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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... verse. Have students conduct research to find that missing verse and then analyze why Smith decided to take it out of the song. J. ' Many believe the words and music of “America” are inspiring. As students read and listen to the music of ...
... verse. Have students conduct research to find that missing verse and then analyze why Smith decided to take it out of the song. J. ' Many believe the words and music of “America” are inspiring. As students read and listen to the music of ...
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... verse from memory. If not, recite it for them. Students might be surprised to learn that there are three more verses in the song. 2. Display the transparency of the song, “The Star Spangled Banner” (page 25), on the overhead projector ...
... verse from memory. If not, recite it for them. Students might be surprised to learn that there are three more verses in the song. 2. Display the transparency of the song, “The Star Spangled Banner” (page 25), on the overhead projector ...
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... verses of “The Star Spangled Banner.” If time allows, arrange for students to visit other classes and teach the ... verse. Then, they can post the results on a school bulletin board or website. \_. The Star Spangled Banner By Francis ...
... verses of “The Star Spangled Banner.” If time allows, arrange for students to visit other classes and teach the ... verse. Then, they can post the results on a school bulletin board or website. \_. The Star Spangled Banner By Francis ...
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... verse to the song. Have students analyze the following questions: How does their verse enhance the song? Does it explain more about the war at that time? Let students share their new verses with the class. J The Patriotic Diggers By ...
... verse to the song. Have students analyze the following questions: How does their verse enhance the song? Does it explain more about the war at that time? Let students share their new verses with the class. J The Patriotic Diggers By ...
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... verse to go with this song. Does it fit with the story? Does the verse address a hardship that pioneers faced? Have students vote on the new verses and allow them to add the winning verse to their performance. Ji_. ' HaVe students act as ...
... verse to go with this song. Does it fit with the story? Does the verse address a hardship that pioneers faced? Have students vote on the new verses and allow them to add the winning verse to their performance. Ji_. ' HaVe students act as ...
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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