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001 2009278951
003 DLC
005 20090624115539.0
008 090608s2008 nyuc b 000 d eng
010 $a 2009278951
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
020 $a9780545072168 (pbk.)
020 $a0545072166 (pbk.)
050 00 $aLB1573.3$b.F366 2008
245 00 $aFamous Americans :$b22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.
260 $aNew York :$bScholastic Inc.,$cc2008.
300 $a199 p. :$bports. ;$c28 cm.
490 0 $aTeaching Resources
500 $a"22 reproducible plays that build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension"--Cover.
500 $a"Formerly published as Famous Americans: 22 short plays for the classroom"--T.p. verso.
500 $a"Grades 4-8"--Cover.
500 $a"Great for buiding content-area knowledge:--Cover.
520 $aHelp build students' reading fluency and build awareness of important people in U.S. history through fact-based, original plays about 22 famous Americans. These read-aloud biographical plays provide kids with the repeated practice they need to read with speed, automaticity, and expression-the key elements of fluency. Background information, discussion questions, extension activities, and literature links round out this versatile resource. A great way to connect social studies content with reading.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aChristopher Columbus: Searching for the Indies -- Ben Franklin: Philosopher, inventor, community activist -- Gerorge Washington: A soldier, a peaceful man -- Phillis Wheatley: Voice of freedom -- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: Their excellent adventure -- Davy Crockett: Hero of the frontier -- Abraham Lincoln: Holding the nation together -- Susan B. Anthony: The fight for women's rights -- Harriet Tubman: Guide to freedom -- John Muir: The father of national parks -- Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell: A meeting of two minds -- George Washington Carver: The scientist who saved the south -- Susan LaFlesche Picotte: An Omaha doctor returns home -- Nellie Bly: Investigative reporter -- Orville and Wilbur Wright: First in the air -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The man who never gave up -- Amelia Earhart: Flying into the unknown -- Langston Hughes: Finding the words -- Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Montgomery bus boycott -- Jackie Robinson: At home in the major leagues -- Cesar Chavez: Viva la causa! -- Neil Armstrong: To the moon!
650 0 $aFluency (Language learning)
650 0 $aReading comprehension$xStudy and teaching.
651 0 $aUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aChildren's plays, American.
650 0 $aOne-act plays, American.
650 0 $aHistorical drama, American.
650 0 $aDrama in education.
650 0 $aOral reading.
700 1 $aOttaiano, Mela.
710 2 $aScholastic Inc.