Resources

 Children's Books  

 Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson                                                                The Quilt Block History Pioneer Days by Mary Cobb

Sam Johnson Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst                                                           The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco                                            The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau

Quilting Now & Then by Karen B. Willing & Julie B. Dock                                     Bess Log Cabin Quilt by D. Ann Love

The Log Cabin Quilt by Ellen Howard                                                                              Selina and the Bear Claw Quilt by Barbara Smucker

The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns                                                                         Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Oma's Quilt by Paulette Bourgeosis and Stephane Jorisch                                        Black Threads:  An African American Quilting Sourcebook by Kyra E. Hicks

My Grandmother's Patchwork Quilt by Janet Bolton                                           The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork by Ann Whitford Paul and Micheal McCurdy

Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers by Mary E. Lyons

Hidden in Plain View:  A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard, Maude S. Wahlman

Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul and Jeanette Winter 

The Name Quilt by Phyliss Root and Margot Apple

The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr, Bruce Degen, Christina Moore

What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis

Websites for Students

http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/part2.htm

http://www.playground.com/matching_shapes.html

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_163_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

http://www.tessellations.org/linemethod-ex1-1.htm

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/tesspag1.html

http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=Symm

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

http://www.techniquest.org/virtual/sketching/

http://www.haelmedia.com/OnlineActivities_txh/mc_txh4_001.html

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/quilts/ 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/index.html

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html

http://www.osblackhistory.com/quiltcodes.php

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,735104,00.html 

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html

http://www.haelmedia.com/OnlineActivities_txh/mc_txh4_001.html

http://www.adrianbruce.com/Symmetry/game/whiteboard-activity4.html

http://resources.oswego.org/games/bananahunt/bhunt.html  

http://mw.concord.org/modeler1.3/flashResources/ChromatographyNoPencil.html

PowerPoint Presentations

History of Quilts

quilthistory-1.ppt

Tessellations

tessellation.pps

LECTURE10-4.ppt

http://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/mfhs/tessellation/index.htm

Symmetry

Symmetry.ppt

Line Symmetry Y4.ppt

Teacher Resources 

En Vision Math by Scott Foresman-Addision Wesely   

Region IV-TAKS Mathematics Preparation Grade 4

Math Investigations by Scott Foresman