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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... Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 E PLURIBUS UNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Preamble to the ...
... Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 E PLURIBUS UNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Preamble to the ...
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... Independence. '“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit i, \""-"'-\ {m of ...
... Independence. '“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit i, \""-"'-\ {m of ...
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... independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.” Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945 Franklin ...
... independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.” Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933–1945 Franklin ...
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... independence! We want loyalty to the king! Whatever. . . Let's go to war! Let's not! Whatever. . . Bring it on! Stay where you are! We don't care! Whatever . . . Death to King George! Long live the king! Whatever . . . Freedom, Freedom ...
... independence! We want loyalty to the king! Whatever. . . Let's go to war! Let's not! Whatever. . . Bring it on! Stay where you are! We don't care! Whatever . . . Death to King George! Long live the king! Whatever . . . Freedom, Freedom ...
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... Independence. Adapted by Timothy Rasinski of the Declaration of Independence (D) This is the story of the birth of the United States of America. At one time the United States was made up of colonies of Great Britain. However, people in ...
... Independence. Adapted by Timothy Rasinski of the Declaration of Independence (D) This is the story of the birth of the United States of America. At one time the United States was made up of colonies of Great Britain. However, people in ...
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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Building Fluency Through Practice & Performance: Grade 6 Timothy Rasinski,Lorraine Griffith Limited preview - 2008 |
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Address American army Assassination Background Information battle believe called Carl Sandburg cause Chief citizens Civil coming Confederate Constitution cont created dead dedicated died equal feel first Fluency through Practice four Franklin Delano Roosevelt freedom friends Gettysburg give hand Happy hard hear heart honor hope Inauguration Independence James Jesse John justice keep Kennedy King lady land laws Liberty Lincoln live look March Master meaning move Narrator never North November Owens Parks peace poem Practice and Performance president Promise Reader reader’s theater reading remember Shell Education slave soldiers song South Speech stand talk teachers texts Thanks things Union United Voices wish woman women