Primary Source Fluency Activities: Expanding & Preserving the UnionFeaturing letters, speeches, songs and poems including Waiting for the Pony Express and Grant's Memoirs, this book provides primary sources and activities to help teach important fluency strategies. While discovering historical people and events during the period of America's expansion, students make content-area connections, develop fluent and meaningful oral reading, and develop vocabulary and word decoding skills. Included with each text is a history connection, a vocabulary connection, and extension ideas. 192pp. |
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... copies of materials in this book for classroom use only. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form without ...
... copies of materials in this book for classroom use only. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. No part of this publication may be transmitted, stored, or recorded in any form without ...
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... copies of the text for each student. Have students keep one copy in school in their “fluency folders.” The other copy can be sent home for the students to continue practicing with their families. Communicate to families the importance ...
... copies of the text for each student. Have students keep one copy in school in their “fluency folders.” The other copy can be sent home for the students to continue practicing with their families. Communicate to families the importance ...
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... Copy “Dixie "—A Song for Tim Voices (pages 81$3) for each student. be practiced within the lesson. See pages 13—14 . . . Fluency Suggestions and Activities for descriptions of the fluency strategies used . Place the trans rcncy of the ...
... Copy “Dixie "—A Song for Tim Voices (pages 81$3) for each student. be practiced within the lesson. See pages 13—14 . . . Fluency Suggestions and Activities for descriptions of the fluency strategies used . Place the trans rcncy of the ...
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... copy of the primary source text 5335;; is provided for the teacher. Sometimes, the students will not receive copies of this text. They may only receive copies of the rewritten text, divided reading, or reader's theater. This text is if ...
... copy of the primary source text 5335;; is provided for the teacher. Sometimes, the students will not receive copies of this text. They may only receive copies of the rewritten text, divided reading, or reader's theater. This text is if ...
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... copy of “America the Beautiful ”—Call and Response (page 18) and read it aloud together (choral reading) several ... copies of the song for the students as well during this practice period. 6. When all the groups feel prepared, have them ...
... copy of “America the Beautiful ”—Call and Response (page 18) and read it aloud together (choral reading) several ... copies of the song for the students as well during this practice period. 6. When all the groups feel prepared, have them ...
Contents
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Slavery in America | 45 |
Civil War Is Coming | 72 |
Civil War Leaders | 85 |
Battles of the Civil | 95 |
James Madison | 115 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder | 126 |
Harriet Tubman | 134 |
Abraham Lincoln | 155 |
Robert E | 169 |
Ulysses S Grant | 180 |
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Primary Source Fluency Activities: Expanding & Preserving the Union ... Wendy Conklin Limited preview - 2005 |
Primary Source Fluency Activities: Expanding & Preserving the Union Wendy Conklin Limited preview - 2005 |
Primary Source Fluency Activities: Expanding & Preserving the Union Wendy Conklin Limited preview - 2005 |
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