Use these materials to help elevate your Unit 3 Benchmark Advance Experience

Week	Selection	Strategy	Link
All	Bookmarks	Bookmarks to support students as they write informational/expository pieces. 4 to a page.	here
All	Bookmarks	Bookmarks to support students as they write informational/expository pieces. 8 to a page.	here
All	Packet Review	This packet uses content from unit 3 to review language and grammar outcomes from the first two units in 3rd grade, as well as standards from 2nd grade.	here
All	TDQ Packet	Text-dependent questions for the two short reads and two extended reads in	here
Week 1	Possessive Nouns	Use this poster to help students form and use possessive nouns; both singular and plural	here
Week 1	Animal Disguises	Sentences vs. Fragments (Examples come from the Animal Disguises text.)	here
Week 1	Animals’ Tools for Survival	Because But and So	here
Week 1	Animals’ Tools for Survival	Camouflage Practice Questions, to be used during independent practice	here
Week 1 through 3	Week 1 through 3	A list of videos, songs and links to support implementation of Unit 3	here
Week 1 through 3	Week 1 through 3	Spell it Write	here
Week 1 through 3	How Rabbit Lost His Tail (small group)	Comprehension questions, printed to Avery 5160 Labels	here
Week 1 through 3	Habitats of Africa, small group	Summarize Task, for Chapter 1, printed to Avery 5160 Labels	here
Week 1 through 3	Only on an Island	This file was created for the Only on an Island read aloud. Listen to Marilyn Stefan read it aloud with the pictorial supports here	here
Week 1 through 3	Swan Lake	This file was created for the Swan Lake read aloud. Listen to Marilyn Stefan read it aloud with the pictorial supports here	here
Week 1	: r-Controlled vowels	Instructional video on teaching r-Controlled vowels	here
Week 1	Week 1 Readings	Culminating writing assignment	here
Week 2	(Review)	Turn and Talk Day 1	here
Week 2	Fur, Skin, Scales or Feathers	Because But and So	here
Week 2	Fur, Skin, Scales or Feathers	Sentences vs. Fragments Activity, examples come from the text	here
Week 3	(Review)	Turn and Talk Day 1	here
Week 3	One Body, Many Adaptations	Main Idea Sort	here
Week 3	How the Chameleon Learned	Because But and So	here
Week 3	One Body, Many Adaptations	Sentences vs. Fragments Activity, examples come from the text	here
Week 3	Twinkle Tells All	Pictorial supports for the read aloud from the Read Aloud Handbook and read aloud by Marilyn here	here

If the strategy is new to you, watch 5th Grade students engage in the Because But and So Sentence Expansion Activity