Fountas Pinnell Information Brochure

“Children are made
readers on the laps of
their parents.” - Emilie Buchwald
"The more that
you read, the
more things you
will know. The
more you learn,
the more places
you’ll go."
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Pilot Butte School
Educate...Empower...Excel...
The “Bear-necessities” of:
FOUNTAS
& PINNELL
BENCHMARK
ASSESSMENT
Dr. Seuss,
READING TIPS FOR PARENTS:
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Talk about what you are reading to build
background knowledge.
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Read different types of text (books–
fiction and non, magazines, pamphlets,
flyers, comics, newspapers etc.).
My Eyes Shut!"
F O R
Make reading a special time and let your
children see you read.
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark
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Ask higher order thinking questions.
Examples: “What do you like about ...?”;
“Did the author do a good job of …?”;
“How could this topic be useful to you?”
Assessment System is an
assessment tool used to guide
Leadership in Learning and Life
reading instruction in Grades 1 to 8
G U I D E
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F A M I L I E S
"I Can Read With
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Build strong partnerships with your children’s teachers.
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throughout Prairie Valley School
For more information, contact
Pilot Butte School at 781-4488.
Division schools.
How can I help?
How does it work?
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A teacher meets with a student
individually and provides him or
her with a choice of a fiction or
non-fiction book at a particular
Text Gradient Level (See below).
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The student begins reading aloud
to the teacher.
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The teacher records information
about his or her:
a.) Accuracy: This is the percentage of words a student
reads correctly
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5 FINGER RULE
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The teacher then has a conversation with the student about what he
or she read.
The teacher records information
about:
c.) Comprehension: This is
how much a student
understands about the story.
FOUNTAS AND PINNELL TEXT GRADIENT
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Using the recorded information, the
teacher determines whether the
book was:
Too hard?
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b.) Fluency: This is how
smooth the student sounds
while reading.
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Pick “Just Right” books for your child.
Use the:
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Too easy?
Just Right?
1. Have your child read any
If the book was too easy, the
teacher provides a book at the next
level and the process begins again.
If the book was too hard, the
teacher provides a book at the previous level and the process begins
again.
page in a book.
2. Put up one finger for every
mistake.
0 fingers is Too easy
1-3 fingers is Just Right!
4-5 fingers is Too Hard
If the book was
“Just right”, then
the teacher builds
an instruction plan for your child’s
continued reading growth.
3. Read with your child daily!
The Text Gradient levels are grouped into grade equivalent ‘houses’ for reference. Levels are used in picking “Just Right” books and tracking progress.
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7 & up
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