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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... never memorized. 2. Readers may be characters or narrators, or they may switch back and forth. 3. The readers may sit, stand, or both, but they do not have to perform any other actions. 4. Readers use only eye contact, facial ...
... never memorized. 2. Readers may be characters or narrators, or they may switch back and forth. 3. The readers may sit, stand, or both, but they do not have to perform any other actions. 4. Readers use only eye contact, facial ...
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... never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.” Our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, was applauded for his progressive reforms at home, especially with conservation. His foreign policy was guided by the proverb, “Speak ...
... never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.” Our 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt, was applauded for his progressive reforms at home, especially with conservation. His foreign policy was guided by the proverb, “Speak ...
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... never owned a car and purchased his first house after leaving the presidency. Ironically, he was president during the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age, a time of prosperity. His quiet spirit led him to say, “It takes a great man to be ...
... never owned a car and purchased his first house after leaving the presidency. Ironically, he was president during the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age, a time of prosperity. His quiet spirit led him to say, “It takes a great man to be ...
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... never elected by the people as vice president or president. The country was in economic recession and was reeling from Watergate. Ford is credited with helping to heal the wounds of our country. “My fellow Americans, our long national ...
... never elected by the people as vice president or president. The country was in economic recession and was reeling from Watergate. Ford is credited with helping to heal the wounds of our country. “My fellow Americans, our long national ...
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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