Ottaiano, Mela

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.

Contains twenty-five reproducible worksheets designed to help students in grades four through eight conduct Internet searches on famous Americans, each with reading-comprehension questions and graphic organizers.