Fluency Practice, Grades 2-3

by Hart, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9781420680416
• ISBN10: 1420680412
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Summary

Fluency has two basic components. Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly and accurately while using expression and proper phrasing. Speaking fluency is the ability to express oneself easily and gracefully. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Nursery Rhymes
Hey Diddle Diddle	p. 5
As I Was Going to St. Ives	p. 6
Jack Sprat	p. 7
The Grand Old Duke of York	p. 8
Aiken Drum	p. 9
The Owl and the Pussy Cat	p. 10
Old Mother Hubbard	p. 12
Poetry
Beautiful Soup	p. 13
Eletelephony	p. 14
Fog	p. 15
Good Hours	p. 16
A Good Play	p. 17
Michael Finnegan	p. 18
Monday's Child	p. 19
Sing a Song of Sixpence	p. 20
A Poison Tree	p. 21
Summer Sun	p. 22
An Autumn Greeting	p. 23
Winter Time	p. 24
At the Zoo	p. 25
Two Cats of Kilkenny	p. 26
The Caterpillar	p. 27
The Cow	p. 28
The Hairy Dog	p. 29
A Frog Went A-Courtin'	p. 30
The Elephant	p. 31
Haiku
Haiku by Basho	p. 32
More Haiku by Basho	p. 34
Haiku about Bugs	p. 36
Haiku about the Moon and Stars	p. 37
Haiku about Birds	p. 38
Haiku about Trees	p. 39
Songs
Kookaburra	p. 40
She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain	p. 41
Yankee Doodle	p. 42
Hush, Little Baby	p. 43
Billy Boy	p. 44
Buffalo Gals	p. 45
I've Been Workin' on the Railroad	p. 46
Soldier's Joy	p. 47
On Top of Spaghetti	p. 48
Proverbs
Short Proverbs	p. 49
More Short Proverbs	p. 50
Bird Proverbs	p. 51
Learning Proverbs	p. 52
Animal Proverbs	p. 53
Funny Proverbs	p. 54
Proverbs about Love	p. 55
Fables
The Bear and the Two Travelers	p. 56
The Hare and the Tortoise	p. 57
The Crow and the Pitcher	p. 58
The Boy and the Filberts	p. 59
The Milk-Woman and Her Pail	p. 60
The Ant and the Grasshopper	p. 61
The Fox and the Grapes	p. 62
The Peacock and the Crane	p. 63
Tongue Twisters
Shorter Tongue Twisters	p. 64
Longer Tongue Twisters	p. 69
Ballads
The Three Ravens	p. 73
Arkansas Traveler	p. 74
Antonio	p. 75
The Mermaid	p. 76
The Smart Schoolboy	p. 77
Waltzing Matilda	p. 78
Casey Jones	p. 79
John Henry	p. 80
Fairy Tales
The Lion and the Mouse	p. 81
The Princess and the Pea	p. 82
The Little Red Hen	p. 84
Sleeping Beauty	p. 86
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	p. 88
Readers' Theater
The Sock Thief	p. 90
Annie's Horse	p. 92
The New Boy	p. 94
Meet Paul Bunyan	p. 96
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