The Rag Coat
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The Rag Coat
More than anything, Minna wants to go to school. But first she needs a winter coat. The Quilting Mothers, who gather every day at Minna's house to sew and tell stories, offer to make her a coat from scraps of quilting material, and Minna carefully chooses the pieces that have the best stories behind them.
Finally the new coat is ready. Minna wears it proudly to school, but she is quite unprepared for the reaction of her new classmates.
This evocative story of a resourceful mountain girl will charm readers with its message of love and friendship. Lauren Mills's sensitive watercolors capture the beauty and atmosphere of Appachalia.
Why are we featuring this book?
The Rag Coat is a book featured in Five in a Row, a literature-based unit study curriculum. Many families use FIAR for all but the Grammar / Reading and Math, and others use it in conjunction with other resources. Below you will find information about the author and illustrator, story summaries, and links to lesson plans and websites that are great go-alongs for . Please note that these resources are meant to complement, not replace, the Five in a Row units. The Five in a Row volumes are inexpensive and well worth the investment. Digital downloads of the FIAR volumes and supplementary resources like Fold & Learn™ (paper manipulatives similar to lapbooks) are available to enhance your units.
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Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for The Rag Coat
Free Lapbook: The Rag Coat
(Y, M)
Supplemental Book List
from the FIAR Message Board Archive (T)
Go-alongs about Coal
West Virginia Coal Unit - A mini-unit on coal mining in West Virginia. (Y, M)
Go-alongs about Quilts
Native American Activities - From LessonPlanspage.com activites for creating Native American Dioramas, homes and quilts. 3rd grade (Y)
Thematic unit on quilts - Basically a list of good resources for a quilting unit. (Y)
Go-alongs about Appalachia
Appalachian Riddle Song - Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on “The Riddle Song” to show the pentatonic scale and Appalachian culture. (Y, M)
Home in the Mountains - West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature: Wind Up (Y)
Mountain Humor: Folklore - Written for older students but adaptable for younger ones, this lesson looks at humor and perception of Appalachian people. (Y, M)
Spelldown lesson plan - This lesson plan is written around the online story Spelldown. "It gives modern and non-Appalachian students a taste of what school was like for both extremely poor children who were seen to be less than human and for children who were poor but avidly worked to improve themselves. Almost every student can relate to the situation described in "Spelldown" on some level, especially since spelling bees are still a part of many classrooms. There are always students who surprise us in so many different ways. (Y, M)
