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Open Court

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Open Court Reading , published by SRA/McGraw-Hill, presents itself as "a research-based curriculum grounded in systematic, explicit instruction of phonemic awareness, phonics and word knowledge, comprehension skills and strategies, inquiry skills and strategies, and writing and language arts skills and strategies." Read more HERE 

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1 guideline;  1 fact sheet

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