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Creating and managing routines is important for a healthy classroom community. Here are 5 management lessons on routines to revisit with your class.

Are you just getting started with Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC)? We've created an entire webpage to help you as you begin your journey.

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A holiday message from Irene Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team.

Let’s recap! To wrap-up 2022, the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team is here to share the blogs our editors selected as their top-picks this year. Here’s a quick round-up of our most internally beloved blogs.

A collection of readers' most loved Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ blogs from 2022.

An easy-to-use checkout system is the key to maintaining your guided reading book room. Here are some ideas to consider for organizing the guided reading book room in your school.

Engage caregivers in meaningful conversation about their child's progress. Shift the conversation away from text levels and discuss each reader's unique strengths and areas for growth.

Your capacity to support the growth of each student in your classroom depends upon your ability to teach responsively.

Recently, misinformation has been shared about Fountas & Pinnell resources which grossly misrepresents our solutions and radically oversimplifies complex literacy issues to the detriment of teachers and students. The below information provides clarity and corrects the most egregious inaccuracies.

When students talk about what they are reading, they reveal their understandings and perspectives, communicate and refine their ideas, and make connections to their own experiences.

Learn specific ways you can foster a love of reading through student CHOICE.

Participants in Extending Your Expertise will benefit from mentoring and collaboration with peers in monthly sessions from January 2023 through April 2023.

You can optimize the Book Club experience by thoughtfully preparing yourself and your students before reading.

Consider a virtual series to accompany you on your learning journey this fall!

Join us for a virtual full-day workshop dedicated to The Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum. Spend the day learning about this important tool for assessment, planning, and teaching.