Open Court Reading
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2016

Open Court Reading

Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Subject
ELA
Grades
K-5
Report Release
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10/07/2021
Review Tool Version
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v1.5
Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Usability (Gateway 3)
Key areas of interest
Foundational Skills
Building Knowledge
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Summary of Alignment & Usability: Open Court Reading | ELA

ELA K-2

The instructional materials for Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 partially meet the expectations of alignment and building knowledge. Although texts are of high quality, not all texts are appropriately complex for the grade level. Due to the preponderance of reading strategy instruction, the materials do not consistently provide standards-aligned reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language practice. Foundational skills instruction includes a research-based synthetic approach with systematic and explicit instruction; however, there is a lack of daily encoding instruction which may hinder orthographic mapping. Materials also include decodable texts aligned to the program’s scope and sequence for phonics and high-frequency words.

Kindergarten
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated
1st Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated
2nd Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated

ELA 3-5

The instructional materials for Grades 3, 4, and 5 partially meet the expectations of alignment and building knowledge. Although texts are of high quality, the materials do not consistently provide standards-aligned reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language practice. 

3rd Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated
4th Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated
5th Grade
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Alignment (Gateway 1 & 2)
Partially Meets Expectations
Usability (Gateway 3)
Not Rated