Students consider tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students investigate the meaning of new vocabulary words found while reading The Keeping Quilt. Students record their new vocabulary words using a...

Students use vocabulary to describe the quilt making process. In this quilting lesson, students collect needed materials, sequence the steps for quilting and create an original peace quilt. Students write about their quilts.

Here's a packet of activities, designed to be used with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt textbook, that will engage and challenge learners who have already mastered the basic skills in a thematic unit study of traditions.