Our Country and Its People Unit 6, Lesson 1 Open Court 2002

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Our Country and Its PeopleUnit 6, Lesson 1Open
Court 2002
The First Americans
Phrase-cued Fluency Practice Linda Day Crowville
Middle School http//www.opencourtresources.com
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To the TeacherFluency is the ability to read a
text accurately and quickly. It is important
because it provides a bridge between word
recognition and comprehension. Studies have shown
that even when students recognize many words
automatically, their oral reading still may be
expressionless, not fluent. To read with
expression, readers must be able to divide the
text into meaningful chunks. These chunks include
phrases and clauses. Studies also suggest that
there is a close relationship between fluency and
reading comprehension. Some readers may recognize
words automatically in isolation or on a list,
they may not read the same words fluently when
the words appear in sentences in connected text.
Fluency develops gradually over considerable time
and through substantial practiceThe following
slides are phrases taken from each story in Unit
6, Our Country and Its People. (Open Court
2002)From Put Reading FirstK-3 (Fluency)
NIFLwww.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publicatio
ns/reading-first
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long years ago
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there were people
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these nations came to be
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around the bottoms of
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a boy started work as a
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wrestled or rolled small hoops
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were covered with great forests
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cleared trees and burned bushes
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when water birds flew south
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wigwams and wickiups
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had its own cooking-fire
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worked at softening hide
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fished and gathered shellfish
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were made from cedar logs
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also had ceremonies
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where it was often
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