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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... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want to plan to complete this fluency activity on September 11 to remember those who died in the 2001 ...
... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want to plan to complete this fluency activity on September 11 to remember those who died in the 2001 ...
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... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Ask students if they know the title of the song that begins with the following line, “My country, 'tis of thee.” Most ...
... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Ask students if they know the title of the song that begins with the following line, “My country, 'tis of thee.” Most ...
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... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. 1. Ask students to imagine they are at a sporting event, such as a baseball game or football game. See if the students know ...
... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. 1. Ask students to imagine they are at a sporting event, such as a baseball game or football game. See if the students know ...
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... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want students to read this song close to Memorial Day or Veterans Day in honor of those who have served in ...
... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want students to read this song close to Memorial Day or Veterans Day in honor of those who have served in ...
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... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want to have students complete this activity on January 8, Postal Day, in honor of the United States postal ...
... understanding of the historical context and vocabulary will help students analyze and read the piece fluently. Note: You might want to have students complete this activity on January 8, Postal Day, in honor of the United States postal ...
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 |
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