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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 15 KIDS IN PRINT Sponsored by Kid Made Camp | A Service of The Nugget Newspaper Sponsor Local kids learn math through quilting By T. Lee Brown • Photos by J. Sharp Rope demonstrates a beautiful quilt block. t made me “The quilt projec ver made ne e feel calm. I’v before.” at th e lik a quilt e gr —Dessa, 4th ad “It was re ally fun. It was fun to find out our square what size sh —Addison ould be.” , 5th grad e “I think the quilt we made is pretty and it has a lot of color.” —Hanna, 5th grade ize ured the s “We meas ut how big d o and figure re.” ach squa e e k a to m e grad —Ace, 5th “I helped make the quilt. It felt double good!” —Eden, Kindergarten d I “It was very fun an never e I’v f. el ys m d expresse y life. m in g sewed somethin re we le ee St Niki and Ms. it!” d ve lo I s. er rtn great pa e ad —Paisley, 3rd gr Dessa and Anya work with quilting tools. Throughout the school year, math teach- er Shawn Steele used problem-solving prompts to help kids see how math works in real-life situations. Usually, the prompts came printed on sheets of paper. Then came spring term, when Ms. Steele led students on an impressive problem-solving mission: to make a real quilt, from start to finish. At Black Butte School in Camp Sherman, students in kindergarten through 7th grade each made their own quilt block. Then older kids sewed the blocks together, then sewed the strips. “There were a few problems that came up during the project,” said Ms. Steele. “We had to change the size of the quilt from a 5 by 7 foot to a 6 by 6 foot, to fit a pattern the kids wanted.” Students had to determine the amount of fabric needed for all nine colors in the quilt. “Then they had to problem-solve when some of the blocks ended up being 12 inches out “It was fun finding ch ea s how many inche g bi w ho d color was an ” s. wa re ua sq each ade —Maddie, 4th gr “It was very ha rd, but we did it beca use we are Black But te School and we never give up.” —Zion, 3rd gr ade and other blocks ended up being 11 inches, due to a seam allowance problem,” she said. They had only eight weeks to make the whole quilt. People from all over Sisters Country helped out. Ms. Steele really liked the connection between the kids and the community. “Many volunteers came to the school with their sewing machines. Stitchin’ Post donated the fabric and employees there helped me with questions as they came up,” she said. Ms. Steele thanked the many any volunteers and professionals who uilt. helped students make the quilt. They included Karen Sheldahl, ahl, ells, Annette Caldwell, Valori Wells, rstin Kim Addison, Anya Race, Kirstin Anglea, Jennie Sharp, Nicki Pis- ley tacchio, Jennie Mitschke, Shirley Miller, Kathy Bourdage, Rachel Gonzalez, and Holly Foster. e seam sured th “We mea e and how c allowan we the quilt ” f o much er. ew togeth had to s e d th gra —Jojo, 5 “It was intere sting finding the di mensions and figuring out how to make the quilt .” —Emily, 7th gr ade Hanna sews on a machine loaned to the school by a community member. Kids in Print Mission: Kids are the readers, writers, and leaders of tomorrow. We’re passionate about getting them involved with print media — as both creators and readers. Expressing themselves in their local newspaper empowers children and teens, and connects them with their community. Through educational events with our sponsor, Kid Made Camp, the youth of Sisters Country learn hands-on artistic, literary, and critical-thinking skills. T. Lee Brown, Kids in Print Page Editor kidsinprint@nuggetnews.com Jess Draper, Kids in Print Designer jess@nuggetnews.com SUBMIT TO KIDS IN PRINT! By Daisy Draper, Age 13 Bring your original illustrations, paintings, stories and poems to The Nugget Newspaper! 442 E. Main Ave.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Include child’s name, grade level, and school or homeschool. You can use a full name or first name with last initial. Submissions can be emailed to kidsinprint@nuggetnews.com. Due t to space limitations, publication of submissions is not guaranteed. We seek to showcase a wide range of ages, styles, and abilities tha that represent the diverse talents of the youth of our greater Sisters community. Privacy Statement: The Nugget Newspaper LLC does not ask children to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in Privac Print. The Nugget limits its collection of information from children to non-personally identifiable information (e.g. first name, last initial, age, school). Kids in Prin “It was fun, bu t hard. We had to co ncentrate a lot. It was fu n to do with all our fr iends. Some parts w ere confusing, bu t we got through and it turned out great.” —Mia, 3rd grad e Math teacher and project leader Shawn Steele stands with the finished quilt. ng math. ch fabric we needed usi “We figured out how mu square ric fab asurement of each We multiplied the me color.” ch ea in ed ed fabric we ne by 36 to get how much —Lily, 5th grade Emily and Audrie work with volunteer Nicki Pistacchio. Maddie shows her colorful sewing work. Jennie Mitschke keeps an expert eye on Daniel’s progress. WORDFIND! 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