Our Country and Its People Unit 6 , Lesson 3 Open Court 2002

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Our Country and Its PeopleUnit 6 , Lesson 3Open
Court 2002
A Place Called Freedom
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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worked in the
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short drink of water
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to find our way
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just after sunrise
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into their house
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sat by the fire
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made your tongue glad
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because so many
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in a place called
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want to learn
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like magic to me
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put seeds in the ground
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wanted to grow up
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I dont see why a
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because I raised the
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