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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.

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.

Download this sampler to rediscover Fountas & Pinnell’s classic Spanish resource in a NEW Expanded Edition. 

(Re)Discover Continuo de la lectoescritura, Expanded Edition © 2019 for Grados PreK–2 to:

• elevate your language and literacy expertise
• develop an understanding of the demands of texts on readers
• build your understanding of the reading and writing process and how it changes over time
• hone your observation of students’ literacy behaviors
• teach toward student integration of the Systems of Strategic Actions
• articulate the literacy curriculum within and across grade levels
• activate the responsive teaching that meets students where they are and brings them forward with intention and precision
• build professional learning opportunities with colleagues
• create a common vision and common language for literacy in your school.

Download this sampler to rediscover Fountas & Pinnell’s classic Spanish resource in a NEW Expanded Edition. 

(Re)Discover Continuo de la lectoescritura, Expanded Edition © 2019 for Grados PreK–2 to:

• elevate your language and literacy expertise
• develop an understanding of the demands of texts on readers
• build your understanding of the reading and writing process and how it changes over time
• hone your observation of students’ literacy behaviors
• teach toward student integration of the Systems of Strategic Actions
• articulate the literacy curriculum within and across grade levels
• activate the responsive teaching that meets students where they are and brings them forward with intention and precision
• build professional learning opportunities with colleagues
• create a common vision and common language for literacy in your school.

Get your first glimpse of Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ with these comprehensive digital samplers. These samplers provide example lessons for each instructional context within Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: Interactive Read-Aloud, Shared Reading, Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study, Reading Minilessons, Guided Reading, Book Clubs, Independent Reading; Sample Guided Reading and Shared Reading texts; and descriptions of the many valuable Professional Learning Tools.

Get your first glimpse of Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ with these comprehensive digital samplers. These samplers provide example lessons for each instructional context within Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™: Interactive Read-Aloud, Shared Reading, Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study, Reading Minilessons, Guided Reading, Book Clubs, Independent Reading; Sample Guided Reading and Shared Reading texts; and descriptions of the many valuable Professional Learning Tools.

This hour-long conversation, led by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, takes a deep dive in to the Benchmark Assessment Systems with practical tips you can put into action in your classroom today.

This hour-long conversation, led by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, takes a deep dive in to the Benchmark Assessment Systems with practical tips you can put into action in your classroom today.

Download the K–8+ System Overview and Samplers to read about LLI’s research-based characteristics, and how to implement LLI to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Each System Sampler includes:

• an introduction to the principles on which Leveled Literacy Intervention rests
• the many features and components of the system
• an outline of the four types of lesson frameworks along with a complete sample lesson for each type
• two sample student books

Download the K–8+ System Overview and Samplers to read about LLI’s research-based characteristics, and how to implement LLI to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Each System Sampler includes:

• an introduction to the principles on which Leveled Literacy Intervention rests
• the many features and components of the system
• an outline of the four types of lesson frameworks along with a complete sample lesson for each type
• two sample student books

From assessment to classroom instruction to intervention, essential literacy experiences are grounded in the common language and instructional approaches that unite teaching and learning. Implementing a literacy system rooted in coherence builds a community of learners that empowers every teacher, every student, every day with high-impact teaching, high-quality texts, and highly engaging talk – together towards a literate life.  

Join literacy leaders Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell as together we explore the essential literacy experiences that are critical for nurturing lifelong readers and writers.

From assessment to classroom instruction to intervention, essential literacy experiences are grounded in the common language and instructional approaches that unite teaching and learning. Implementing a literacy system rooted in coherence builds a community of learners that empowers every teacher, every student, every day with high-impact teaching, high-quality texts, and highly engaging talk – together towards a literate life.  

Join literacy leaders Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell as together we explore the essential literacy experiences that are critical for nurturing lifelong readers and writers.

The Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Guided Reading Collection will include 1300 new, original titles (6 copies of each title) that span levels A–Z on the F&P Text Level Gradient™, with an accompanying lesson folder for each title. These guided reading books were created by a team of talented authors and illustrators under the direction of Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Each book is carefully calibrated to match the text characteristics underlying the F&P Text Level Gradient™. Review the release timeline of Guided Reading books from Grades K–6. 

The Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Guided Reading Collection will include 1300 new, original titles (6 copies of each title) that span levels A–Z on the F&P Text Level Gradient™, with an accompanying lesson folder for each title. These guided reading books were created by a team of talented authors and illustrators under the direction of Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Each book is carefully calibrated to match the text characteristics underlying the F&P Text Level Gradient™. Review the release timeline of Guided Reading books from Grades K–6.