This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.

From speeches to poems and letters including The Wedding of Pocahontas and an excerpt from The Federalist Papers, this book provides primary sources and activities to help teach important fluency strategies. While discovering historical people and events from the early American period, 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.

A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Provides resources for teaching elementary and secondary school students about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.

In Patriots in Boston, children and families witness and participate in the events leading to the "tea party" in Boston. As taxes and new laws are forced on the colonists, they know they have to take action to preserve their freedoms. With leadership from Samuel Adams, families disguise the men as Indians, who dump the tea into the Boston Harbor, creating a pivotal moment in American history.

Book summary and author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension discussion questions, graphic organizers and writing activities, effective management ideas, reproducibles for the book Pedro's journal by Pam Conrad.