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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... citizen, not a privileged aristocrat. “Every good citizen makes his country 's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection ...
... citizen, not a privileged aristocrat. “Every good citizen makes his country 's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection ...
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... citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969 Only 99 minutes after Kennedy's shocking assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as our ...
... citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” Lyndon B. Johnson 1963–1969 Only 99 minutes after Kennedy's shocking assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as our ...
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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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