Name:
America:
United States or USA
nicknames:
pet names or shortened names
birthday:
anniversary of the day one is born
stars:
bright points of light in the night sky
flag:
banner, pennant
stripes:
bands, streaks, strips
freedom:
liberty, independence
Configuration Station
Write the words from the word bank in the correct boxes.
America
birthday
nicknames
freedom
stripes
flag
stars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
What’s Missing?
Fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
1. The American
is seen in many places.
2. People have
for the flag.
3. Some call it the
and
4. In the 1700s
wasn’t a country yet.
5. People wanted their
.
.
6. Betsy Ross may have made the first
.
7. Flag Day celebrates the flag’s
America
birthday
nicknames
freedom
.
Stripes
flag
Stars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Sentence Sense
Write a 5-7 word sentence for each of the words below.
freedom
America
stripes
flag
stars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Where Are the Words?
Find and circle all of the words from the word bank. Some words appear twice!
f
r
l
j
a
z
g
v
s
t
t
l
a r
u w
s
f
e A m e
r
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s
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p
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s
a
d w
u
n
p
v
z
j
g
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f
r
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e
d
o m w
m
j
z w
s
t
a
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s
b
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t
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d
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s
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s
America
birthday
nicknames
freedom
stripes
flag
stars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Rhyme Time
Read each word and listen for the ending chunk. Find and paste three words that
rhyme with each word and have the same ending chunk.
stars
flag
drag
cars
Mars
brag
rag
scars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Order in the Court
Place the words below in alphabetical order.
1
2
3
4
5
birthday
freedom
stripes
flag
stars
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Clever Connector
Draw a line to connect the words that have the same meaning.
freedom
U.S.A.
flag
liberty
America
banner
Awesome Artist
America’
America’s flag has stars and stripes.
stripes.
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Definition Derby
Read each word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching letter next to the word
(see sample). Write each word in a sentence.
Word
1.
stripes
Sentence
Definition
d Our flag is sometimes called the a. banner or pennant
Stars and Stripes.
2. freedom
b. the anniversary of
the day one is born
or something was
begun
3. America
c. bright spots of light
in the night sky
4. nicknames
d. bands, streaks or
strips of color
5. flag
e. the United States
6. stars
f. pet names or
shortened names
7. birthday
g. liberty,
independence
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009
Score With Scrabble!
SCORE
America
Stripes
Freedom
Flag
Stars
birthday
nickname
Total
Scott Foresman Second Grade Red, White and Blue
Cherry Carl, 2009