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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... keep one copy in school in their “fluency folders.” The other copy can be sent home for the students to continue practicing with their families. Communicate to families the importance of children continuing to practice the text at home ...
... keep one copy in school in their “fluency folders.” The other copy can be sent home for the students to continue practicing with their families. Communicate to families the importance of children continuing to practice the text at home ...
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... Keep students' eyes on the texts whenever possible. One of the most important things we can do to promote proficient and fluent reading is to have students practice reading meaningful passages with a purpose: to perform them. This book ...
... Keep students' eyes on the texts whenever possible. One of the most important things we can do to promote proficient and fluent reading is to have students practice reading meaningful passages with a purpose: to perform them. This book ...
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... keep the rapidly dividing nation together. He was gifted in debate and believed he could hold the nation together with proper interpretation of the constitutional law. “I like the noise of democracy.” ? l. l. J. i. _4_ America—An Overview ...
... keep the rapidly dividing nation together. He was gifted in debate and believed he could hold the nation together with proper interpretation of the constitutional law. “I like the noise of democracy.” ? l. l. J. i. _4_ America—An Overview ...
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... 're the ones who _ , _=j— keep me walking the floor at nights!” 9 u. “I fig From the Mouths and Pens of the American Presidents (cont. k © Shell Education #SOIISiBuilding Fluency through Practice and Performance . if 3',,_ like \
... 're the ones who _ , _=j— keep me walking the floor at nights!” 9 u. “I fig From the Mouths and Pens of the American Presidents (cont. k © Shell Education #SOIISiBuilding Fluency through Practice and Performance . if 3',,_ like \
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... keep the spirit of America alive. ? l. I. J. i. 1 TR“ ' L “fig -'-—~.._. .,7 V i <. #50113*Building Fluency through Practice and Performance © Shell Education America—An Overview November: A Time of Thanks and Remembrance America in Poetry ...
... keep the spirit of America alive. ? l. I. J. i. 1 TR“ ' L “fig -'-—~.._. .,7 V i <. #50113*Building Fluency through Practice and Performance © Shell Education America—An Overview November: A Time of Thanks and Remembrance America in Poetry ...
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