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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... modeling than reading. to otter their thoughts about I what the poem means. if possible play the mu ' this song and let students sing along. v 2. Explain to the s u nts that they will all have the opportuni 0 Had this so and in pairs ...
... modeling than reading. to otter their thoughts about I what the poem means. if possible play the mu ' this song and let students sing along. v 2. Explain to the s u nts that they will all have the opportuni 0 Had this so and in pairs ...
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... modeling fluent reading for the students. 3. Give each student a copy of “America the Beautiful ”—Call and Response (page 18) and read it aloud together (choral reading) several times. Model reading lines with changes in pitch, tone ...
... modeling fluent reading for the students. 3. Give each student a copy of “America the Beautiful ”—Call and Response (page 18) and read it aloud together (choral reading) several times. Model reading lines with changes in pitch, tone ...
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... modeling fluent reading. Tell students that they will be reading this song in front of different classrooms in the school. Explain to students that they will read “America” as a cumulative choral reading. Divide students into groups of ...
... modeling fluent reading. Tell students that they will be reading this song in front of different classrooms in the school. Explain to students that they will read “America” as a cumulative choral reading. Divide students into groups of ...
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... modeling fluency. Ask students to listen for the clues of who is fighting in this war as you read. 3. Enlist the help of parent volunteers to complete a paired reading of the song. Provide each volunteer with copies of the reproducibles ...
... modeling fluency. Ask students to listen for the clues of who is fighting in this war as you read. 3. Enlist the help of parent volunteers to complete a paired reading of the song. Provide each volunteer with copies of the reproducibles ...
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... modeling fluent reading for the students. This song has many versions. The stanzas included here are those that are the most relevant to the unit of study. 2. Provide maps of the pioneer trails for students to see the route that Ike and ...
... modeling fluent reading for the students. This song has many versions. The stanzas included here are those that are the most relevant to the unit of study. 2. Provide maps of the pioneer trails for students to see the route that Ike and ...
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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