Fountas & Pinnell
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Lessons across the seven systems progress from level A (beginning reading in kindergarten) through level Z (represents competencies at the middle and secondary school level) on the F&P Text Level Gradient™.
LLI is designed to be used with small groups of students who need intensive support to achieve grade-level competency.
Each Level of LLI provides:
LLI is designed to be used with small groups of students who need intensive support to achieve grade-level competency.
Each Level of LLI provides:
- Combination of reading, writing, and phonics/word study.
- Emphasis on teaching for comprehending strategies.
- Explicit attention to genre and to the features of nonfiction and fiction texts.
- Special attention to disciplinary reading, literature inquiry, and writing about reading.
- Specific work on sounds, letters, and words in activities designed to help students notice the details of written language and learn how words "work."
- Close reading to deepen and expand comprehension.
- Explicit teaching of effective and efficient strategies for expanding vocabulary.
- Explicit teaching for fluent and phrased reading.
- Use of writing about reading for the purpose of communicating and learning how to express ideas for a particular purpose and audience using a variety of writing strategies.
- Built-in level-by-level descriptions and competencies from The Continuum of Literacy Learning, PreK-8 (2011) to monitor student progress and guide teaching.
- Communication tools for informing parents about what children are learning and how they can support them at home.
- Technology support for assessment, record keeping, lesson instruction, and home and classroom connections.
- Detailed analysis of the characteristics of text difficulty for each book.
For more information, visit the LLI Website