The American Flag Lesson Plan
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will examine the parts of the American flag and rules for taking care of it.
Social Studies Focus:
national symbols
Page 4 Skill:
critical thinking
Vocabulary:
country, flag, flagpole, stars, stripes
CCSS:
RI.K.1, RF.K.3.B, RF.K.3.D, L.K.1, SL.K.2
- Before watching our video Our Flag, ask kids what they know about the American flag.
- After watching, ask, “Why do you think there are rules for taking care of our flag?”
- Read the magazine together. After you read, have kids retell the rules for taking care of the American flag.
- Then check comprehension skills with the Show What You Know skill sheet.
- Children practice short and long vowels with a patriotic pattern in our Short and Long Vowel Stars game.
- Our Color the Stars skill sheet is another way to reinforce the skill kids practiced in the game.
Materials: My Flag skill sheet, crayons, pencils
- After learning about the American flag and how it represents our country, children can make their own flag to represent themselves!
- Hand out copies of the skill sheet and explain that they will each make a flag that tells about them. Ask them to use their favorite colors and draw a picture of something they love.
- When kids are finished with their flags, they can fill in the sentences at the bottom. You can display kids’ flags and discuss how they represent the flag makers!