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Flag Day (June 14) Theme Unit

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     First a Poem For Kids, Now a Pledge to the Flag (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Flying the Flag (Short Reader; Grades 2-3 Readability)
     Half-Staff (Short Reader; Grades 3-4 Readability)
     She's A Grand Old Flag (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)

Spanish
     Es una gran bandera (grades 3-5)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Wendy's World- Flag Day (Grades 2-4)
     Broad Stripes and Bright Stars - Song for a Flag (Grades 2-4)
     June 14 - Our Country's Flag (Grades 3-4)
     Old Glory's Story (Grades 3-4)
     One Star-Spangled Banner, Please! Could You Super-Size That? (Grades 3-5)
     Seeing Stars - The Battle of Fort McHenry, Part 1 (Grades 3-5)
     Seeing Stars - The Battle of Fort McHenry, Part 2 (Grades 3-5)
     Seeing Stars - The Battle of Fort McHenry, Part 3 (Grades 3-5)
     American Symbols (Grades 3-5)
     Being a Good Citizen (Grades 3-5)
     Flag Etiquette (Grades 4-6)
     Snakes Alive! Part 1 (Grades 5-7)
     Snakes Alive! Part 2 (Grades 5-7)
     Old Glory (Grades 5-7)
     A Brief History of the Pledge of Allegiance (Grades 5-7)
     Betsy Ross (Grades 6-7)
     Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner (Grades 6-7)
     Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner (Grades 6-8)
     Treatment of the United States Flag (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5 Reading Level)

Spanish
     La Bandera de Nuestro País (grades 3-4)
     ¡Serpientes vivas! (primera parte) (grades 5-7)
     Mary Pickersgill y la "bandera de estrellas centelleantes" (grades 6-7)
     Cómo se debe tratar a la bandera de los Estados Unidos (grades 4-5)

French
     Le drapeau de notre pays (grades 3-4)

Italian
     La bandiera del nostro paese (grades 3-4)

German
     Die Fahne unseres Landes (grades 3-4)

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Read and Color

America's Pledge of Allegiance

Betsy Ross and the American Flag

The History of Flag Day

Our Country's Flag - Read and Color (PDF file)

Our Flag (PDF file)

The Symbols of Our Country

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Conversations
     A meaningful flag - French and English

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Flag Day Mixed Review Questions
     Flag Day first grade social studies questions
     Flag Day second grade social studies questions
     Flag Day third grade social studies questions
     Flag Day fourth grade social studies questions
     Flag Day fifth grade social studies questions
     Flag Day sixth grade social studies questions

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Funda-blanks
     Raise the Flag! (grades 3-5)

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Book Units
    The American Flag (Grades 1-3)
    Betsy Ross (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Grades 4-6)
    Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags (Grades 4-6)

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Writing

Replying to Letters

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Coloring Book
     United States Flag (PDF file)

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Patriotic Fortune Teller (grades 2-5)      Art Project: Make a paper patriotic fortune teller toy (PDF file)

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Finish the Story
     The Wet Flag (Grades 3-5)
     F is for Flag (Grades 3-6)
     Uncle Leroy's Flag (Grades 4-5)
     A New Nation, a New Flag (Grades 4-6)
     Flag Day (Grades 6-8)

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Writing
Draw and Write

Flag Day Draw and Write

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Flag Day Activity Book

Flag Day - 4 pages (PDF file)

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