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Quick Guide to Benchmark Advance: Planning

This post is for a series called “Quick Guide to Benchmark Advance,” which helps teachers with the basics. My biggest tip for planning Benchmark: FIND THE PATTERNS! The program follows one overall pattern in K-1 and then follows another pattern in grades 2-6. In Kinder and first grade, there are phonics, reading, and writing mini-lessons ... Read more

Mindset Shift

Let’s talk about three changes I made to my mindset about teaching Benchmark Advance in my classroom that made a huge difference.

This unit planner will help you plan for everything you need for each unit. It is meant to be used as a quick reference for each week and the main components covered that week. It also includes strategies that each week is focusing on and what your students should be learning that week. Each week ...

This unit planner will help you plan for everything you need for each unit. It is meant to be used as a quick reference for each week and the main components covered that week. It also includes strategies that each week is focusing on and what your students should be learning that week. Each week has two pages plus a third page for the ELD components. It is easy and convenient to place into sleeve protectors and post on the board or another accessible spot. Components Covered: Title of Unit…

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If you need close reading strategies for your Benchmark Advance lessons, this video is perfect for you! I'm covering four strategies that will help you simplify teaching when covering your Benchmark Advance comprehension lesson! Using these teaching tips and tricks will hep streamline your lessons and help keep things simple. Click to watch the video!
Stuck on how to plan your Benchmark Advance units? From lesson planning tips, to how to structure small groups, to how to make anchor charts, to guided reading strategies, to STEM activities, to student research, this course covers it all! These teacher strategies will help you gain confidence and save time in your Benchmark Advance planning. Click to see all the details!
⭐These digital & printable benchmark assessments for the beginning, middle, and end of the year are aligned to 4th grade Common Core Standards. Printable PDF & Digital Google Slides versions make this resource perfect for classroom and distance learning. Includes Lexile® leveled close reading passages and questions to give teachers a clear picture of student gaps and track progress to guide instruction.
This printable & digital Google Slides 4th grade math unit focuses on teaching students about comparing fractions. This unit includes anchor charts, practice, pages, manipulatives, test review, and an assessment to learn and practice comparing two fractions with different numerators and different denominators by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2.