Open Court Resources
Open Court Reading Pre-K is a research-based curriculum designed for use with preschoolers. The Open Court Reading Pre-K includes eight units that each provides 20 lessons. This curriculum is specifically focused on literacy and uses fingerplays, rhymes, songs, and poems to promote reading readiness. Open Court Reading Pre-K was designed to teach children to decode and comprehend in an efficient manner so that they can read a variety of quality literature. It provides very systematic approaches to listening, comprehension and assessment, so teachers and parents can track a child’s progress through each unit. (Published by SRA, a division of McGraw Hill Publishing, (www.sraonline.com) Below are research documents and links to Open Court resources.
Research on Effects and classroom processes
Results with Breakthrough to Literacy
This report is on Breakthrough to Literacy, which has achieved successful results in a broad cross-section of student populations, particularly those children who come to school with significant developmental or environmental challenges. Designed for pre-kindergarten through second grade, Breakthrough's comprehensive process provides teachers with the tools they need to successfully engage children with language and print.
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Results with Reading Mastery
This report focuses on Reading Mastery, a comprehensive reading and language arts program for Pre-K through Grade 6 that focuses on phonemic awareness; systematic, explicit phonics; and direct teaching of vocabulary and concepts useful in school. This report highlights eight case studies of schools or school districts that increased reading scores despite a variety of challenges.
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Results with Open Court
This report tells the stories of eight schools. It describes each school’s history, the challenges it faces, and some of its efforts to meet those challenges. Following the case histories, we have included an appendix of research supporting instruction using Open Court Reading, which has been used by all the schools described to bring about demonstrable positive effects on reading achievement.
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Open Court Reading Pre-K
Florida Center for Reading Research
This report discusses the Open Court program, how it is aligned with current research, and strengths and weaknesses.
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Commentary and analysis
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Overview of Open Court Reading
This article discusses Open Court Reading features, lessons, and benefits.
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Research Based Literacy Programs Help Close the Achievement Gap
Press release by McGraw-Hill
Research-based reading programs in preschool can improve the performance of all students, including minority and low-income students, according to SRA/McGraw-Hill’s Open Court Reading co-author and early literacy expert, Marsha Roit, Ed.D. She provides key research and strategies in a new white paper called “Closing the Achievement Gap with Pre–K reading Curriculum,” which was published on SRAonline.com.
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Open Court Reading Proves Effective for Reading Success
PRNewswire
Press release: McGraw-Hill Education has released a new report called "Results with Open Court Reading," which highlights eight case studies of schools or school districts that increased reading scores despite a variety of challenges.
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Teacher Forum on Open Court
A to Z teacher stuff forum
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Field contributions to curricula
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Kaplan’s Supplemental Products
Kaplan provides materials to support the Open Court Pre-K curriculum. These products are not affiliated with or endorsed by Open Court however.
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Open Court Resources
Open Court Resources.com is the largest collection of free Open Court Resources on the internet. It has been providing resources to assist teachers of the Open Court Reading Program since 2003. All resources on the site are free and organized by grade level and Open Court Reading unit.
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