Patchwork Quilt
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- Where did grandma get the cloth for the squares on her quilt?
- Grandma uses left over scraps.
- What do you think Grandma meant when she said, "Somtimes the old ways are forgotten"?
- Sometimes people forget to keep up old family traditions.
- Do you think Tanya will make another quilt some day? Why or why not?
- Tanya will probably make another; she has learned the value of keeping sharing family memories.
- What is the story mostly about?
- This is about a girl who makes a patchwork qult with her family.
- Pretend Tanya and Fernando Espino are working together on a quilt. What do you think the quilt would look like?
- Possible Answer: It would have pictures of their community painted on the patches.
- attic
- the space just below2 the roof of a house
- anxious
- eager
- costume
- clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else
- gazed
- looked at something for a long time
- examined
- looked at closely and carefully
- pattern
- the design of colors, shapes, or lines arranged or repeated in some order.
- flexed
- bent or stretched
- jingled
- A tinkling or ringing sound
- mischievous
- playful or naught
- snipping
- to cut with scissors in short, quick strokes
- trimmed
- to cut or remove parts to make something neat or even
- The quilt Grandma, Mama, and Tanya made will likely be
- used by Tanya for many years
- Tanya's family all cared for Grandma in different ways. She lived in a _________ family.
- loving and caring family
- Mama learned from Grandma that the qult could
- tell the story of their family
- Another good title for this story might be
- The Quilt That Told a Story
- texture (page 6)
- the look and feel of something
- plaid (page 6)
- a patern of repeated stripes thast form squares
- Grandma's eyes grew dark and distant: (page 11) IDIOM
- Grandma started to think of long-ago times
- absentmindedly (page 11)
- without thinking about
- masterpiece (page 11)
- a very special or great piece of work
- dreaded (page 15)
- feared
- drafty (page 15)
- uncommfortable becasue of air blowing in
- numb (page 16)
- unable to feel anything
- Mischievous glare(page 16)
- a playful look
- What does Mrs. Laydon Want for Christmas?
- What does Mrs. Laydon want for Christmas?