Teaching Prep Made Easy

No teacher prep involved!! Once you read, "Hercules' Quest" in the Grade 4 Benchmark Advance unit 6 close reader (week 2), you will be all set with these 4 worksheets! Skills include: -Analyzing vocabulary and phrases. -Determining what to include in a summary and how to put it in chronological order. -Analyzing character traits, actions, and events. -Determining a theme and finding evidence to support the theme. -Comparing and contrasting texts ( Use"Hercules' Quest" to compare to "Sugar Maple

No Teacher Prep! Answer Keys Included for 3 days! "All Kinds of Communities" is found in the grade 3 unit 7 Benchmark Advance Close reader. Use these three worksheets to reinforce the following skills: -Authors claim and finding details to support a claim -Analyzing text features and how they add meaning to a text -Comparing and contrasting information presented in "All Kinds of Communities" to "My St. Augustine Journal" and "My New Life in Vermont" by analyzing how information is presented and

No teacher prep work! Answer keys included! Use these 5 worksheets to supplement the text "Animal Coverings" found in the Benchmark Advance close reader text. (grade 3 unit 1) The skills included focus on: -Answering text dependent questions when setting a purpose for reading -Determining details to support a central idea (2 handouts) -Using signal words to determine the text structure -Comparing and contrasting information across texts (Animal Tools for Survival) These worksheets are great for

No teacher prep work! Answer keys included! Use these 4 supplemental handouts to support "Animal Disguises" and "Animal Tools for Survival" texts found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 3 Unit 1 close reader. These 4 pages of skills focus on: -Analyzing vocabulary words using context clues -Determining a central idea and finding details to support -Analyzing a text structure and finding evidence to support a structure -Comparing and contrasting information across texts These handouts can be used f

No Teacher Prep! Answer Keys for all 5 Worksheets! "Native Americans in the Revolution" can be found in the unit 7 close reader texts. (Grade 5 week 2) These 5 worksheets will help your students to analyze: -Finding details to support a central idea -Analyzing text features and determining text structure -Using context clues to find the meaning of vocabulary words -Finding reasons and evidence to support an author's claim -Comparing and contrasting information across multiple texts to write abou

No teacher prep work- answer keys and teacher planner included!! "The Art of Origami" and "Sand Sculpture" texts are found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 2 Unit 10 close reader. (Week 1). Use these 4 supplemental worksheets to help your students deep dive into the following skills: -Finding details to support a central idea -Answering text dependent questions -Analyzing text features *Science skills are infused with ELA skills Use these handouts at the end of the year to review skills needed for

No teacher prep! Answer keys included for all 6 pages! "From Somalia to Chicago" "Eatonville", and "My Urban Vegetable Garden" are Vocabulary Practice texts found in the Grade 3 Unit 7 close reader magazine. Use these 6 pages of handouts to support the skills found in unit 7. This is also great review for any upcoming assessments! - Analyzing themes -Determining a character/author's perspective -Vocabulary practice using context clues -Summarizing a text -Analyzing images to support the text -D

No teacher prep! Answer keys included! "The Chinese Railroad Workers" text is found in the Benchmark Advance close reader. (Grade 4 unit 7 week 2). These FOUR days worth of materials will help your class to understand: -Analyzing text features -Determining a text structure -Finding evidence to support a central idea -Comparing and contrasting "The Chinese Railroad Workers" to "Building the Transcontinental Railroad" text These handouts are great for small group rotations, whole group deep dive,

No teacher prep work! Answer keys and teacher planner included! "Matter Changes in Many Ways", "Crazy Horse Memorial," and "It's All Water" are texts found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 2 close reader text set. (Unit 10). These three pages include: -Analyzing text features -Answering text dependent questions -Determining details to support a central idea -Analyzing poetry elements -Turn/Talk prompts Use these 3 pages as a way to wrap up unit 10 and prepare for the big assessment OR hold on to t

No teacher prep! Answer keys included! "The Railroad's Impact on Native Americans" is found in the Benchmark Advance close reader text. (Grade 4 Unit 7 Week 3). Use these THREE supplemental worksheets to deep dive into the following skills: -Analyzing a cause and effect text structure/ chronological order structure -Determining evidence and reasons to support an author's claim -Comparing and contrasting information from "The Railroad's Impact on Native Americans" to "The Chinese Railroad Workers

Benchmark Advance Grade 5 curriculum is rigorous. Help your students chunk the material by using these FL. B.E.S.T. standards based worksheets and organizers to go along with the Constitution Close Reader. These handouts can be used in pairs, student led small groups, whole group, or small group rotations. These are NO prep/little prep for teachers to use!

"First Day of Work", "Giving Back", and "My Family Tree" are found in the Benchmark Advance Gr 5 Unit 7 Close Reader. Use these 6 pages to practice skills for the big test! 4 pages of test prep practice and 2 graphic organizers to focus on: -Determining a central idea and details to support the idea -Analyzing vocabulary words using context clues -Summarizing -Determining text structure -Finding evidence to support a claim Use these handouts as a small group rotation, independent practice, pre-

"Who's Driving?" is found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 4 close reader. (Week 2). These 4 days of lessons include worksheets to deep dive into the following skills: -Determining central idea and creating a summary. -Analyzing what to include in a summary. -Finding details to support a problem/solution text structure. -Finding reasons and evidence to support an author's claim. -Multiple choice/written response review for the week to practice for the quiz. Includes: graphic organizer, journal/wr

Do your students need help to dissect "The Poems of the Industrial Revolution"? "Prayers of Steel" and "Banking Coal" can be found in the grade 5 Benchmark Advance Unit 5 close reader. Use these handouts to support the following: -Comparing/Contrasting themes -Analyzing poetic elements -Analyzing figurative language and vocabulary -1 page of test prep questions -1 graphic organizer to compare texts -Answer keys included These are NO prep/little prep for teachers to use!

Little to no teacher prep! Answer keys included! "Riding to Work" and "Amazing Grace" is found in the Benchmark Advance Gr 3 close reader. (Unit 5 Vocabulary Practice Texts). These 8 pages of material will help your students to understand the skills needed to succeed on the unit assessment. These skills include: -Summarizing -Support an author's claim using details in the text -Using context clues to determine vocabulary -Finding details to support a central idea -Text structure: Cause and Effe

No Prep/Little Teacher Prep work!! Dive into Benchmark Advance Grade 5 Unit 4 Week 1 Lessons. This packet includes ML 2, 4, 8, and 12 supplemental worksheets. -Text dependent questions analyzing "I Hear America Singing" and "Caged Bird" -Vocabulary Practice - Figurative Language Support including 2 pages- 1 page of figurative language review and 1 page analyzing figurative language found in the close reader poems. (Answer key included) -Analyze the elements of plot found in "Gold Country" using

"The Law of Club and Fang" is found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 5 Close Reader. (Unit 6 Week 2). These 4 worksheets will help your students with the following skills: -Inferring, Describing, and Comparing Character Perspectives -Analyzing illustrations and plot elements -Determining the theme of a passage -Comparing texts and themes using "The Law of Club and Fang" and "Brushfire." -Great for whole group modeling, small group reteach, independent practice, partner work, homework, or to be le

No teacher prep! Answer keys included for all 3 days! "Sarah and the Chickens" from Sarah, Plain and Tall is found in the Benchmark Advance grade 3 close reader. (Unit 7) Use these worksheets to help your students prepare for the end of the year assessment as well as the unit assessments. These THREE worksheets include: -Analyzing how characters contribute to the plot. -Analyzing illustrations and how they add deeper meaning to the text. -Finding evidence to compare and contrast two texts (them

No teacher prep! These 4 worksheets come with answer keys as well as an additional journal prompts sentence starter Mini anchor chart. "Sugar Maple and Woodpecker" and "The Valiant Little Tailor" are found in the Benchmark Advance Grade 4 close reader. (Unit 6 Week 1). All of these materials will save you time and get you through the first week of unit 6. The skills included are: -Making connections to the text -Summarizing -Analyzing characters and how characters contribute to the plot -Determi

Wrap up unit 6 with these 5 worksheets to analyze, "The Big Game" text found in Benchmark Advance grade 3 close reader. (Unit 6 week 3). These handouts focus on character motivations, plot elements, summarizing, figurative language, and theme. In addition, one worksheet focuses on comparing the theme and character actions to the text, "A President for Everyone". Lastly, I have included a poetry deep dive worksheet using the Benchmark Advance unit 6 poem, "Choices." This worksheet analyzes the th