Reading

Third grade will be using the district adopted reading program, Benchmark Advanced. Parent information can be found at their website, http://california.benchmarkeducation.com/

 Benchmark Advance and Adelante’s rigorous, integrated reading, writing, speaking, and listening instruction meets the needs of districts implementing a reading collaborative, balanced approach, or workshop model, and enables all students to master rigorous learning goals with the support of strong differentiated instruction and responsive teaching based upon ongoing assessments.

Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante were built specifically to meet California's unique challenges. They provide the resources you need to meet the key instructional shifts in tandem with California's ELA/ELD instructional framework, ensuring you can meet its five themes: