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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... texts of various genres related to America and American history. Whether you are an American history teacher, a reading teacher, or an English teacher, we think you will find this book invaluable in helping students revisit history ...
... texts of various genres related to America and American history. Whether you are an American history teacher, a reading teacher, or an English teacher, we think you will find this book invaluable in helping students revisit history ...
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... texts in this book interesting and sometimes challenging. Students will especially want to practice the texts if you provide regular opportunities for them to perform the texts for their classmates, parents, or other audiences. So, have ...
... texts in this book interesting and sometimes challenging. Students will especially want to practice the texts if you provide regular opportunities for them to perform the texts for their classmates, parents, or other audiences. So, have ...
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... Texts (cont). Types. of. Texts. There are basically four types of readings in this book: poems, reader's theater scripts, monologues, and songs. Some general suggestions for performing each are listed below: • Poems (and songs read orally): ...
... Texts (cont). Types. of. Texts. There are basically four types of readings in this book: poems, reader's theater scripts, monologues, and songs. Some general suggestions for performing each are listed below: • Poems (and songs read orally): ...
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Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. How to Use These Texts (cont. ) Coaching. Your. Students. A key ingredient to repeated reading is the coaching that comes from a teacher. As your students practice reading the target text each week ...
Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith. How to Use These Texts (cont. ) Coaching. Your. Students. A key ingredient to repeated reading is the coaching that comes from a teacher. As your students practice reading the target text each week ...
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