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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... Remember the Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 A Declaration of Sentiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
... Remember the Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 A Declaration of Sentiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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... Remember that the key to developing fluency is guided oral and silent reading practice. Students become more fluent when they read the texts repeatedly. Reading requires students to actually see the words in the texts. Thus, it is ...
... Remember that the key to developing fluency is guided oral and silent reading practice. Students become more fluent when they read the texts repeatedly. Reading requires students to actually see the words in the texts. Thus, it is ...
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... remember the first Thanksgiving—a celebration of American Indians and the Pilgrims from England. R3: It was President Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed, in 1863, that the last Thursday in November be set aside as a day of thanks for all ...
... remember the first Thanksgiving—a celebration of American Indians and the Pilgrims from England. R3: It was President Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed, in 1863, that the last Thursday in November be set aside as a day of thanks for all ...
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... remember America's servicemen and women, Kate Smith, a renowned singer, sang Berlin's song on the radio for the first time— R4: It was called “God Bless America.” R1: While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, R2: Let us swear ...
... remember America's servicemen and women, Kate Smith, a renowned singer, sang Berlin's song on the radio for the first time— R4: It was called “God Bless America.” R1: While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, R2: Let us swear ...
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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