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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... called upon to handle a crisis in Cuba when it was learned that the Soviets had nuclear missiles there. He forever changed the Democratic Party through his concern for civil rights and his work to end segregation. His presidency ended ...
... called upon to handle a crisis in Cuba when it was learned that the Soviets had nuclear missiles there. He forever changed the Democratic Party through his concern for civil rights and his work to end segregation. His presidency ended ...
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... called Armistice Day. R1: An armistice is a truce between armies or a time in which armies agree to stop fighting. R3: But, as with all wars, soldiers die, and many American soldiers, sailors, and marines died during the First World War ...
... called Armistice Day. R1: An armistice is a truce between armies or a time in which armies agree to stop fighting. R3: But, as with all wars, soldiers die, and many American soldiers, sailors, and marines died during the First World War ...
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... military services. : In Canada, November 11 is called Remembrance Day. I America—An Overview ' November: A Time of Thanks and. #50113*Building Fluency through Practice and Performance © Shell Education America—An Overview.
... military services. : In Canada, November 11 is called Remembrance Day. I America—An Overview ' November: A Time of Thanks and. #50113*Building Fluency through Practice and Performance © Shell Education America—An Overview.
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... called “God Bless America.” R1: While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, R2: Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, R3: Let us all be grateful for a land so fair; Extension 2 R4: As we raise our voices in a solemn ...
... called “God Bless America.” R1: While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, R2: Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, R3: Let us all be grateful for a land so fair; Extension 2 R4: As we raise our voices in a solemn ...
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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