Patterning practise with the Flag

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Read students the story Fourth of July, Sparkly Sky. Ask comprehension questions throughout the story.
• Explain to students that we celebrate the Fourth of July because it is when our country gained its independence.
• Ask students to name traditions that go along with the Fourth of July, such as fire works and picnics.
• Tell students that today they will be creating their own flag and practising patterning!

Guided practise

• To practise patterning, have students play the game Roly's Pattern Quiz.
• Then, display the flag in a place where all students can view it.

Independent working time

• Give each student a white piece of paper and 7 red stripes. Have them create a red white pattern using the red strips. They must glue them in the appropriate place.
• Next, they should glue on the blue rectangle and places stars on it.