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= __Essential Question__: What Makes Us the Same? What Makes Us Different? =

Students will:

 * ===learn the reading strategy: Determine Importance===
 * ===make personal connections to the text===
 * ===learn to use graphic organizers===
 * ===learn new vocabulary===

**Homework:**
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 * Finish your Vocabulary Foldable for the words on page 210.

Reminders:
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 * ** Checking homework today: **
 * ** Scan for Vocabulary pages 213-221. **
 * ** Mr. Devine will be in the Night Library every Tuesday from 3:00 to 6:00. **

__Agenda__
1. Introduce New Vocabulary
 * Choral reading of the new vocabulary on page 210.
 * Explain meanings.
 * Remind students of homework.

2. Determine Importance, page 211
 * Lead students through the page.
 * Explain how to use the strategy.

3. Reading Alphabet City Ballet
 * Read "Build Background"
 * Watch a YouTube video of ballet dancing
 * While reading the story, have students use a T chart to keep track of what they read and why it is important to them.

4. Begin Homework
 * Your Vocabulary Foldable must look great!