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Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag

Tic-Tac-Toe Reading Choice Board

Directions: After reading the story, complete three activities to complete a TIC-TAC-TOE. Mark your choices with X’s or O’s and staple your completed work together.

|VOCABULARY |VOCABULARY |CAUSE AND EFFECT |

|Make a picture dictionary with each of your vocabulary words. |Use the dictionary to look up the meanings of these words. Write|Why did some people want eleven stars removed from the American |

|It should have the word, the definition, the word used in a |the definitions, use them in sentences and illustrate each. |flag? Write at least 5 sentences. Illustrate your work. |

|sentence, and a picture of the word. | | |

| |patriotic allegiance | |

| |frayed indivisible | |

|GRAMMAR |WORKING WITH WORDS |FACT AND OPINION |

|Fold a paper into 4 squares. In each square write a sentence |Make a chart with the headings –ed and –ing. |Think about the story The Story of the American Flag. Make a |

|from your reading book that uses quotation marks. Illustrate |Write all of your spelling words under the |chart with the headings Fact and Opinion. Write 2 facts about |

|each sentence. |correct heading. Use three of your spelling |the American flag. Write 2 opinions about the American flag. |

| |words in sentences. | |

|MAIN IDEA |AUTHOR’S PURPOSE |COMPREHENSION |

|What is the main idea or most important idea of the story? Write|Why did the author write this story? Write at least six |Fold a paper into thirds. Label the parts: Beginning, Middle, |

|at least five sentences for each answer. |sentences and illustrate your work. |End. Retell the story, telling what happened in each part. |

| | |Write at least 6 sentences for each part and illustrate each |

| | |part. |

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Vocabulary:

freedom

being able to do, say, and think as you please

flag

a piece of colored cloth with stars or other symbols on it

stripes

a long, narrow band of color

stars

a shape that has five or six points

nicknames

names used instead of real names

birthday

the day you were born

America

another name for North America and South America, some people use it to mean the United States

Congress

the national lawmaking group of the United States

American Revolution

war in which the thirteen American colonies gained their freedom from England

colonies

groups of people who left their own land to settle in another land

Spelling Words

1. tried

2. cried

3. trying

4. crying

5. planned

6. skipped

7. planning

8. skipping

9. liked

10. danced

11. liking

12. dancing

13. hiked

14. replied

15. hiking

16. replying

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