Build Knowledge and Integrate Ideas

1. Build Knowledge and Integrate
Ideas
GRADE 4, UNIT 4, WEEK 3, MINI-LESSON 1

2. Engage Thinking
I will be able to:
 Participate in discussions by being prepared, following discussion rules,
asking and answering questions, and reviewing key ideas.
 Paraphrase content from reading.
 Present ideas using formal English.

3. Engage Thinking
Let’s turn to Build, Reflect, Write on page 21. Remember, that in this unit,
our primary knowledge goal has been to develop a deeper understanding
of how authors use different points of view to relate a story’s actions and to
build understanding of a story’s characters. Last week, we read about two
different dogs that acted heroically. This week, we will meet two new
characters in stories told through first person point of view. One of the first
person narrators is another animal character, a horse named Black Beauty.

4. Turn and Talk to Share Knowledge
Let’s discuss the following questions. We can refer to our Build, Reflect,
Write page for ideas.
What did you learn from last week’s readings?
How do these ideas help you to answer the Essential Question?

5. Turn and Talk to Share Knowledge
Be sure to listen carefully to your partner and write down key ideas that are
discussed. Remembers to refer to the stories you read last week and
paraphrase parts of the stories to provide support for your ideas. Also,
remember to ask and respond to questions that clarify information. Here
are two sentence frames to support your use of formal language as you
present your ideas to the class.
I learned __________ from __________.
__________ helped me understand ___________.

6. Share
Please briefly summarize one or two ideas shared with your partner.
During your discussions, you explored ideas using information from stories
you read last week. Remember, you need to come prepared for a
discussion by reading the stories, thinking about them, and writing about
them. By contributing ideas, you help one another.

7. Model
After reading “Quiet!” and “Balto: A Heroic Dog,” I learned that heroes
come in different forms. Lad was an important member of his family even
before he rescued Mistress. Balto was part of a team of heroic dogs that
worked with their human mushers to save children ill with diphtheria.