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Organizing Your Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: an Interactive Implementation Plan

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Implementation Plan as you unpack, organize, and begin to implement FPC. The 3 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

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Organizing Your Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: an Interactive Implementation Plan

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Implementation Plan as you unpack, organize, and begin to implement FPC. The 3 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

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Preparing for Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: an Interactive Action Plan

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Action Plan to think together with colleagues, and prepare a plan to implement FPC. The 4 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

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Preparing for Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: an Interactive Action Plan

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Action Plan to think together with colleagues, and prepare a plan to implement FPC. The 4 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

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5 Tips to Communicate Student Progress & Support Literacy Learning at Home

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5 Tips to Communicate Student Progress & Support Literacy Learning at Home

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A Design for Responsive Literacy Teaching

This chart details the design for responsive literacy teaching. Guided reading provides a context for responsive teaching--teaching that is grounded in the teacher's detailed knowledge of an respect for each student, supporting the readers' active construction of a processing system.

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A Design for Responsive Literacy Teaching

This chart details the design for responsive literacy teaching. Guided reading provides a context for responsive teaching--teaching that is grounded in the teacher's detailed knowledge of an respect for each student, supporting the readers' active construction of a processing system.

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Ten Characteristics of Texts for Guided Reading

This page includes Figure I-4 depicting Ten Text Characteristics for Guided Reading from The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Prek-8.

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Ten Characteristics of Texts for Guided Reading

This page includes Figure I-4 depicting Ten Text Characteristics for Guided Reading from The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Prek-8.

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The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum Study Guide

This study guide outlines a professional development plan to help you understand and use The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Teaching. The text is expanded and refined from the previous editions: The Continuum of Literacy Learning: A Tool for Teaching. The guide is designed for school-based staff developers to use with teachers, but it can also be used by a study group of colleagues, by literacy coaches, by district leaders of professional development, or by administrators. Of course, the guide may also be used by individual teachers to familiarize themselves with the continua and as a curriculum guide to use in observation, planning, teaching, and reflecting.

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The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum Study Guide

This study guide outlines a professional development plan to help you understand and use The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Teaching. The text is expanded and refined from the previous editions: The Continuum of Literacy Learning: A Tool for Teaching. The guide is designed for school-based staff developers to use with teachers, but it can also be used by a study group of colleagues, by literacy coaches, by district leaders of professional development, or by administrators. Of course, the guide may also be used by individual teachers to familiarize themselves with the continua and as a curriculum guide to use in observation, planning, teaching, and reflecting.

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F&P Text Level Gradient™

The F&P Text Level Gradient™ is the most recognized and trusted tool for selecting books for small-group reading instruction. All of Fountas and Pinnell's work references their F&P Text Level Gradient™—often referred to as Guided Reading levels or Fountas & Pinnell levels—beginning with the publication of Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children, and extending to the publication of The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, the Benchmark Assessment System 1 and 2, the Leveled Literacy Intervention Systems and Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™.

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F&P Text Level Gradient™

The F&P Text Level Gradient™ is the most recognized and trusted tool for selecting books for small-group reading instruction. All of Fountas and Pinnell's work references their F&P Text Level Gradient™—often referred to as Guided Reading levels or Fountas & Pinnell levels—beginning with the publication of Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children, and extending to the publication of The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, the Benchmark Assessment System 1 and 2, the Leveled Literacy Intervention Systems and Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™.

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10-Month Progress Monitoring by Instructional Text Reading Level chart

The Progress Monitoring by Instructional Text Reading Level chart is intended to provide reasonable expectations for 10 months of the school year. School districts should adjust the expectations to align with their school/district requirements and professional teacher judgment.

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10-Month Progress Monitoring by Instructional Text Reading Level chart

The Progress Monitoring by Instructional Text Reading Level chart is intended to provide reasonable expectations for 10 months of the school year. School districts should adjust the expectations to align with their school/district requirements and professional teacher judgment.

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Advantages of Using LLI and Reading Recovery Together

This document shows all the ways in which the Leveled Literacy Intervention systems can be used alongside Reading Recovery® to serve even more low achieving children in your school. LLI has the potential to broaden the effect of Reading Recovery® in the school. A child’s program could take less time because children enter Reading Recovery® at higher levels of competency.

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Advantages of Using LLI and Reading Recovery Together

This document shows all the ways in which the Leveled Literacy Intervention systems can be used alongside Reading Recovery® to serve even more low achieving children in your school. LLI has the potential to broaden the effect of Reading Recovery® in the school. A child’s program could take less time because children enter Reading Recovery® at higher levels of competency.

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LLI Keys to Effective Intervention

Digging deeply into the research on literacy learning and reading difficulties, Fountas and Pinnell have identified 15 key characteristics of effective literacy intervention for primary grade students. These essential characteristics inform and inhabit the design of Leveled Literacy Intervention.

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LLI Keys to Effective Intervention

Digging deeply into the research on literacy learning and reading difficulties, Fountas and Pinnell have identified 15 key characteristics of effective literacy intervention for primary grade students. These essential characteristics inform and inhabit the design of Leveled Literacy Intervention.

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