An edition of Famous Americans (2008)

Famous Americans

22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.

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An edition of Famous Americans (2008)

Famous Americans

22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.

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Help 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.

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Scholastic Inc., Scholastic, Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Language
English
Pages
199

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Reading comprehension, Children's plays, American, American Historical drama, Study and teaching, Oral reading, Drama in education, One-act plays, American, Fluency (Language learning), Biography, Plays, Children, juvenile literature, History, ancient, History, ancient, juvenile literature, Biography, juvenile literature

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Cover of: Famous Americans
Famous Americans: 22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.
2008, Scholastic Inc.
in English
Cover of: Famous Americans
Famous Americans: 22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.
2008, Scholastic Inc.
in English
Cover of: Famous Americans
Famous Americans: 22 short plays for building fluency / [editor: Mela Ottaiano] ; Scholastic Inc.
2008, Scholastic Inc., Scholastic, Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
in English

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Table of Contents

Christopher 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!

Edition Notes

"22 reproducible plays that build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension"--Cover.

"Formerly published as Famous Americans: 22 short plays for the classroom"--T.p. verso.

"Grades 4-8"--Cover.

"Great for buiding content-area knowledge:--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

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New York
Series
Teaching Resources
Genre
Biography

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Library of Congress
LB1573.3 .F366 2008

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199 p. :
Number of pages
199

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OL23576256M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780545072168
ISBN 10
0545072166
ISBN 13
9780545072168
LCCN
2009278951
OCLC/WorldCat
191928603

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