When teachers systematically observe the literacy strengths and needs of all students, it can inform instruction and teaching can be powerful and responsive.
August 3, 2021
Observation of literacy behaviors should drive your next teaching moves.
August 2, 2021
Skilled observers note the precise language/literacy behaviors students reveal and understand how it reflects the students' literacy processing system.
July 30, 2021
With observation and strong teaching, students will develop and build their reading power and capacity to process and deeply understand new texts.
July 29, 2021
Observation enables teachers to honor the development and range of strengths in students.
July 28, 2021
Individual teaching increases your knowledge of each student’s progress and the impact of your instruction.
July 27, 2021
Our ultimate goal as teachers is to help each student in our schools become a reader who loves books and all they have to offer.
July 26, 2021
Every teacher has the right to be a part of a learning community in which people help each other and believe that the progress of children relies on everyone working together.
July 23, 2021
Classroom libraries should resemble a library or a bookstore where books are categorized by author, by topic, by genre, anything that would interest readers.
July 22, 2021
The gradient of text and the book levels are a tool that assist the teacher in basically one task. That is to select books carefully that will offer a challenge and opportunity to learn as they work with students in guided reading instruction.
July 21, 2021
A noticing teacher is someone who is a very sharp observer of the nuances of what the reader's behavior is telling you, and the writer as well.
July 20, 2021
Responsive teaching brings the teaching to the child. It's not about fitting the children into a preconceived slot or sequence, but finding out what that student is interested in, what motivates them, what their hopes and desires are.
July 19, 2021
Common teacher language creates a thread of coherence for students' literacy learning. Use language to emphasize the importance of reinforcing newly emerging literacy behaviors.
July 16, 2021
Materials themselves will help teachers grow professionally, but alongside that teachers need good professional development. Professional development makes the work come alive.
July 15, 2021
School districts seeking to close the achievement gap must consider good classroom teaching, meaningful assessment, multiple layers of intervention, and the ongoing development of highly qualified teachers.
July 14, 2021
The better you know the students in your class, the more effective you will be as a teacher of reading.
July 13, 2021
Within the social world of classrooms, students learn what it means to be a global citizen. They learn how to collaborate, how to learn, how to solve problems.
July 12, 2021
Share books that have a strong author point of view on a societal issue. Have the student write about whether the author changed their mind about the topic?
July 2, 2021
*The views expressed in our blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of Fountas and Pinnell.