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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... Voices from the Civil War ... Voices from the Great Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Duty, Honor, Country: Excerpts from Douglas MacArthur's Farewell to West Point, May 1962 ...
... Voices from the Civil War ... Voices from the Great Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Duty, Honor, Country: Excerpts from Douglas MacArthur's Farewell to West Point, May 1962 ...
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Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. America's Voices for Equality ... Voices from the Civil Rights Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 A ...
Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. America's Voices for Equality ... Voices from the Civil Rights Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 A ...
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... voices of those who made the history. It will also help in developing proficient and fluent readers and a deeper understanding and appreciation for various genres of voice. We are primarily reading teachers interested in developing ...
... voices of those who made the history. It will also help in developing proficient and fluent readers and a deeper understanding and appreciation for various genres of voice. We are primarily reading teachers interested in developing ...
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... voice. • Songs: Most songs should be sung. They can be performed as choral readings, but having the students sing them is more meaningful, effective fluency practice. You could also choose to have students create rhythmic raps with ...
... voice. • Songs: Most songs should be sung. They can be performed as choral readings, but having the students sing them is more meaningful, effective fluency practice. You could also choose to have students create rhythmic raps with ...
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... voice” in their reading, in the long run, it will lead to more engaged and fluent reading and higher levels of ... voices to bring text to life. Reader's theater has the following characteristics: 1. The script is always read and ...
... voice” in their reading, in the long run, it will lead to more engaged and fluent reading and higher levels of ... voices to bring text to life. Reader's theater has the following characteristics: 1. The script is always read and ...
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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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