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This document is a guide for educators to see how the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations Standards are met throughout Joyful Writing in PreK (WML).

This document is a guide for educators to see how the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations Standards are met throughout Joyful Writing in PreK (WML).

Text levels are far more than a “number,” “score,” or “label.” Join literacy leaders Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, creators of the F&P Text Level Gradient™, for an important conversation on the power and purpose of TEXT LEVELS.

In this hour-long webinar, we untangle common misconceptions and right the reality on leveling, classroom libraries, and what Fountas and Pinnell say to districts mandating levels in ways they were not intended.

Put into practice practical tips on effectively utilizing levels in literacy instruction and communicating progress to parents/guardians.

Text levels are far more than a “number,” “score,” or “label.” Join literacy leaders Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, creators of the F&P Text Level Gradient™, for an important conversation on the power and purpose of TEXT LEVELS.

In this hour-long webinar, we untangle common misconceptions and right the reality on leveling, classroom libraries, and what Fountas and Pinnell say to districts mandating levels in ways they were not intended.

Put into practice practical tips on effectively utilizing levels in literacy instruction and communicating progress to parents/guardians.

Watch a recording of our webinar "Genre Study: The Inquiry Approach". In it national Fountas & Pinnell consultant, Dr. Kathy Northcutt will: 

• Provide an overview and rationale of the importance of an inquiry approach to genre study
• Explain how genre study provides students with opportunities for comprehending
• Explain how to use genre study within an authentic literacy framework

Watch a recording of our webinar "Genre Study: The Inquiry Approach". In it national Fountas & Pinnell consultant, Dr. Kathy Northcutt will: 

• Provide an overview and rationale of the importance of an inquiry approach to genre study
• Explain how genre study provides students with opportunities for comprehending
• Explain how to use genre study within an authentic literacy framework

Hear from National Consultant, Pam Kay, for this 30 minutes overview webinar to learn how The Fountas & Pinnell Select Collections can build your students' capacity to read fluently and engage in higher level standards by providing:

• books to use for guided, independent, and take-home reading
• opportunities to read an reread closely, to think, discuss, and deepen comprehension
• fluency practice with increasingly more challenging texts
• expansion of academic vocabulary and disciplinary knowledge
• expanded language knowledge for English language learners

Hear from National Consultant, Pam Kay, for this 30 minutes overview webinar to learn how The Fountas & Pinnell Select Collections can build your students' capacity to read fluently and engage in higher level standards by providing:

• books to use for guided, independent, and take-home reading
• opportunities to read an reread closely, to think, discuss, and deepen comprehension
• fluency practice with increasingly more challenging texts
• expansion of academic vocabulary and disciplinary knowledge
• expanded language knowledge for English language learners

Envision the ideal design for literacy and language instruction in your school. What does it look like? What student resources and professional learning opportunities propel learning? What are your beliefs and vision for the literacy lives of students in your school?  

Turning a vision into action requires the process of design—a plan for a system that works in a coherent way. The pursuit of coherence starts with a common vision, a culture of collaboration and a commitment to authentic literacy learning.  

Hear from literacy leaders Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell as together we will explore how to lift students’ learning beyond the walls of the classroom with texts and a blueprint for teaching that create authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting to realize what it truly means to live a literate life. 

Envision the ideal design for literacy and language instruction in your school. What does it look like? What student resources and professional learning opportunities propel learning? What are your beliefs and vision for the literacy lives of students in your school?  

Turning a vision into action requires the process of design—a plan for a system that works in a coherent way. The pursuit of coherence starts with a common vision, a culture of collaboration and a commitment to authentic literacy learning.  

Hear from literacy leaders Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell as together we will explore how to lift students’ learning beyond the walls of the classroom with texts and a blueprint for teaching that create authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting to realize what it truly means to live a literate life.