Stars and Stripes LEVELED BOOK • G A Reading A–Z Level G Leveled Book Word Count: 176 Stars and Stripes Written by Maribeth Boelts • Illustrated by Peter Bull Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com Stars and Stripes T h e O r i g i n a l C o l o n i es Maine New Hampshire New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Native American Territory Territory Claimed by Spain Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia AT L A N T I C OCEAN GULF OF MEXICO Written by Maribeth Boelts Illustrated by Peter Bull www.readinga-z.com Our flag has a story The thirteen colonies that formed our country all had different flags Stars and Stripes • Level G We needed one flag for all of the United States We made a flag that had thirteen bright stars and thirteen bold stripes Our flag has a story The thirteen colonies that formed our country all had different flags Stars and Stripes • Level G T he U.S f l a g f ro m 7 to 795 We made our new flag in red, white, and blue We called our flag the Stars and Stripes Stars and Stripes • Level G T he U.S f l a g f ro m to 81 T he U.S f l a g f ro m 7 to 795 Our country grew so we added two new stars and two new stripes A famous song was written about this flag We made our new flag in red, white, and blue We called our flag the Stars and Stripes Stars and Stripes • Level G T he U.S f l a g f ro m 8 to 19 Vermont Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Indiana Native American Territory Rhode Island Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia AT L A N T I C OCEAN Louisiana GULF OF MEXICO Our country grew more and more We needed to change our flag again Stars and Stripes • Level G T he U.S f l a g f ro m 8 to 19 Vermont T he U.S f l a g f ro m to 845 Maine Vermont New Hampshire New Hampshire Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia Native American Territory Mississippi Michigan Connecticut Pennsylvania New Jersey Illinois Maryland Georgia Ohio Mississippi Alabama Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Arkansas AT L A N T I C OCEAN Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Georgia AT L A N T I C OCEAN Louisiana GULF OF MEXICO GULF OF MEXICO Our country grew more and more We needed to change our flag again Stars and Stripes • Level G Indiana Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Rhode Island New York Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Massachusetts Rhode Island Delaware Indiana Maine We went back to having thirteen stripes on the flag The stripes show our country began with thirteen states We added a star for each new state that joined our country The star pattern changed as their numbers grew Stars and Stripes • Level G F l a g p a t te r n s w i t h s ta rs We added a star for each new state that joined our country The star pattern changed as their numbers grew Stars and Stripes • Level G Now our flag has fifty stars for our fifty states Will there be another star added someday? 10 June 14th is Flag Day We fly our stars and stripes on Flag Day Stars and Stripes • Level G 11 We remember the story of our flag It is a story that hasn’t ended yet! June 14th is Flag Day We fly our stars and stripes on Flag Day Stars and Stripes • Level G 11 12 Stars and Stripes LEVELED BOOK • G A Reading A–Z Level G Leveled Book Word Count: 176 Stars and Stripes Written by Maribeth Boelts • Illustrated by Peter Bull Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials www.readinga-z.com Stars and Stripes T h e O r i g i n a l C o l o n i es Maine New Hampshire New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Native American Territory Territory Claimed by Spain Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia AT L A N T I C OCEAN GULF OF MEXICO Written by Maribeth Boelts Illustrated by Peter Bull www.readinga-z.com Stars and Stripes Level G Leveled Book © Learning A–Z Written by Maribeth Boelts Illustrated by Peter Bull All rights reserved www.readinga-z.com Correlation LEVEL G Fountas & Pinnell Reading Recovery DRA G 11–12 12