The Professional Learning Environment main menu is designed to give you access to the support you need! Let’s take a look at the first section, the OCR Quick Start.
Explore Your Materials will explain the wide variety of Student and Teacher Resources and the location and use of the tools in the Foundational Skills Kit.
Introduction to OCR tells you all about the Critical Instructional Areas, Three-Part Lesson Plan, and use of Routines during instruction.
Classroom Set Up will give you a great start to setting up your wall cards and Concept/Question Board area.
Try clicking on Menu under the section title at any time to see all topics at this location in the Professional Learning Environment. You can use this Menu in each of the areas of the Professional Learning Environment to jump directly to desired content!
Getting Started Lessons prepare your students for the content, structures, and routines they will use for the entire school year.
Teaching and Instruction and Teaching with Instructional Routines go into depth on unit structure, teaching each component in the three-part lesson plan, and the importance and use of instructional routines in the Open Court Reading classroom.
The Assessment tab provides an overview of the assessment cycle that begins with the Diagnostic Assessment and moves through formal, informal, and digital assessments available within the program. This section will also discuss using data to inform your instruction.
The Interactive Classroom gives real-life solutions for organizing your classroom! This Interactive Classroom will help you set up your classroom and instructional areas in a way that best benefits the students and supports Open Court Reading methodologies.
The Classroom Videos section features excellent instructional models of classroom teachers utilizing Open Court Reading. Explore videos on a wide variety of topics and see the success in these classrooms!
Those are just a few of the resources available in the Professional Learning Environment to support teachers and administrators. This completes the final section of the teacher walkthrough. Please click Next to continue to the Student Experience portion of the walkthrough or return to the Main Menu to select a different section.
