Navigating the Benchmark Website

Objectives:❏ To explore the resources available on the

Benchmark website,❏ To navigate to leveled texts appropriate

for your child,❏ To locate resources to reinforce

foundational skills, and❏ To have more information to talk to your

child(ren) about their reading and writing curriculum.

The login page:❏ Logged in as a student, from chrome, click MCPS Resources, then Benchmark Universe or

https://mcpsmd.benchmarkuniverse.com

If you would like to follow along, use your child’s login information,

ORinstead of clicking “Sign in with

Google”:Username: montgomery_stu1

Password: password

Click Library

Here we will explore:❏ Books assigned to your student (if applicable),

❏ Consumable books students use for close reading,❏ ePocket Charts,

❏ Decodable Texts, and❏ Reader’s Theater.

Books Assigned to Your Student:❏ Assigned books may be on the right.

❏ OR choose: Benchmark Advance c2018, desired grade level, and the unit.

❏ Your child should be able to point out the texts they have already worked with in class.

Consumable Books

❏ One for each unit in grades 2-5,❏ One for every two units in K-1,

❏ Used for close reading: highlighting and annotating text, and

❏ Sent home at the end of each unit with an optional take-home activity calendar.

Family Night

Grade 3 Daily Take Home Calendar

ePocket Chart❏ A fun way for students to play around with sounds,

words, and sentences while they learn.❏ Grade 1 has many ePocket Charts prepared by

spelling pattern.

Decodable Texts

❏ Focus is on blending sounds to read unknown words.

❏ Teaches and reinforces phonics skills.

Reader’s Theater

❏ Speaking parts are at varying reading levels within one text.

❏ Builds fluency and confidence.

Heidi Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXQa7GOI4U

❏ Help students learn letter formation and sounds.❏ Help students learn to spell the sight words.

❏ These are available on YouTube and on the teacher Benchmark site.

Questions?