Grade 1 - Our Patchwork Quilt

We read a book called "The Patchwork Quilt" together in class. This story is about a girl named Tanya who helps her grandmother to make a quilt, by piecing together important "memories" and "celebrations" they have. We all loved how the book taught us about how "each family has a unique history across cultures" and how "important events differ from family to family."

After reading this book, we all wanted to make our very own "quilt" to piece together the important information we've gathered about our family throughout this Unit of Inquiry. We've been working hard on our paper "quilt squares" this week. 

One of our students took action and created her own mini quilt with her mother at home! She brought it in to share it with the class, and explained how she used t-shirts from when she was younger to piece together her quilt. Great job taking action! 

Some of us have finished all of our squares and created our "quilt." We can't wait to present it to the class next week!