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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Mirette on the High Wire

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Use Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Picture Paris one-hundred years ago; theaters and music halls were all the rage and young Mirette and her mother welcomed traveling performers from around the world to stay at their popular boardinghouse. One of these traveling vagabonds is a retired high-wire walker and Mirette is immediately drawn to him and his talent. The exciting story and detailed illustrations make this award-winning book an excellent choice for mini lessons focused on visualizing, making connections and predictions, synthesizing, and determining importance.
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Determining Importance with Mirette on the High Wire

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Determining Importance with Mirette on the High Wire

Use this determining importance lesson plan to guide and support students as they sort through the details of the characters' actions and feelings to determine which ones are most important to understanding Emily Arnold McCully's Mirette on the High Wire.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.3.2W.3.8RL.3.3L.3.6RL.3.5RL.3.6RL.3.7RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.13E3.7A3.13H3.7B3.1A3.7C3.1C3.7D3.1D3.7E3.1E3.7F3.6A3.7G3.6B3.8C3.6E3.10A3.6G3.13C3.6I
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Making Connections with Mirette on the High Wire

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As students read Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully, they will quickly connect with Mirette's desire to achieve her goal. This making connections mini lesson shows students how to improve their understanding of the story by relating it to things that they are already familiar with in their own lives, other stories, or the world in general.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RL.3.1RL.3.3RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1d
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.13H3.7A3.7B3.7C3.7D3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.7G3.1E3.8C3.6A3.13C3.6E3.13E3.6I
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Making Predictions with Mirette on the High Wire

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Making Predictions with Mirette on the High Wire

Using the familiar feelings of fear and courage, students will find it easy to make predictions about what might logically happen next to Mirette and Bellini in Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully. This focused mini lesson prompts students to make predictions and reflect on why their predictions make sense.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6RL.3.1RL.3.2RL.3.3RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1d
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.13E3.6I3.13H3.7A3.7B3.7C3.1A3.7D3.1C3.7E3.1D3.7F3.1E3.7G3.6A3.8C3.6B3.13C3.6C
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Synthesizing with Mirette on the High Wire

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In order for readers to deeply comprehend Emily Arnold McCully's Mirette on the High Wire, they will need to be able to analyze how Mirette and Bellini change over the course of the story. This synthesizing mini lesson shows students where to pause and think about the growth of these two characters.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.3.7RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1cRL.3.1SL.3.1dRL.3.2SL.3.2RL.3.3SL.3.3RL.3.4W.3.8RL.3.5L.3.6RL.3.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7E3.1C3.7F3.1D3.7G3.1E3.8C3.6A3.8D3.6G3.13C3.6H3.13E3.6I3.13H3.7B3.7C3.7D3.1A
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Visualizing with Mirette on the High Wire

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Visualizing with Mirette on the High Wire

Readers will use the rich language, exciting events, and real emotions included in Mirette on the High Wire to help them "see" the story in their mind. This visualizing mini lesson encourages improved understanding by paying close attention to the author's words and illustrations.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RL.3.7RL.3.10RF.3.3RF.3.4SL.3.1dSL.3.2SL.3.3W.3.8L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 3.7F3.1D3.10C3.1E3.13C3.6A3.13E3.6D3.13H3.6E3.6I3.7A3.7B3.7C3.1A3.7E3.1C
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Compound Words with Mirette on the High Wire

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Compound Words with Mirette on the High Wire

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully as a springboard for instruction focused on compound words.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how compound words are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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  • RF.3.3RF.3.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Mirette on the High Wire

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This set of vocabulary development resources for Mirette on the High Wire highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.3.4aL.3.5bL.3.6
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  • 3.7E3.7F3.3A3.3B
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Running Record with Mirette on the High Wire

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Running Record with Mirette on the High Wire

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Mirette on the High Wire. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Character Traits with Mirette on the High Wire

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The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Determining Importance with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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Character Traits with Mirette on the High Wire (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: Mirette on the High Wire
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Genre: Historical Fiction
Themes: History, Award Winners, Perseverance, Relationship Skills, Growth Mindset
ISBN: 9780399221309
Publisher's Summary:
One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.
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