Leveled Books, K-8: Matching Texts to Readers for Effective Teaching. The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: A tool for assessment, planning, and teaching, expanded edition. Guided reading: responsive teaching across the grades. With guided reading, teachers can meet children where they are and bring them to successful levels of proficiency.Įvery child deserves to grow up literate in our schools."įountas, I. Level Z+ (high school/adult): American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yangįountas says, "Our children rely on teacher expertise to assure they become readers.Level Y (grade 6): Spies and Codebreakers by Claire Throp.Level V (grade 5): To Catch a Con by Penza Hawke.Level R (grade 4): The Story of Amy Johnson: Pioneering Woman Aviator by Janet Stott-Thornton.Level P (grade 3): The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole.Level N (grade 3): Anacondas: On the Hunt by Lori Polydoros.Level K (grade 2): Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel.Level J (grade 1): Henry and Mudge The First Book by Cynthia Rylant.Level G (grade 1): Earthmovers by Linda D.Level C (kindergarten): A Visit from Aunt Bee by Ida Stevens.Fountas and Pinnell have also catalogued the books on their leveled books website, which keeps a current list that is updated monthly.įollowing are examples of books and their levels: The Center houses the original Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Book Collection, which includes over 50,000 books that have been leveled over the past 20 years. How are books leveled? Each summer, literacy experts come to Lesley to level books in the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative. As they progress, children are then grouped and regrouped in a dynamic and fluid process that involves the teacher's ongoing observation and assessment of each student. Leveled books make guided reading instruction effective by reinforcing what children know and challenging them to higher levels of proficiency. ![]() To level books, experts use a system of ten text characteristics: Guided reading teachers use leveled books, texts that have been analyzed and leveled from easiest to hardest (A-Z, or kindergarten through high school), giving them a place to start when choosing books. Choosing books that are just right: leveled books match texts to readers In the process, they both nurture and promote the skills the child already has and challenge the child to advance to increasingly complex texts.įurther goals of guided reading include providing opportunities for children to problem solve, read for meaning, expand knowledge, and think deeply about the world they meet in books: in short, to become lifelong readers. With guided reading, teachers work with small groups of students whom they have assessed to be reading at similar levels, providing them with level-appropriate books and problem-solving guidance. The guided reading concept was originally developed by Marie Clay and others in New Zealand in the 1960s, and was developed further in the US by Fountas and Pinnell. Responsive teaching, they say, sends students a powerful message: "Reading is thinking." In addition to a deeper understanding of guided reading's complexity and implementation, the new edition focuses on the concept of responsive teaching, “those moment-to-moment decisions that teachers make as they observe and analyze their students’ behaviors,” which then lead to more support for readers. ![]() ![]() In the new edition, authors Irene Fountas-a Lesley professor-and Gay Su Pinnell use 20 years of insight and experience observing classrooms, trying new techniques, and talking with a variety of experts to remind and inform their readers of guided reading’s essential elements and its significant place in literacy learning. 20 Years of Teaching Children to Read for a Lifetime of Enjoyment and OpportunityĢ016 brought the publication of the second edition of Guided Reading, a seminal text that revolutionized the way children are taught reading throughout the United States.
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