Open Court Reading

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The Open Court Reading Program is a core language arts series used in a large number of elementary schools classrooms. It was one of two reading programs deemed acceptable to use in California schools when they adopted new reading textbooks in 2002. The other was Houghton-Mifflin Reading.

The series is published by SRA-McGraw-Hill.

There is both praise and criticism of the program among educators. Proponents of Open Court Reading believe that its focus on phonics and reading comprehension strategy use, both taught with very explicit instruction, benefit children. Some critics dislike the explicit nature of instruction, suggesting that it leaves little room for child exploration or teacher creativity, as constructivist models of reading instruction such as whole language. Success for All, a whole-school reform model that includes reading has been studied extensively, but Open Court has been tested experimentally far less.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Open Court Publishing Company, the academic publishing company
• In Open Court (law), see Appearance

[edit] External links

• Official website of SRA/McGraw-Hill, Open Court Reading publisher.
• Open Court Resources.com, largest collection of free Open Court Reading Resources on the internet.
• A Yahoo Discussion Board created by teachers of Open Court Reading to share ideas for teaching the program.