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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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No, we haven't used it. We have only been using Benchmark Reader's Workshop materials.

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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We use Benchmark Universe. We haven't used Advance, but are interested in exploring more.

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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I started using it with my higher reading groups with a lot of guided practice but we really haven't had time to really explore it in depth. Would love to know how other grade levels are using this resource.

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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We just started using the comprehension quick checks off of Benchmark Advanced. We are using them in our station work.

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Not at this time

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Are you using Benchmark Advance and if so how?

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Sometimes. Using the comprehension quick checks periodically.

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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We are not yet using them in our classrooms as a fluency check.  We do send home fluency practice passages each week with all of our students in our (new this year) at home practice sheets.

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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No, we don't use them. They are very short and it is very hard for our students to login to Benchmark on their iPads.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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Some things that are useful are: Skills at a Glance, Strategies and Skills at a Glance, all the different videos, audio with the read alouds, and the editing features.

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What questions do you have about the curriculum/materials?

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What questions do you have about the curriculum/materials?

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Will there be any updates to the curriculum materials?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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We use the automaticity each week - individually and with partners. We are using the fluency passages within the Word Study book. We have them locate the word pattern in each story either as whole group or reading playlist work.

Some of us are having students read them with partners and listening to the passages many times each week.

Jodie uses the FAST data to partner kids with each other for fluency partners.

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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We send home weekly share sheets which include a fluency passage, as well as a weekly decodable reader book.

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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No we have not used the fluency passages from Benchmark. We are using the phonics passages and words in the word study book. Also have utilized FAST fluency passages.

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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We use the fluency passages in our My Word Study book to practice individually and with partners. Students also interact with the text.

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Are you using the fluency passages and if so how?

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Yes. Students read the Accountable text and the Fluency check (in phonics) once, then answer the question.

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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Yes, we use them in weekly activity boards to practice with phonics skills.

It is really tough for students to login in to Benchmark to listen to ebooks and play games. Last year, students would be able to click a link and be in. The district changed the login process this year, and it is painful to get students utilizing the resources.

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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Are you using the games within the curriculum?

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Some of us have used the games (Jodie) - she said they are basic and short.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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We like the online components like ebooks, games, songs, and read alouds.

*The ebooks have not been reading aloud to students like they are supposed to. We reached out to Tracy, who reached out to someone at the district to get in touch with Benchmark and haven't gotten anywhere.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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We like the word study book and the activities.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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We like the comprehension quick checks that we learned about. We are finding more practice materials so that is helpful. Using the guided reading resources is helpful for leading small groups.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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Having mentor texts for students to work with us in is useful.

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What is a part of the curriculum that you finding very helpful/useful?

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-Students are forced to read a text more than once in a week. Each time they read it a different time, a different skill is being worked on.
-Building Automaticity in phonics has built up fluency.
-Turn and talk/shared partner discussions built into the curriculum has been great for kids to collaborate and share ideas.

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If gaps are found within this curriculum, is there a procedure to address it with Benchmark?

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How are people using the additional resources? Are people using the resources with students independently or as a whole group?

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Do we think it would be helpful to give an assessment where they have to use the words in writing to go with their report card grade.

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why are the tests at such a higher rigor than the work we do with students?

what should we be doing with the materials we don't get to? Mentor texts for unit 10?

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Why are the unit tests so much harder than the weekly tests?
There are so many materials - why so much stuff? We don't even know how to use half of the stuff that comes with the curriculum.
Such an in depth curriculum - hard to do it justice.