OPEN COURT READING

1. Anne Arundel County Public Schools OPEN COURT READING Program Overview ©2002

2. Anne Arundel County Public Schools Goals 2002-2007 Academic Achievement Safe and Orderly Environment Community Collaboration

3. Academic Achievement Goal • To accelerate achievement for every student, eliminating the achievement disparities among all groups of students • 85% of students in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 will perform at the “proficient” level in reading, mathematics, and writing, as defined by the Maryland State Department of Education in compliance with No Child Left Behind(the ESEA Reauthorization) • Disparities based on race, gender, or socioeconomic status will be no greater than 10 percentage points

4. A Comprehensive Reading, Writing, and Learning Program for K-6

5. Overview • Background Information • Program Objectives • Goals by Grade • Units of Study • Differentiation • Assessment Component • Home-School Connections

6. Research and Results • Based on researched practices • Written by leading reading researchers • Michael Pressley • Marilyn Jager Adams • Joseph Campione • Built upon structured, explicit lessons in phonemic awareness and phonics

7. Proven Effectiveness • Studied as a whole program to test its effectiveness • Researched in Houston, Fort Worth, and Sacramento • Proven an effective explicit, systematic instructional approach to teaching children to read

8. Develop confident and fluent readers through print and phonemic awareness activities and explicit phonics instruction Engage students in constructing meaning through the teaching of reading comprehension skills and strategies Open Court Reading Designed to. . .

9. Open Court Reading&Fluency Fluency is seen as the bridge between: word recognition comprehension

10. Instructional Emphasis • Explicit Instruction • Systematic Instruction • Routine Cards

11. Instructional Emphasis Unit and Lesson Plans: PREPARING TO READ READING & RESPONDING LANGUAGE ARTS

12. Instructional Emphasis PREPARING TO READ Phonics Phonemic Awareness Sounds and Letters Word Knowledge

13. Instructional Emphasis READING & RESPONDING Authentic Literature Comprehension Skills & Strategies Inquiry and Investigation Practical Reading Applications

14. Instructional Emphasis LANGUAGE ARTS Spelling Vocabulary Writing Process Strategies Writer’s Craft Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (GUM) Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Penmanship Basic Computer Skills

15. 6 Genres of Writing Narrative Expository Descriptive Poetry Personal Persuasive

16. Overview by Grade Level K 1 2 3 4 5 GoalsLiteratureUnits of Study

17. Kindergarten students will… learn about the alphabet and how it works. develop phonemic awareness. learn to connect sounds and letters. develop print and book awareness. have successful early reading experiences. explore the concepts of science, social studies, literature and the arts. understand story elements. Kindergarten Goals K

18. Kindergarten Literature • Big Books • Story Time Selection • Leveled Classroom Libraries K

19. Kindergarten Units of Study • School • Shadows • Finding Friends • Wind • Stick to It • Red, White, and Blue • Teamwork • By the Sea* K

20. Grade 1 Goals First Grade students will… • have a solid foundation in phonemic awareness. • learn the spelling of the common English sounds and a strategy for reading unfamiliar words. • develop fluency. • read literature confidently and with understanding. • become fluent writers. • take responsibility for their own learning as they pursue personal paths of inquiry as soon as possible. 1

21. Grade 1 Literature Big Books — 6 Units Student Anthologies — 4 Units • Universal Themes • Being Afraid*, Keep Trying • Research Themes • Animals, Things That Go Leveled Classroom Libraries 1

22. Let’s Read Animals Things That Go Our Neighborhood at Work Weather Journeys Keep Trying Games Being Afraid* Homes Grade 1 Units of Study 1

23. Grades 2–5 2 Goals Students will … • review phonics knowledge and skills developed in first grade. • continue to work on developing fluency and learning new vocabulary. • read fiction and non-fiction selections organized around concepts from across the curriculum. • refine writing skills to communicate knowledge. • pursue personal and collaborative inquiry through study and research. 3 4 5

24. Grades 2–5 2 Literature Anthologies • Unit Themes • Writing Models • “Lexiled” Reading Materials 3 4 5 1

25. Grade 2 Units of Study • Sharing Stories • Kindness • Look Again • Fossils • Courage* • Our Country & Its People 2

26. Grade 3 Units of Study • Friendship • City Wildlife • Imagination • Money • Storytelling* • Country Life 3

27. Grade 4 Units of Study • Risks & Consequences • Dollars & Sense • From Mystery to Medicine • Survival • Communication* • A Changing America 4

28. Grade 5 Units of Study • Cooperation & Competition • Astronomy • Heritage • Making a New Nation • Going West • Journeys & Quests* 5

29. Assessment • Assessing Student Progress • Teacher observations • Daily written and oral work • Oral fluency checks • Writing samples • Lesson assessments • Specified unit assessments • Reporting Student Progress • Student progress will be reported to parents using the current report card.

30. Workshop Differentiation Inquiry & Investigation of Unit Concepts • Concept/Question Board • “Research Assistant” Software • Other Media & Technology Resources Reading Roundtable • Novels by Theme • Open Court Classics • Alternatives planned collaboratively withCurriculum Division resource staff Centers

31. Differentiation within Lessons • Intervention • Re-teaching • English Language Development • Challenge • Social Studies/Science Connections

32. Providing More Support • Interventions • In-class assistance for those students needing more support within Open Court Reading • Corrective Reading -- 40-minute small group • Pre-teach/Re-teach Lessons • For students who need extra practice • English Language Development Lessons • For students with special language needs • Delivered by classroom teacher and/or ESOL teacher

33. Home-School Connection • Pre-decodable and decodable texts(Grades K-3) • Anthologies and classroom leveled libraries(Grades 1-5) • Parent letters • explain unit themes • review each selection • provide activities

34. Program Component Review

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