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Grade 3 | C4 | Module 2
Significance Sentences for HOW Prompts Using MICE
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Day 1Gather + Reveal
Today we will gather with Stepping Stones hook. Reveal the HOW thesis (central idea) structure using prepositions.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
First day of this module!
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"Benjamin Franklin and Electricity" and "The Founding Fathers"
GET READY
Passage, Pencil, Highlighter
QUICK THINK
What do you already know about Benjamin Franklin and Electricity?
Foundational
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Day 2Attempt
Today we will modeled thesis (central idea): Franklin's invention helps protect buildings from lightning by guiding.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Explored with Stepping Stones hook.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"The Founding Fathers"
GET READY
Passage, Pencil, Colored pencils
QUICK THINK
What did you notice about The Founding Fathers during practice?
Emergent
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Day 3Discuss + Use
Today we will match 8 prompt-and-thesis cards: identify topic, charge, clue word, answer type.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Explored thesis (central idea): Franklin's invention helps protect buildings from.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"Benjamin Franklin and Electricity" and "The Founding Fathers"
GET READY
Passage, Pencil, Workbook
QUICK THINK
Does your thesis (central idea) clearly answer the prompt about Benjamin Franklin and Electricity?
Visible
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Day 4Award + Target
Today we will draw the pathway and recognize a text-supported original answer.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Matched 8 prompt-and-thesis cards: identify topic, charge, clue word, answer type.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
"Benjamin Franklin and Electricity"
GET READY
Pencil, Workbook
QUICK THINK
What made your evidence choice from Benjamin Franklin and Electricity the right one?
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Day 5Educate + Explain
Today we will teach a partner the HOW pathway.
YESTERDAY WE LEARNED
Drew the pathway and recognize a text-supported original answer.
TODAY'S PASSAGE(S)
New unfamiliar passage (Exit Ticket)
GET READY
Pencil, Workbook, Exit ticket
QUICK THINK
If you had one minute to teach MICE, what would you say?
Reflective
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