Benchmark Advance - Whole Group Texts

• • Unit 1 - Government for the People

  • Unit 2 - Ways Characters Shape Stories

  • Unit 3 - Animal Adaptations

  • Unit 4 - Comparing Points of View

  • Unit 5 - Advancements in Technology

  • Unit 6 - Making Decisions

  • Unit 7 - Communities Then and Now

Objectives

We will read the text and practice several skills/strategies:

• Identify main idea and key detail

• Interpret Graphic Features: Analyze Illustrations/Charts

• Draw Inferences from Character Actions

• Analyze Author’s Point of View

• Use Context Clues to Defne Vocabulary

• Compare Two Texts - Themes

• Determine Central Message or Lesson

• Text Connections: Chronology/Sequence

Close Reading Homework:

• Read/identify and annotate reader (hard copy/online version) - key details and main idea

• Complete Context Clues Graphic Organizer

• Complete Assigned Weekly Quiz

• Complete Lexia Minutes (20 minutes per day until you complete Level 14)