July 20. 2017
Educational conferences are wonderful opportunities to learn new teaching methods, make connections, and get refreshed for the upcoming school year. This year's International Literacy Association 2017 Conference was no exception! We heard from a lot of great speakers and educators from all over the world whose passion for education was truly inspiring.
Fountas and Pinnell held two powerful sessions at ILA this year: "Teaching for Coherence: A Design for Literacy Instruction" and "Responsive Teaching: Four Keys to Effective Decision Making Within the Guided Reading Lesson." Below are some of the most favored bits of wisdom we took away from those two discussions. We invite others to share their thoughts on these or anything else about their experience at ILA 2017.
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June 30. 2017
It's finally here! Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ is no longer just a glimmer in our eye. The beautiful books are NOW being printed and assembled with the lessons. It's getting ready to fill your shelves and enhance your instruction. More...
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Phonics
June 30. 2017
Readers need to engage in massive amounts of choice, independent reading.
June 23. 2017
What readers learn how to do on a short text they can take to their reading of a longer text in independent reading or book club discussions.
June 22. 2017
Independent Reading offers the opportunity for a student to develop tastes as a reader and to read a large number of self-selected books on his own, with the support of individual conferences with the teacher.
June 5. 2017
With teaching support, students meet the challenges of complex texts to the point where they can read them independently.
May 31. 2017
Your classroom is a laboratory where students learn how to be confident, self-determined, kind, and democratic members of a community.
May 26. 2017
Lessons are carefully planned and systematic; but there is always room for moment-to-moment adjustment given student response.
May 25. 2017
The language you use is the real key in helping readers build their independent processing power.
May 24. 2017
The better you know the students in your class, the more effective and more responsive you will be as a teacher of reading.
