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Benchmark Phonics
Benchmark Phonics and Word Study 2nd Edition
Digital + Print • Grades K-5
Engage Minds, Elevate Achievement, and Empower Learners
Developed with Dr. Wiley Blevins, Benchmark Phonics and Word Study is a K-5 comprehensive solution designed to take students beyond the basics. Unlike many programs that focus only on early phonics skills, Benchmark Phonics and Word Study builds fluency and deepens understanding by extending instruction through complex multisyllabic words, morphology, and spelling complexities. With a strong emphasis on phonemic awareness, decoding, and word meaning, this solution engages minds by providing students with the tools to decode and make sense of language. It elevates achievement by strengthening foundational literacy skills that lead to long-term reading success. Most importantly, it empowers learners by fostering confidence and independence as they grow into skilled readers. Perfect for bilingual classrooms and dual language learners, Benchmark Phonics and Word Study, along with Benchmark Fonética y estudio de palabras , ensures literacy success that transfers seamlessly. Go the distance with Benchmark Phonics and Word Study —where strong foundations lead to lifelong reading mastery.
Program Highlights:
Purposeful Scope and Sequence: A systematic and spiraled approach to English phonics instruction covers sounds, letters, and spelling patterns.
Explicit Instruction: Clear and concise lessons model effective strategies for decoding and encoding English words.
Daily Application to Reading and Writing: Student consumables and decodables provide the connected text to apply and transfer skills.
Multimodal Learning: A variety of activities caters to diverse learners, using songs, videos, games, workmats, and more!
Actionable Data: Quick and easy-to-administer print and digital assessments support data-driven decision-making and improve student outcomes.
Family Engagement: Home Connection letters in English and Spanish support reinforcement of learning outside the classroom.
Using Benchmark Phonics and Benchmark Fonética together enables parallel, equitable instruction that aligns with the Pillars of Dual Language Education.*
*Recognized by the Center of Applied Linguistics in the Guiding Principles of Dual Language Education
Click here to view our Spanish language series, Benchmark Fonética y estudio de palabras.
Developed with
Wiley Blevins, Ed.D.
Benchmark Phonics Resources
Your print and digital student package includes:
- For grades K-1, Decodable Readers enable students to apply both new and previously taught skills in instructive, comprehensible, and engaging full-color texts. Take-Home books provide access outside the classroom.
- For grades K-1, My Reading and Writing consumable unit booklets incorporates the primary skill spirals previously taught skills. They include decodable texts, reading and writing practice, and fluency assessment.
- For grades 2-5, My Word Study volumes allow students to apply word study knowledge in consumable books. These build word familiarity, automaticity, and curiosity by using big word strategies with meaningful applications.
- For grades 2-5, Word Study Resources provide additional online practice to build word automaticity through reading accountable texts. It offers materials for closed sorts, common feature sorts, and buddy sorts.
Decodable Reader
My Reading and Writing Consumable Student Book
Your print and digital Teacher’s Resource System includes:
- 10 three-week units with teacher-friendly lessons
- Whole-group and small-group instruction
- A sequential scope and sequence that includes spiral review to build transfer and mastery
- Integrated English Language Development instruction
- Weekly cumulative assessments to provide easy checks for student mastery and/or decayed learning
- Contrastive analysis in multiple languages
Sample Grade 1, Unit 3 Cumulative Assessment
Benchmark Phonics provides powerful support to students through a variety of manipulatives, including:
- Write-On/Wipe-Off Phonics Workmats for use as Elkonin boxes, whiteboards for spelling and dictation, and more
- Sound-Spelling Cards, in both display and instructional use sizes, to help students recognize different spelling patterns used to represent a single sound
- Sound Wall Cards that enable students to see correct mouth positions when making sounds
- High-Frequency Word Cards to help students build automaticity with words found in multiple texts
- Letter Cards that enable students to build words in pocket charts or Elkonin boxes
- Picture Word Cards that introduce key words for a new sound (Grades K and 1)
Write-On/Wipe-Off Workmats
Sound-Spelling Cards
Sound Wall Cards
Letter Cards
Picture Word Cards
Benchmark Phonics delivers a fully digital experience, with everything you need just one click away. Your digital access includes:
- Foundational Skills Lesson Presentations connect phonics and word study to authentic reading and writing through customizable and downloadable slides
- Decodable eBooks aligned to unit topics
- Interactive Learning Games and Videos for additional exposure and practice
- A pre-populated ePocketChart with fully customizable interactive tools and practice activities
- Home-School Letters and Activities providing additional practice opportunities and ways to engage with caregivers at home
- Sound-Spelling Articulation Videos that show students the correct mouth positions as they hear letter-sounds
- Intensive Phonological Awareness: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Routines and Activities provide routines, assessments, and activities for each of the 17 key phonological/phonemic awareness skills. This resource can be used at any time in the program to support students with repeated practice.
- Benchmark Assessment & Screener Handbook*, helps evaluate students’ reading rates, document their progress, and identify those needing additional, more intensive support
- Build Readings Foundations provide poetry selections to build language and vocabulary
*Print version sold separately
Decodable eBooks
Assessment & Screener Handbook
Digital Shared Readings and Poetry Books
Articulation Videos
Take-Home Activities
