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K - 6
  Open Court Pacing Guides
(Click on the grade level above.)		 Open Court Lesson Plan
DIT Lesson Plan Form
Reading Strategy Cards Four Levels of Learners DIT Basic Weekly Plan Ideas
Student Comprehension Strategies (Small Cards) Helping Verbs Song:
Grades 2-6		 DI Classroom Organizer
Student Comprehension Skills (Small Cards) Overhead Pointers Template
Student Vocabulary Strategies(Small Cards) OC Proofreading Marks
Becoming a Reader (Presentation) High Frequency Words
Comprehension & Vocabulary Strategies (1 Page) High Frequency Prefixes
Writing Rubric Presentation

Sight Syllables

Fluency Norms

Narrative Writing Checklist
Summary Writing Checklist 
Introduction of Letters, Sounds/Spellings, High Frequency Words, and Decodable Books   Response to Literature Writing Checklist
  Open Court Reading Support Materials Available to CUSD Teachers
 This 14-page booklet describes the 30+ resources created for your use.

Reading Lions/OARS

Writing Prompts

 

1st grade

2nd grade

3rd grade

4th grade

5th grade

6th grade

Lisa's Tour of a K-6 OCR School 

Practice Writing Promptss

1st - 8th Grade

Intermediate OC Tour of CUSD 

Reading Lions/OARS
Writing Genres 1-6 Grade
Primary OC Tour of CUSD 

Concept/Question Cards Site Visit Figurative Language Posters
Content Standards Instruction Rubric Alliteration
Primary version-unlined Analogy
Primary version-lined   Idiom
Metaphor
Intermediate Version 1 Personification
Intermediate Version 2 Simile
   

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Helpful Web Sites
The Open Court Resource Site Open Court 2002 Support Site
   
Concept Question Boards Yahoo's OCR Program Discussion Group
   
Scholastic's Teacher Web Site  
   
Sites That Support Open Court Units Starfall.com
3rd Grade "Teachers around the country are using Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and to inspire a love of reading and writing. Primary resource.
 
4th Grade General Interest:
Mrs. Macadam's Site Songs for Teaching

Interesting songs to help students remember important facts.
(Printable lyrics with sample song clips.)
5th Grade KidsKonnect.com
Unit 3 Heritage - The West Side

Provides a wealth of information. Check out the "Subject" index first!

 
Unit 3 Heritage - The Night We Started Dancing Language Arts & ELD
  AOL@School
Unit 3 Heritage - In Two Worlds
Unit 3 Heritage - The Land I Lost Beehive School
Unit 3 Heritage - Chinatown Dave's ESL Cafe
  Excellent sites for teacher reference.
Check first for acceptable material before allowing students to go there.
6th Grade  
Harding Elementary's
(El Centro, CA) OC Resources
Sites by Grade Level and Unit    
 
 
 
 

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Last updated: October 13, 2009