Oh Say Can You See, the American Flag that Represents Unity!

Category Criterion

Name of Course/Class:
Informational Text: Key Idea and Details
Oh Say Can You See, the American Flag that Represents Unity!

Grade Level: 4th

Technology/Resources/Materials:
Background
(4 parts) 1 per student: 1 per group: 1 per class: Other:
Cutouts of small, square cloth A copy of The Flag We Love
Cutouts of needles and a spool of thread N/A by Pam Munoz Ryan
Story-Element Graphic Organizers PowerPoint Presentation
Excerpt of Betsy Ross Designer of Our Flag Speakers
by Ann Well Computer
Excerpt from The Pledge of Allegiance SmartBoard
3-2-1 Strategy Chart YouTube
Printed Exit Passes Bulletin Board
Strips of Construction Paper
Pencils
Square cutouts for flag design
Staples
Glue

Accommodations Modifications
Verbal and visual cues regarding direction and staying on task. Highlighting important words or phrases in reading
assignments

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 Lindenwold Public Schools Common Core Standards Curriculum: https://tinyurl.com/kqahqok

Objective: Given an informational text, learners will explain a historical event, including what happened and why, based on the specific information in the
text, with 80% accuracy.

Essential Question:
Orient How can creative expression bring a society together?
the
learner: Standards:
NJCCCS Common Core NJCCCS for Technology ISTE Next Generation
(4 sections) (only if a science lesson)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 8.1.5.A.1 Select and use the Empowered Learner

RI.4.3. -Explain events, procedures,
ideas, or concepts in a historical,
scientific, or technical text, including
what happened and why, based on
specific information in the text.
Explain events, procedures, appropriate digital tools and 1a. Articulate and set
ideas, or concepts in a historical, resources to accomplish a variety personal learning
scientific, or technical text, of tasks including solving goals, develop
including what happened and problems. strategies leveraging
why, based on specific technology to achieve
information in the text. them and reflect on
the learning
process itself to
improve learning
outcomes.

Interdisciplinary Standards

NJCCCS Common Core ISTE Next Generation

6.1.8.D.3.d- Analyze how prominent Empowered Learner 1a. Articulate and set
individuals contributed to the causes, personal learning goals, develop strategies
execution, and outcomes of the leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect
American Revolution. on the learning process itself to improve learning
outcomes.

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 Anticipatory Set/Hook/Daily Review: Time to complete: 5 minutes

Each student will have a square piece of cloth on their desk with a cut- out picture of a spool of thread and a cut-out picture of a needle. Students will have to
explain the steps on how to sew the pieces of cloth together to make a unified piece of material such as a flag. Students will be asked to make a prediction on
why it is important to know how this skill can represent a society.

Input/Modeling or Present Information: Time to complete: 5 minutes

There will be a PowerPoint presentation on examining a historical text based on the specific details of how and why those events happened. This historical event
is based on how the American Flag was created and the role of seamstress, Betsy Ross. Students will be introduced to a brief biography on Betsy Ross and why
she created our American flag with thirteen stars and thirteen strips.
Instructional
Design:
Check for Understanding/Provide Learner Guidance: Time to complete: 2 minutes

Students will have a handout of the first line of The Pledge of Allegiance and will answer two questions based on the history of the American flag.
(8 events) 1. Why was the flag created for the United States of America?
2. What happened when Betsy Ross was asked to create a design for the American flag?

Guided Practice with coaching /Elicit Performance: Time to complete: 10 minutes

Students will listen to The Flag We Love by Pam Ryan and identify how this historical text answers how the flag was created. Throughout the text, there is
(45 minutes) material that models the what happened and why based on how Betsy Ross created the American flag.

This material will be followed up by a short YouTube clip done by Cool School which shows the history of the American flag and the role of Betsy Ross.

Independent Practice/Provide informative feedback: Time to complete: 12 minutes

Students will read a small excerpt from Betsy Ross- Designer of Our Flag and in a 3-2-1 strategy chart, students will examine the following information that they

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 did not know about Betsy Ross or how our flag was created
1. Students will identify three things they discovered about the reading.
2. Students will present two pieces of information that they found interesting.
3. Students will create a question that they still have about the informational text.

In this organizer, students will break down the information on how Betsy Ross was a prominent figure in creating the American Flag.

Closure: Time to complete: 5 minutes

To wrap up the lesson, students are going to write one thing that they learned about the history of the American Flag on a strip of construction paper. This strip
will represent the stripes that Betsy Ross sewed on the American Flag. At the end, students will come up with their strips and create a informational flag on the
bulletin board.

Formal Assessment: Time to complete: 3 minutes

Given an informational text, learners will explain a historical event, including what happened and why, based on the specific information in the text with an 80%
accuracy. Students will be given five questions (with an accuracy of answering 4/5 questions correctly) on the history of the American flag and the role of Betsy
Ross during the American Revolution.

Enhance/Transfer: Time to complete: 3 minutes

With a small, blank, print-out square, students will pretend that they are asked by George Washington to create and sew a flag for America that shows both unity
and independence. Students can sketch a design to represent America and explain why they chose those designs.

Student Feedback:

Recommendation: Did you like our closure activity in which we took one point from our informational text and created a visual aid on the history of the American flag for our
bulletin board and why?
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Teacher Feedback:

When using informational texts in the future, should I use non-fiction/ current events in which students can explain key details of news articles?