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Take the time to reflect on your teaching. Perhaps the most valuable aspect of self-reflection and professional development is the talk and problem solving that takes place between colleagues as a result.

We know that teachers are individuals, and of course, you develop your own individual styles. But in pursuit of coherence, hold some things in common across the school for the benefit of student learning.

FAQ Friday: Is Writing Instruction Incorporated in Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™?

A set of values is not the same as a comprehensive curriculum. It's a known set of statements that gives you a touchstone against which to measure your decisions.

Fountas and Pinnell Talk About Why Reading Matters

Teaching is a profession that requires continuous learning.

Teacher Tip: How to Make More Time for Language and Literacy Learning

FAQ Friday: How Does FPC Support ELLs?

The development of your own expertise is of prime importance.

When teachers with a common vision work together over time, and have the lift of excellent professional learning, they develop a common knowledge about the nature of learning.

When students engage as readers with a variety of texts, they are also learning about how to craft texts as writers.

Teacher Tip: How to Provide Opportunities for Processing Texts

FAQ Friday: How does the Benchmark Assessment System contribute to my knowledge of children and how they develop as readers?

Shared reading can play an important role in expanding the Systems of Strategic Actions using a variety of texts.

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Assessment provides reliable information about the progress of readers.

Teacher Tip: Expand Your Guided Reading Moves with Self-Reflection

As proficient readers with a lifetime of experience, we have built a large body of knowledge about text genres, and we use this knowledge every time we read, most of the time unconsciously.