Benchmark Unit Two
​  "Every Story Has Characters"

Dear Family Member,
Welcome to our next unit of study, “Every Story Has Characters.” We are beginning our second unit in the Benchmark Advance program. As a reminder, each three-week unit features one topic. As with the previous unit, I am providing suggested activities you and your child can do together at home to build on the work we’re doing in class. In this unit, your child will explore how characters differ in various ways, from the way they look to the way they act. For example, in the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” students discover that the tortoise is patient and hardworking while the hare is boastful. Your child will also discover how characters in realistic fiction differ from one another just as people in real life are not all the same. Your child will think about how he is like and different from the characters he reads about. The selections include a variety of genres, including animal fantasy, fables, poems, and realistic fiction. I’m looking forward to this exciting unit, exploring with your children the wide range of characters we encounter in literature. It will be fun to discover how the children connect with the various characters as well as recognize how the characters in different stories are alike and different. As always, should you have any questions about our reading program or about your child’s progress, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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Red  Words

These are the Red Words we have been working with in Orton Gillingham.  We will overlearn these words so they are read and written automatically by your child.  These words are high frequency words.  They are found often in the reading your child will be doing, and in the writing they will be doing in class.

like
I
am
at
the
we
go

see
an
had
can
got
​did
​she