American Symbols- The American Flag

The next few weeks we will be discussing American symbols. We are starting with the American Flag. We read Our Flag by Lloyd Douglas and The American Flag by Celia Benton. We charted information we learned about the flag. We discussed the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner We also placed the Pledge of Allegiance (on Wednesday) and The Star Spangled Banner (on Thursday)in our poetry journal to illustrate.  Then we wrote about information about our flag 😊. I love the way it all turned out! 

Poetry Notebooks

Every week we have a letter and a color that we focus on. For the letter of the week poem, the students practice finding the letter and illustrating a picture that matches the poem.   The color of the week is very similar.  They illustrate something for that color.  Its a great way to work on them adding details to their illustrations.  I always tell my students they need  to use as many different colors in their picture as their age. (If they are 5 they should use  5 colors in their picture).  This serves as a wonderful tool at conferences and at the end of the year to show progress.