Open Court Reading Unit Openers

Unit Opener Planning Week is Back

Back in October, I hosted a Unit Opener planning week for Open Court units #2. It resulted in some terrific ideas being posted by web site visitors and fellow bloggers and those ideas are now linked to from the unit opener pages of those units. As teachers at different schools have different pacing, editions, and …

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Open Court Reading Unit Openers

Bill Pinkney’s Back

  The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney is now available on DVD.   This is a fantastic film which brings the story to life. It’s long.  I would not play it in its entirety in one sitting but would play a piece every day as you read the story. Some teachers find it objectionable that …

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Newsletters Unit Openers

How to Plan a Unit Opener

by Mathew Needleman Let’s begin our week of unit opener planning by making sure we’re all on the same page and share a common rationale and understanding of what an effective unit opener is. What is a Unit Opener? A unit opener is the Open Court Reading name for what is commonly known as an …

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Site Updates

Same Blog—New Name—Renewed Focus

In the nine months that this blog has been in existence it has become one of the most popular sections of Open Court Resources.com second only to the web site’s main page. While this blog will remain the place to go for almost daily tips for teaching the Open Court Reading program, my entries have …

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