Baltimore County Public Schools

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Open Court Foundational Skills is our core program for instruction in foundational literacy skills.

• Alphabetic Knowledge – recognizing and forming letters
• Phonological and Phonemic Awareness – knowing that words are made up of sounds
• Phonics/Decoding – connecting sounds and spellings, then blending them together to read words
• Fluency – reading at a good pace with expression and accuracy
• Morphological Awareness – reading and understanding longer words by breaking them into meaningful parts
(McGraw Hill 2023)