Building Fluency Through Practice and Performance: American HistoryBuilding Fluency Through Practice and Performance: American History sets the stage for teaching fluency with this collection of reading texts coauthored and compiled by fluency expert Timothy Rasinski. Featuring various genres of texts including poems, songs, scripts, documents, and other material, this resource will help develop proficient and fluent readers. As readers regularly read and perform these American history related texts or passages, they improve decoding, fluency, interpretation, and comprehension. Students will revisit the past through the voices of history including James W.C. Pennington, former slave, Carl Sandburg, and John F. Kennedy. Background information, performance suggestions, a section on how to use the texts, and a Teacher Resource CD including digital copies of the fluency texts are included. |
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... America—An Overview ... American Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 November: A Time of Thanks and Remembrance in ...
... America—An Overview ... American Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 November: A Time of Thanks and Remembrance in ...
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... American First Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 September 11, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 America's Songs ...
... American First Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 September 11, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 America's Songs ...
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... America and American history. Whether you are an American history teacher, a reading teacher, or an English teacher, we think you will find this book invaluable in helping students revisit history through the voices of those who made ...
... America and American history. Whether you are an American history teacher, a reading teacher, or an English teacher, we think you will find this book invaluable in helping students revisit history through the voices of those who made ...
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Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. America— An Overview i I I Hear America Singing By Walt Whitman I hear America. #50113 iBuilding Fluency through Practice and Performance.
Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. America— An Overview i I I Hear America Singing By Walt Whitman I hear America. #50113 iBuilding Fluency through Practice and Performance.
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... American Poem up by the different (met: He wrote this poem aft“ occupations that Whitman America—An Overview From the Mouths and Pens of the American. Poe _' . Amer-lea hears. Dis - the Cwrl War When that W111 cuss the feelings i ove ...
... American Poem up by the different (met: He wrote this poem aft“ occupations that Whitman America—An Overview From the Mouths and Pens of the American. Poe _' . Amer-lea hears. Dis - the Cwrl War When that W111 cuss the feelings i ove ...
Contents
Americas Civil War 57 | |
The Early Twentieth Century 86 | |
Americas Voices for Equality 96 | |
Modern Times 137 | |
Americas Songs 164 | |
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