Kindergarten
Social Studies
Unit: 03
Lesson: 03
Suggested Duration: 1 day
Kindergarten Social Studies Unit 03 Exemplar Lesson 03: Texas Flag and Pledge
This lesson is one approach to teaching the State Standards associated with this unit. Districts are encouraged to customize this lesson
by supplementing with district-approved resources, materials, and activities to best meet the needs of learners. The duration for this
lesson is only a recommendation, and districts may modify the time frame to meet students’ needs. To better understand how your district
may be implementing CSCOPE lessons, please contact your child’s teacher. (For your convenience, please find linked the TEA
Commissioner’s List of State Board of Education Approved Instructional Resources and Midcycle State Adopted Instructional Materials.)
Lesson Synopsis
In this lesson, students are introduced to the Texas flag. They learn that the flag is a symbol of our state. They learn to recite the Texas
pledge.
TEKS
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) listed below are the standards adopted by the State Board of Education, which are
required by Texas law. Any standard that has a strike-through (e.g. sample phrase) indicates that portion of the standard is taught in a
previous or subsequent unit. The TEKS are available on the Texas Education Agency website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?
id=6148.
K.10
Citizenship. The student understands important symbols, customs, and responsibilities that represent
American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity. The student is expected to:
K.10A Identify the flags of the United States and Texas.
K.10B Recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag.
Social Studies Skills TEKS
K.14
Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired
from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:
K.14B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols,
electronic media, print material, and artifacts.
K.15
Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms. The student is expected to:
K.15B Create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps.
GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION
Performance Indicators
Kindergarten Social Studies Unit 03 PI 03
Create a picture of the Texas flag and recite the Texas pledge.
Standard(s): K.10A , K.10B , K.15B
ELPS ELPS.c.1E , ELPS.c.1F , ELPS.c.3D
Key Understandings
Symbols reflect our beliefs and help define us.
Why do states have flags?
What does the Texas flag look like?
A pledge is a verbal promise.
What is a pledge?
Why and when do we recite the pledge to the Texas flag?
Vocabulary of Instruction
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Materials
Red, white and blue construction paper (one sheet of 12” x 9” white paper, a strip of 9” x 4” blue paper, a strip of 4½” x 8” red
paper, white star)
Texas flag or image of the Texas flag
Texas flag or image of the Texas flag
U.S. map with state outlines
Attachments
All attachments associated with this lesson are referenced in the body of the lesson. Due to considerations for grading or student
assessment, attachments that are connected with Performance Indicators or serve as answer keys are available in the district site and
are not accessible on the public website.
Handout: Pledge to the Texas Flag
Resources
None identified
Advance Preparation
1. Become familiar with content and procedures for the lesson, including the idea that one of the ways we can outwardly show our
respect for the Constitution and our country is by identifying and pledging to the symbols of our country and state, our flags.
2. Refer to the Instructional Focus Document for specific content to include in the lesson.
3. Preview materials and websites according to district guidelines.
4. Prepare materials and handouts as needed.
Cut paper for Texas flag (for each child: one sheet of 12” x 9” white paper, a strip of 9” x 4” blue paper, a strip of 4½” x 8”
red paper)
Trace a Texas star on a small square of white paper and create one star cutout for each child.
Post the words of the Pledge to the Texas Flag on chart paper.
Background Information
The Republic adopted a Texas flag on December 10, 1836, but later, in 1839, approved the Lone Star flag as the official flag of the Republic of Texas. When
Texas became the twenty-eighth state in the United States in 1845, the flag of the United States was added, but the Lone Star flag remained the official state
flag.
Texas Education Agency, (2000). Glossaries
GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION
Teachers are encouraged to supplement and substitute resources, materials, and activities to meet the needs of learners. These lessons
are one approach to teaching the TEKS/Specificity as well as addressing the Performance Indicators associated with each unit. District
personnel may create original lessons using the Content Creator in the Tools Tab. All originally authored lessons can be saved in the
“My CSCOPE” Tab within the “My Content” area.
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
Instructional Procedures
Notes for Teacher
ENGAGE – Recognizing the Texas Flag
NOTE: 1 Day = 30 minutes
Suggested Day 1 - 5 minutes
1. Display a picture or an actual Texas flag.
In the past two lessons we have learned about the U.S. Flag. In
Texas, we also honor another flag, the state flag of Texas. The
Texas flag is a symbol that represents the state of Texas.
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Materials:
Texas flag or image of the Texas flag
Purpose:
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2. Point to the flag and lead students to look for the different shapes.
What shapes do you see in this flag? (Students point out the
rectangles and star on the flag.)
Students learn that in addition to a U.S. flag, we also honor
and respect the Texas flag. One way we do this is by saying
the pledge to the Texas flag.
TEKS: K.10A, K.10B, K. 15B
EXPLORE – Background about the Texas flag
Suggested Day 1 (cont’d) ­ 5 minutes
1. Say:
Materials:
Texas is known as the “Lone Star State” because there is only one
star on the flag. (Lone means one. When you are alone, there is only
you, one.)
Texas flag or image of the Texas flag
U.S. map with state outlines
Attachments:
2. Display a map of the U.S. showing the outlines of the states, and point out
Texas.
3. Then, ask students what colors are on the Texas flag.
Handout : Pledge to the Texas Flag
Purpose:
Students learn the Texas pledge.
4. Remind students of the colors of the U.S. flag.
5. Display the Handout: Pledge to the Texas Flag.
TEKS: K.10A, K.10B, K. 15B
Instructional Note:
Like the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag, we have a pledge to
To enhance the lesson, have music available to play while
the Texas Flag.
students are working or at the listening center during center
time.
6. Lead recitation of the Pledge to the Texas Flag while pointing to each word.
(Note: Students should have been reciting the Texas pledge since the first
day of school, so they should be familiar with the words.)
7. Repeat, this time covering individual words and so students can tell what
word is missing.
EXPLAIN – Students tell in their own words the background
Suggested Day 1 (cont’d) ­ 5 minutes
1. Students turn and talk to a partner to form answers to teacher-asked
questions such as:
Attachments:
Handout: Pledge to the Texas Flag
Why is Texas called the “Lone Star State”? (because there is only
one star on the state flag)
What is the meaning of the words in the Texas pledge? (A pledge is
a promise. Like the pledge to the U.S. flag, we are promising to honor
Texas.)
How is the Texas pledge different from the U.S. pledge? (U.S.
pledge is longer, has different words)
Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one
and indivisible.
Purpose:
To allow students to express in their own words what they
have learned about the Texas flag and Texas pledge.
2. After allowing time for pairs to talk about the answers, students raise their
hand to share with the class.
TEKS: K.10A, K.10B, K. 15B
ELABORATE – Flags: same & different
Suggested Day 1 (cont’d) ­ 5 minutes
1. Facilitate a discussion about the ideas in the Key Understandings and
Guiding Questions for this lesson. Provide further information where needed.
Symbols reflect our beliefs and help define us.
— Why do states have flags?
— What does the Texas flag look like?
A pledge is a verbal promise.
— What is a pledge?
— Why and when do we recite the pledge to the Texas flag?
2. Continue the discussion, leading students to compare the U.S. and Texas
flags by asking questions such as:
What do you notice that is the same about the Texas flag and U.S
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flag? (The colors are the same, both flags are shaped like rectangles,
they both have stars, they both have stripes.)
What is different about the Texas flag and U.S. flag? (The Texas
flag only has one star and the U.S. flag has 50 stars, the Texas flag has
only one red stripe and only one white stripe, whereas the U.S. flag has
seven red and six white stripes.)
EVALUATE – Create a flag and say the pledge
Kindergarten Social Studies Unit 03 PI 03
Create a picture of the Texas flag and recite the Texas pledge.
Standard(s): K.10A , K.10B , K.15B
ELPS ELPS.c.1E , ELPS.c.1F , ELPS.c.3D
1. Allow each child to orally identify the Texas flag and recite the Pledge to the Texas flag.
2. Students make a Texas flag out of construction paper.
3. Evaluate each student using a rubric.
Suggested Day 3 (cont’d) ­ 10 minutes
Materials:
Red, white and blue construction paper (one
sheet of 12” x 9” white paper, a strip of 9” x 4”
blue paper, a strip of 4½” x 8” red paper, white
star)
Attachments:
Handout: Pledge to the Texas Flag
PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one
state under God, one and indivisible.
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Pledge to the Texas Flag
PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG
Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee,
Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
Pledge of allegiance to the texas flag. (2007). Retrieved from https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/flagpledge.html
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