After reading about Martin Luther King we created a dream quilt. Each child thought of a dream and then illustrated it, using both crayon and water color. We then framed it by using small quilt squares, creating a patterned border.



This also tied in well with our math unit. We have been studying arrays, and the students worked together to figure out what array our quilt would be. If we had 20 students in our class what would be the array of our quilt? A 5 x 4 array, or 4 x 5 array. We also looked at other quilts as arrays, in order to figure out how many quilt squares were used.

POETRY
The class then wrote poetry in a choice of 4 formats, acrostic, 5 W’s, cinquan’s and free verse, all related to quilts. Can you find one of each kind?

An old lady Made a puffy quilt On March 1, 2000 Near the big window Because she wanted to give it to her kid. BY WILL	Quilts Cozy, beautiful, colorful Patching, sewing, working Warm like animal fur. Blankets BY DIANNE	Quilts Warm, nice, colorful Patching, sewing, making They are cozy Blankets BY DANNY
My mom, the quilt maker Sewed a beautiful quilt April 3, 1993 In France Because I was born BY SARAH	Quietly sewing Under the stars Ice cube quilt Laughing and Talking with friends BY CHRISTINA	I Was sewing quilt squares At home On February 24, 2001 To make a quilt for my paper dolls BY IRENE
Jordan Made a sports quilt On December 25th In the snowfort Because he was cold BY JORDAN	Meg Made quilts for the poor Everyday In a little cottage Because she wanted to be nice BY JIMMY	My mom Made a beautiful quilt On December 25th By the warm heater Because she was cold BY TALIA
My grandma Made a beautiful quilt On October 19th, 1992 At St. Mike’s Hospital Because I was born BY GOLSHAN	The quilt, pretty patterns, warm, comfy, beautiful and nice. The quilt, snuggling, sewing, sleeping dreaming. The quilt, patching, colorful, sharing, on beds. BY MALLORY	Mom Sewed a quilt On December 25, 2001 At home by the flashing fire Because she didn’t have a quilt By Phil
Grandpa Stole a quilt In the night In Florida Because he is crazy BY DANA	Quacky quilt Happily walked around At 1:00 P.M. In the dark woods Because he wanted to find someone to keep him very warm By NAWOO	The quilt is soft and beautiful as the spiraling moon in night The paths have roses, the roses make the quilt beautiful BY CAMEO
Quilt Warm, cuddly Knitting, working, helping Keeping me warm Blankey BY LINDSEY	Quilt Soft and warm Sleeping, snoozing, and playing Helps me go to sleep A deep sleep. By TYLER	Shining Quilts The shining quilts shine as bright as the sun. Children's Delight looks like gold spiders crawling around dice King's Crown looks like a shiny gold crown with silver X's on the outside Bears Paw seems like gold people walking and purple grapes on a vine Tree of Paradise looks like a green tree with gold leaves Tea Leaf looks like a jail of vines with sparkling diamonds. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul looks like prickles on white squares. The Spool looks like four golden spiders crawling in their purple cave. The Fish seem like a sparly sun with a hexagon around it. Corn and Beans looks like gold corn with green triangles for the beans. There are many more shining quilts in the world. BY PAUL

We wrote a class poem using similes. We compared the different parts of the quilt to our class.