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If you have purchased Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC), you can now view the Getting Started Videos!

FAQ Friday: How Long is Leveled Literacy Intervention?

You may be sharing guided reading texts with a team of fellow teachers. If so, consider the following tips and ideas for coordinating the use of the texts and accompanying lessons.

FAQ Friday: How Often Should the Benchmark Assessment Be Administered?

According to recent research on the importance of early literacy skills, students not reading proficiently by the end of third grade are four times more likely than proficient readers to drop out of high school.

Book clubs can take place anywhere in your classroom where there is room for small groups of children to sit, either in a circle of chairs or in a circle on the floor, and discuss books together.

FAQ Friday: Is Professional Development Available for FPC?

The following are some guiding principles that may help you get more power in your teaching.

FAQ Friday: Can a Child Look at the Book During the Comprehension Conversation?

Ask Meli! December, 2017

Many of your lessons on management, skills, strategies, and literary analysis will flow from observations you make during interactive read-aloud and conferring with children during independent reading.

Season's Greetings from Fountas and Pinnell!

When you present phonics and word study lessons, you will need a pocket chart; picture, letter, and word cards; and chart paper.

Q: How are phonics and word study integrated into Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™?

But you might find that some of your young readers are struggling. Is it too early to start intervention? Definitely not!

Your guided reading area is best located in an area of the classroom that accommodates a table large enough to seat 4-6 children and yourself.

FAQ Friday: How Does FPC Support ELLs?

Meli took some time over the holiday break to catch up on her mail!