Open Court Reading Grades K-5, Program Overview

Through the engaging themes that stretch across grade levels in SRA Open Court Reading, students learn about universal truths, such as kindness and friendship, as well as about cross-curricular subject areas, such as life science and government. Genres vary among grade levels but include informational articles, songs, plays, persuasive essays, poems, and so on. The literature and nonfiction selections in the program can be found in the following components: Unit Big Books/Little Books, Cross-Curricular Big Books for Science and Social Studies, First Readers, Student Anthologies, Teacher Read Alouds