DECEMBER 2019/JANUARY 2020 ● MATH ● VOL. 10 ● NO. 12 EDITION K–1
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Each country has Flag! a flag. Explore what makes the flags different.
timeforkids.com How The American flag There are 13 stripes on has 50 stars. Can the American flag. How Many? you count them all? many are red? How many The American They stand for the 50 are white? The stripes stand states in the union. for the original 13 states. flag is a symbol
of the United MAGES BRITANNICA/UIG/GETTYI ENCYCLOPEDIA States. The flag stands for freedom. But did you know that the stars and stripes on the U.S. flag have meaning too?
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from how it once looked. IMAGES TAYLOR—GETTY NIC This picture shows the original American flag. Count the stars. When our country was created, there were only 13 states. As to the flag. How does this flag new states were added to the compare with the flag we fly country, new stars were added today?
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COVER: YESFOTO/GETTY IMAGES. BORDER: MARINA GALUNNIKOVA—GETTY IMAGES Please recycle this magazine. A World of Flags The United States has a flag. It’s red, white, and blue. Other countries have flags too. Each flag is different. Each one uses colors, shapes, and patterns. Take a look at a few flags here.
Flags use This is a FAMILY of flags. They’re from SHAPES. Study the countries in South America. These flags three flags below. have something in common. What is it? What shapes do you see?
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Many flags have a PATTERN. Bangladesh A pattern is a repeated design. This is the flag of Uganda. That’s a country in Africa. Do you notice a pattern?
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Jamaica MARINA GALUNNIKOVA—GETTY IMAGES 2 Some flags use SYMMETRY. Fold a flag in half. Do both sides look the same? This girl is holding the flag of the country of Georgia. Do you see the symmetry?
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There’s a proper way to fold an American flag. It takes 13 folds. When complete, the flag is folded into a triangle. Only the stars are showing.
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