Download or read book Primary Source Fluency Activities: Expanding & Preserving the Union written by Wendy Conklin and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 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.