Daily Lit Bit - 12/28/17

Shared reading can play an important role in expanding the systems of strategic actions using a variety of texts.

Daily Lit Bit - 12/27/17

Through commenting, demonstrating and questioning during interactive read-aloud, teachers can show readers how to express interpretations of texts.

Happy Holidays!

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

Q: Can a child look at the book during the comprehension conversation?

A: Yes. One purpose of the Benchmark Assessment System is to give you information to guide your instruction. If a child has to look back as a reminder it doesn’t necessarily mean the child doesn’t understand or remember. Perhaps the child doesn’t feel confident in his or her memory or talking about the text without that confirming look. Reinforcement and prompts to talk about texts without always looking back may build the child's confidence. The teacher needs to know the student and note such observations of behaviors that provide evidence of thinking and analyze the child’s thinking at that point in time.

Daily Lit Bit - 12/21/17

Students learn by applying what they know to the reading and writing of increasingly complex texts.

Ask Meli! December, 2017

It's time for school to break for the holidays, so Meli wanted to be sure to wish you all healthy, happy, and FUN days off! She received many letters over the past year, and every single one of them have filled her heart with joy. She's so happy to know that children all over the world are practicing their reading and writing, and enjoying it! Keep it up! 

Here are some questions from her friends at Woodland Elementary East in Gages Lake, Illinois. More...

Daily Lit Bit - 12/20/17

With observation and strong teaching, students will develop and build their reading power and capacity to process and deeply understand new texts.

Teacher Tip: Organizing for Reading Minilessons

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. When organizing your classroom for reading minilessons, designate wall space near the meeting area to display anchor charts with principles that children are currently learning and applying.

From Fountas & Pinnell Classroom System Guide by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Copyright (c) 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. Published by Heinemann.

Daily Lit Bit - 12/18/17

We want ongoing reading assessments to provide us with evidence that students are using systems of strategic actions across texts.

Season's Greetings from Fountas and Pinnell!