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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... 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 provides students with opportunities to create meaning with their voices as ...
... 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 provides students with opportunities to create meaning with their voices as ...
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... things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” Andrew Jackson 1829–1837 Our seventh president, Andrew Jackson, was nicknamed “Old Hickory ...
... things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” Andrew Jackson 1829–1837 Our seventh president, Andrew Jackson, was nicknamed “Old Hickory ...
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... things carefully and correctly. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.” William Henry Harrison 1841 Our ninth president, William Henry Harrison, was only in office for a few months because he died of pneumonia ...
... things carefully and correctly. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.” William Henry Harrison 1841 Our ninth president, William Henry Harrison, was only in office for a few months because he died of pneumonia ...
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... thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 Our 33rd president was rushed into the presidency when Roosevelt ...
... thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Harry S. Truman 1945–1953 Our 33rd president was rushed into the presidency when Roosevelt ...
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... thing basal On thei They brains Wrote this p After some who were studying the American rote this piece. suggested they l i 1 J 4A reader's theater for six voices: three narrators (N) and. War. Some hich means they loyal to Great _ OtherS ...
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