During the first few months of the school year, you’ve been engaging your kindergarten students in rich literacy opportunities, including interactive read-aloud, shared reading, interactive writing, and writing workshop. You're starting to see how they're progressing so far on their short literacy journey. But you might find that some of your young readers are struggling. Is it too early to start intervention? Definitely not!
According to Fountas and Pinnell, a child’s success in first grade will be a strong predictor of literacy success throughout schooling. Early intervention through successful resources such as the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Orange System for kindergarten will give children the boost they need to begin first grade at the same reading level as their peers.
WWC validates research showing that LLI has "positive effects on general reading achievement and potentially positive effects on reading fluency for students."
LLI is Efficient
LLI is a small-group, supplementary intervention system, which uses high-quality, original leveled texts at its core. In the LLI Orange System, the leveled books begin at level A on the F&P Text Level Gradient™ and continue through level E, with a total of 110 lessons. Each new level of text makes increasing demands on the reader, but the demands and resulting changes are gradual. Click HERE to see a sampler that includes sample books and lessons.
LLI is Effective
Recently, What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) validated an independent study conducted by The University of Memphis’s Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) that showed LLI was effective in significantly improving the literacy achievement of struggling readers and writers in grades K–2.
Intervention is particularly important for the lowest-achieving children in kindergarten. Because even with many high-quality literacy opportunities, some children struggle with early literacy learning and need supplementary intervention to get them back on track so they can benefit fully from classroom instruction. They need LLI.
~The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team
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