Program Description

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a cohesive, multi-text approach to literacy instruction for all students in grades PreK–6. The System is designed to support whole-group, small-group and independent learning opportunities including: interactive read-aloud, reading minilessons, shared reading, phonics/spelling/word study lessons, guided reading, book clubs, and independent reading collections. Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ is rich with authentic texts, lessons or conferring cards, minilessons and professional tools & learning for a systematic, transformative approach to literacy instruction.

Cost

Can be purchased as bundles, by teachers or by grade level

Intended Population

• Any

Grade

• Pre-K
• Elementary School
• Middle School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Yes

Multisensory Applications

• No

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Advanced Placement

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

There is no research to date on the impact of the Fountas and Pinnell general education reading curriculum on students' literacy outcomes. The authors have used research from the reading literature to support the inclusion of various components in the curriculum.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence