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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... Through Practice and Performance .Written and Compiled by Timothy Rasinski and Lorraine Griffith ' Poems ' Songs ' Reader's Theater ' Speeches Quality Resources for Every Classroom Instant Delivery 24 Hours a. ' And more . . . Front Cover.
... Through Practice and Performance .Written and Compiled by Timothy Rasinski and Lorraine Griffith ' Poems ' Songs ' Reader's Theater ' Speeches Quality Resources for Every Classroom Instant Delivery 24 Hours a. ' And more . . . Front Cover.
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... poems, songs, scripts, documents, and other material related to various aspects of the American experience. Some of the material is original source; other material has been woven together by us and others to create texts that make the ...
... poems, songs, scripts, documents, and other material related to various aspects of the American experience. Some of the material is original source; other material has been woven together by us and others to create texts that make the ...
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... poems, reader's theater scripts, monologues, and songs. Some general suggestions for performing each are listed below: • Poems (and songs read orally): These should be interpreted with meaning as the foremost guiding principle. Students ...
... poems, reader's theater scripts, monologues, and songs. Some general suggestions for performing each are listed below: • Poems (and songs read orally): These should be interpreted with meaning as the foremost guiding principle. Students ...
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... Poem up by the different (met: He wrote this poem aft“ occupations that Whitman America—An Overview From the Mouths and Pens of the American. Poe _' . Amer-lea hears. Dis - the Cwrl War When that W111 cuss the feelings i ove from being ...
... Poem up by the different (met: He wrote this poem aft“ occupations that Whitman America—An Overview From the Mouths and Pens of the American. Poe _' . Amer-lea hears. Dis - the Cwrl War When that W111 cuss the feelings i ove from being ...
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... poem was written during the First World War. It was written by a soldier named John McCrae who was thinking about all the soldiers who had been killed. They had fought for democracy \n [hi/Hf and freedom. . ' *' _ '— 7 , “1 1', . {\K t ...
... poem was written during the First World War. It was written by a soldier named John McCrae who was thinking about all the soldiers who had been killed. They had fought for democracy \n [hi/Hf and freedom. . ' *' _ '— 7 , “1 1', . {\K t ...
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