do a preread for The Patchwork Quilt beginning with the students using the K-W-Lstrategy.
3. The student will share prior knowledge of quilts and what they want to know about quilts.
4. Student will chart K-W responses and display chart in the classroom.
5. Throughout the unit, students will chart what they have learned about quilts in the third column on the K-W-L chart.
6. The teacher will introduce story and vocabulary.
7. The student will listen and respond to the story as the teacher reads it aloud.
8. The teacher will encourage critical thinking by students responding to questions.

1. Using laptop computer and large screen monitor, the teacher will conduct whole group instruction by visiting site Women of the West Museum and clicking on enter, then story quilt.
2. The class will make and display a story quilt.  Each student will write and publish a story about a special memory using writing and publishing software and design a quilt square on oak tag to reflect their story.  Quilt squares will be stapled to front of the story and tied together with yarn.  The finished story quilt will be displayed on a large bulletin board.  By lifting individual quilt squares, a student can read the stories.  Suggestion:  Scan the stories and quilt squares to post on your school's web page.

     The teacher will modify lesson to meet student's IEP (Individual Educational Program
     and/or special needs)
 

Enrichment Activities:

• The teacher will send a parent involvement letter home with each student asking the parent/guardian to work with their child/children in creating a family heirloom, such as a patchwork quilt square, photo album, or scrapbook.

     Informal Teacher Observation (checklist)

• Student's participation and contribution to class discussion
• Student's listening skills
• Student follows directions
• Student works independently and remains on task
• Student's ability to use critical thinking skills
• Student's completes story and quilt square

     Language Arts:

• Listening/Speaking - 3.2, 3.3, 3.7, 4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14
• Reading Comprehension - 3.16, 3.18, 3.20, 3.24, 4.19, 4.25, 4.26, 4.33, 4.37, 4.38, 4.40, 4.42
• Reading Vocabulary - 3.38, 4.46, 4.47, 4.51
• Writing - 3.41, 3.44, 4.49, 4.51, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.55
• Language - 3.57, 3.58, 3.67, 4.69, 4.92
• Computer/Technology - 3.87, 4.101

• History - 3.42, 4.39

National Standards:

     Language Arts:

• Writing Process
• Written Compositions
• Speaking/Listening
• Literary Texts

• Family Life
• National Heirtage/Cultural Contributions

• Arts in Relation to History and Culture

• Uses Computer Software Programs

The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
The Learning Company:  Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center (CD-ROM)
Basis Skills Program - Writing and Publishing
Web Site - http://www.wowmuseum.org

Created By:

    Janet Mundell
     Mary DeBalski
     Cathy Lennon

Pleasant Valley Elementary
 
 
 

LESSON 2

LESSON 3

LESSON 4

LESSON 5