Foundational Skills

Baltimore County Public Schools utilizes the Open Court Reading Foundational Skills Kit in Grades K - 3 for instruction in alphabetic knowledge, alphabetic principle, print awareness, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, fluency, and morphological awareness. 

Foundational Skills Scope and Sequence

Click here for the Open Court Foundational Reading Foundational Skills Kit scope and sequence for grades K - 3.

Detailed skills sequences for each grade level are available below. 
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3