1 st Grade Benchmark Advance At a Glance Components Included: Phonics Skills, Spelling Words, High Frequency Words, Decodables, Shared Readings, Mentor Read Aloud/Big Book, Concepts of Print, Phonological Awareness, Fluency/Phrasing, Unit Essential Question, Writing, Language, ELD Components, and Small Group Readers
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1st GradeBenchmark Advance
At a GlanceComponents Inc luded: Phon ics Sk i l ls , Spe l l ing Words,
H igh Frequency Words, Decodables , Shared Read ings , Mentor Read Aloud/B ig Book, Concepts of Pr int , Phono log ica l
Awareness, F luency/Phras ing , Un i t Essent ia l Quest ion , Wr i t ing , Language, ELD Components , and Smal l Group Readers
Unit
Wee
k
Phonic Skills Spelling WordsHigh-
FrequencyWords
Decodable ReadersShared Reading
(2 per week)Mentor Read Aloud (2 per week)
or Extended Read (2 per week)
Unit 1: Being a Good Community
Member
1 Short aFinal s /z/
back, cap, had, has, pack, pans, ran, sack,
see, she
and, go see, she, the
Mr. Dan Has a Plan,We Can Clean Up!
1:“Katie’s Crop” p.22:”Kind Hearts Are Gardens” p.3
1:“Hello Community Garden!” p.4-5
2:“Safe to Go!” p. 6-7
2 Short i; Plural nouns
big, fit, him, hit, kick, kids, lid, lips, little, you
little, play, with, you
We Can Fix It!,The Big Rip
1:“Save Our Planet” p.42:“What Will Max Do?” p.5
Being a Responsible Citizen
3 Short o; Double Final Consonants
box, cots, doll, hot, jump, lock, mop, one, rock,
tops
for, have, jump, no, one
A Big Job!,A Lot of Socks
1:“Jim Henson” p.62:“The More We Work
Together” p.7
People Who Made Contributions
Unit 2: Many Kindsof Characters 1 Short e are, beg, fed, jet, let,
look, mess, neck, sell, tenare, look, my,
said, twoGet Well, Red Hen!,
Will Red Hen Get Well?1:“A Pet for Meg” p.8
2:“Read to Me” p.9
1:”The Ant and the Grasshopper” p.10–13
2:“Little Red Riding Hood” p.14-17
2 Short u; Inflectional Endings -s
come, cub, cuff, cup, duck, dull, here, nut, rug,
sun
come, here, to, of
Big Bus,The Three Cubs
1:“Nan and Blue” p.102:“The Tortoise and the Hare”
Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness, and Fluency/Phrasing (cont.)
Essential Question Week Writing Build Language
Unit 1:
Why do people get involved
in their communities?
1Write Key Details, Write a Description, Write a Narrative, Write a Description, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts Common and Proper Nouns
2Write a List, Write a Short Story, Write an Opinion,
Write a Rule, Plan and Draft a Response Verb Tenses
3Write a First Person Narrative, Write an Opinion, Write a Play, Write to Compare
and Contrast Main Ideas, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Common and Proper Nouns
Unit 2:
How do we learn about
people?
1Write Key Details, Write Events in a Sequence, Write a Dialogue,
Write a New Ending, Write an Opinion,Singular and Plural Nouns
With Matching Verbs
2Write Key Ideas, Write Events in a Sequence, Write a Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response Articles and Demonstratives
3Write a Key Event, Write a Description, Write a Narrative,
Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential QuestionSingular and Plural Nouns
With Matching VerbsUnit 3:
Why do living things change?
1Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description of Characters, Write an Opinion, Write to Compare and Contrast Informational and Narrative Texts Singular and Plural Verbs
2Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write an Opinion, Write a
Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Indefinite Pronouns
3Write a Key Event, Write a Narrative, Write a Dialogue, Write an
Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential QuestionReview Singular and Plural
Nouns and Matching Verbs Unit 4:
How do people create
stories?
1Write Key Details, Write a New Event, Write to Describe Characters,
Write a Narrative, Write an Opinion Use Adjectives
2Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description, Write an Opinion
About Characters, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionCommas in Dates and in a Series
3Write Key Details, Write a Narrative, Write a Description,
Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Use Adjectives
Unit 5:
How can technology make a difference in
our lives?
1Write About Key Details, Write an Opinion, Write a Journal Entry, Write
a Dialogue, Write to Compare and Contrast Real and Imaginary Robots Different Kinds of Sentences
2Write Key Details, Write a Series of Events, Write and E-mail,
Write an Opinion, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Prepositions
3Write Key Details, Write a Log, Write a Story Event,
Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Different Kinds of Sentences
Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Essential Question, Writing and Language
Essential Question Week Writing Build Language
Unit 6:
What can we learn from a
mistake?
1Write Key Details, Write a Letter, Write About a Key event, Write About the Central Message, Write to Compare and Contrast Central Messages
Produce Simple andCompound Sentences
2Write Key Events, Write a Diary Entry, Write an Opinion,
Write a Narrative, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential Question Conjunctions
3Write a List of Story Events, Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative,
Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Review
Unit 7:
Why is the past
important?
1Write a Key Detail, Write a Narrative, Write Events in a Sequence,
Write a Time Line, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts Possessive Nouns
2Write Key Details, Write a Time Line, Write a Glossary Entry,
Write a Description, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionMatch Singular and
Plural Nouns and Verbs
3Write Key Details, Write an Opinion, Write a Narrative, Write to Compare and Contrast Informational Texts, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Possessive Nouns
Unit 8:
Why do the sun and moon capture our imagination?
1Write Key Details, Write to Describe a Story Event, Write a Description,
Write a Narrative, Write to Compare and Contrast TextsPersonal, Possessive, and
Indefinite Pronouns
2Write Key Ideas, Write a Description, Write Labels,
Write a Journal Entry, Plan and Draft a Response to the Essential QuestionPast and Present
Tense Verbs
3Write Key Events, Write a Letter, Write the Central Message,
Write an Opinion, Revise and Edit a Response to the Essential Question Present Tense Verbs
Unit 9:
Why do people trade
with each other?
1Write Steps in a Process, Write to Compare and Contrast Goods and Services, Write a
Summary, Write an Opinion and Reason, Write to Compare and Contrast Texts
Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Essential Question, Writing and Language (cont.)
Knowledge Strand W
eek ELD Components Small Group Readers
Language Objectives Content Objectives Leveled Readers Reader’s Theatre
Unit
1:
Gov
ernm
ent
and
Citi
zens
hip
1 • Use categories• Use verbs• Use question marks• Use proper nouns• Use cause-and-
effect signal words
• Build vocabulary related to community roles and responsibilities
• Understand the different ways people participate in their communities
Helping Friends (90L C/4), Working Together (BR C/3),Leaders Can Help (BR D/5), Vote! (120L D/6),
The School Day (230L D/5), Our Families Help (160L C/4), Helping Animals (110L E/8),
Doing Jobs Together (200L E/8), Rules at School (BR E/7), Remember the Rules! (60L E/7),
We Have Rules (290L F/9), Rules (420L F/10)
Humpty Dumpty’s Fall
The Earth Day Garden
2
3
Unit
2:
Cha
ract
er 1 • Use noun and verb agreement
• Use nouns• Use sound words• Use sequence signal
words• Use comparison words
• Build vocabulary related to literary characters
• Understand how folktales and fairy tales develop characters
Poor Turkey Girl (170L C/4), A Tug of War (220L C/3, Chicken Little (180L D/5), Hansel and Gretel (60L D/5),
Hercules and the Stables (260L D/5), Issun Boshi or One-Inch Boy (150L D/6),
Clean Up! Oue Earth Day Project (70L E/7), Cinderella (110L E/8), The Princess and the Pea (210L E/7),
Neighbors at Play (250L D/6), The Little Red Hen (250L F10), City Mouse and Country Mouse (220L F10)
The Little Girl with the Curl
How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
2
3
Unit
3:
Life
Sc
ienc
e
1 • Use verbs• Use noun and verb
agreement• Use prepositions• Use nouns and verbs• Use color words• Use opposites
• Build vocabulary related to plant and animal development
• Understand the life cycle of plants and animals
Johnny Appleseed (120L D/5), Ducklings Grow Up (70L D/5), Every Tree Has a Life Cycle (130L D/6),
A Seed Needs Help (120L D/6), Penguins in Antarctica (400L E/8), Baby Bumblebee (180L E/8), Watch a Frog Grow 350L F/9), A Frog Someday (250L F/9), Little Lion
(390L F/9), How Raven Became Black and Owl Got It’s Spots (260L F/10), How Does a Cactus Grow? (330L G/11),
Watch a Butterfly Grow (340L H/13)
Mary’s Garden: How Does It Grow?
The Tricky Garden
2
3
Unit
4:
Poin
t of
Vie
w
1 • Use verbs• Use proper nouns• Use animal sounds• Use rhyming words• Use describing words• Use prepositions
• Build vocabulary related to narration of stories
• Understand the process by which people create stories
The Crowded Hut (280L F/9), Liam’s Library (270L F/9), Mojave Mutt (230L F/10), Albert’s Nest (360L G/11),
Mutt in Michigan (300L G/11), A New Friend (380L G/11), The Gingerbread Man (450L H/14), How the Camel Got Its Hump (110L D/5), Who Will Bell the Cat? (200L E/8), Tim and Maya in China (140L E/7), The Fourth! Our
Show (140L E/7), Old MacDonald (480L F/10)
Jack and Jill Play on the Hill
Inspector Insector2
3
Unit
5:
Tech
nolo
gy
and
Soci
ety 1 • Use technology words
• Use verb and noun agreement
• Use verbs• Use rhyming words• Use prepositions
• Build vocabulary related to using technology to accomplish tasks
• Understand the ways in which technology affects our lives
Farther and Faster (380L F/9), Build Your Own Library (480L F/9), Ellen Ochoa (520L F/10), What Pushes?
What Pulls? (230L F/10), Technology Today (510L G/12), Jacques Cousteau (560L G/11), Water Works (250L
G/12), Wind (410L G/12), Communication (300L H/13), Make a Sundial (520L H/14), Communication Then and Now (80L E/7), People Who Use Magnets at Work (440L E/8)
Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Alignment, ELD, and Small Group Readers
Knowledge Strand W
eek ELD Components Small Group Readers
Language Objectives Content Objectives Leveled Readers Reader’s Theatre
Unit
6:
Them
es1
• Use describing words• Use nouns• Use categories• Use verbs• Use plurals
• Build vocabulary related to the lessons that stories teach
• Understand how mistakes help us learn lessons
A Wolf, a Girl, and Her Grandma (60L E/8), The Wind and the Sun (220L F/9), The Milkmaid and Her Pail (270L F/10),
How Bear Lost Her Tail (290L F/10), The Boy Who Cried Wolf (230L G/11), The Ugly Duckling (200L G/12), The Emperor’s New Clothes (280L G/11), Dog and His Reflection (350L G/12), The Tiger, the Brahmin, and the
Jackal (250L H/14), Why Owl Has Big Eyes and Rabbit Hops (320L H/14), How Elephant Made Peanut Butter (290L
I/15), Why is Hummingbird Tiny? (390L I/15)
The Purple Cow
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears
2
3
Unit
7:
Hist
ory
and
Cul
ture
1 • Use education words• Use time words• Use verb tenses• Use proper nouns• Use capital letters• Use noun and verb
agreement
• Build vocabulary related to the past, present, and future
• Understand the value of learning about the past
Then and Now (310L F/10), Famous Landmarks (420L F/10), Growing Older (100L G/11) My Time Box (370L G11), Mathew Henson (640L G/12), The Old Gray Mare (500L G/12), Early American Portrait Artists (620L H/13), Writing About America (400L H/13), Great People Make America Great (540L H/13), A Seat on the Bus (740L
I/15), Clothes Long Ago (420L I/15), A Throne for the King (510L I/16)
London Bridge Has Fallen Down
The Time Capsule2
3
Unit
8:
Eart
h Sc
ienc
e
1 • Use sky words• Use comparing words• Use opposites • Use nouns• Use verbs• Use rhyming words
• Build vocabulary related to the sky
• Understand what makes the sky and planets capture our imaginations
Summer to Fall (160L F/10), Ready for Fall (250L F/10), Predicting the Weather (330L G/11), The Courageous Sailor (310L G/12), Hurricane Diary (360L G/12), Demeter and Persephone (460L H/13), Storms (550L I/16), Stormy Stuart
(480L I/16), Thunderstorms Are the Best Storms! (470L I/16), The Sun and the Seasons (620L J/18), Star Light, Star Bright (200L H/13), Why the Sky is Far Away (330L J/18)
The Twinkling Stars
Why the Moon Changes in the Night Sky
2
3
Unit
9:
Econ
omic
s 1• Use sequence signal
words• Use categories • Use noun and verb
agreement• Use punctuation• Use describing words• Use prepositions
• Build vocabulary related to the use of goods and services
• Understand why people trade goods and services with each other
What Are Goods? (250L G/11), Providing Services (400L G/12), Choices, Choices (320L G/12), The Farm Stand Mystery (430L H/14), Shopping with the Nicholas Family
(390L H/13), Dollars and Cents (330L H/14), Peaches All the Time (530L I/16), From Farm to Table (350L I/16),
Using Resources to Build (310L I/16), How I Started a Clothing Drive (280L I/15), Firefighters Need Our Support
(600L J/18), Clothes Then and Now (420L K/20)
Pies for Simple Simon
Johnny Appleseed2
3
Unit
10:
Phys
ical
Sc
ienc
e
1 • Use cause and effect signal words
• Use sound words• Use sentence patterns• Use opposites• Use compound nouns
• Build vocabulary related to sound and light
• Understand the ways in which sound and light affect our lives
Light (410L F/10), Heat (480L G/11), Sounds (400L G/12), Around the World With Music (410L H/14),
Life in the City (270L H/13), Our Sun (360L I/16), Carver and Edison Two American Inventors (540L I/15), Electricity Makes the World Better (600L I/15), Looking Into Space (620L I/16), Benjamin Franklin (620L J/18), Oops! Why
Benchmark Advance at a Glance – Alignment, ELD, and Small Group Readers (cont.)
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