Using Fountas & Pinnell Resources for Remote Learning

Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI), K–3

• Starting Friday, May 8, 2020, LLI teachers (K–5) who have an LLI account will have temporary, teacher-only, digital access to their LLI books via their Online Resources. (Look for the “LLI Books” tab in the blue navigation bar).
  
  
  
• A document titled, Suggestions to Support Literacy Instruction for Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Students, will be available on your Online Resources. This document provides suggested activities for you to consider as you support LLI student’s development remotely.
• We grant temporary permission for teachers to use the print or digital LLI books to support the suggested activities outlined in the document referenced above in a closed digital environment.
  
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Fountas & Pinnell Classroom (FPC)

Reading Minilessons (RML) K–6:

• Teachers who have purchased Reading Minilessons book and have registered for the corresponding Online Resources will have temporary, teacher-only digital access to their RML book via their Online Resources.
• We grant temporary permission for you to record a lesson in a closed digital environment using your print RML book or the temporary digital file of your RML
  
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Interactive Read Alouds (IRA) K-6

• Each of the FPC Interactive Read-Aloud Collections contain curated trade books from various authors and publishers. We do not hold the copyright to these books; however, many publishers and authors/illustrators have released statements regarding their copyright policy and guidelines for reading aloud in a closed platform. School Library Journal has a curated list of Publisher responses to copyright policy – we recommend you consult this list as you prepare your digital learning plan. 

Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System (PWS), K–4

• Starting Friday, May 8, 2020, PWS teachers (K–5) who have an PWS account will have temporary, teacher-only, digital access to their PWS lessons via their Online Resources.
• We grant temporary permission for teachers to use their print or digital PWS lessons in a closed digital environment to support your school/district policies and remote learning plan (example: screen share).
  
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Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Collection Guides

• Starting Friday, May 8, 2020, teachers who have an FPC account for each instructional context will have temporary, teacher-only, digital access to their FPC Collection Guides via their Online Resources.

Other Instructional Contexts:

• In the coming weeks, we will continue to release identified FPC resources in phases. As noted above, these resources will be added to the Online Resources and will be accessible to FPC educators who have previously purchased the resources. We will make an announcement via pearsoncanada.ca/FPLOnline and fountasandpinnell.com when new resources are live.

Benchmark Assessment System

Response to Administering Benchmark Assessment System During Remote Learning

Everything about the way you teach, the way you interact and engage with students has shifted suddenly and dramatically over the past several weeks. Under these unusual conditions, we do not recommend any kind of formal assessment. The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) was designed to be administered in person with an unseen text to gather evidence about a child’s literacy development.  The assessment was field tested for reliability and validity under these conditions. As a standardized assessment, in order to obtain fair and valid results, standardized procedures must be followed.  Without these conditions, the assessment is no longer reliable or valid.

We understand that many of you are still expected to report on end-of-year student achievement, so we recommend that you consult with your colleagues and school/district administrators for guidance. There is no one-size-fits-all solution during this time.

Alternative Measures

The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ team has gathered some ideas for alternative measures that you currently have at your disposal that may enable you to collect meaningful data points for each of your students. We hope these alternative measures can be used with relative ease to provide a snapshot of each students’ literacy learning.

1. Optional Assessments

• Optional Assessment Video Overview located under the “Videos” tab in your Online Resources.
• Review the Optional Assessments table of contents for BAS 1 and/or BAS 2 found here:
• BAS 1 Optional Assessments TOC
• BAS 2 Optional Assessments TOC
• Consider which measures/assessments might provide evidence of your teaching and learning goals and are most appropriate for your students.
• Optional Assessment Criteria: Scoring criteria for each optional assessment is provided, but use your professional judgment along with your school/district criteria to adjust as needed.
• Optional Assessments: Close to 50 optional assessments per system that address fluency and phrasing, phonics and word analysis, vocabulary, and vocabulary in context. Each assessment includes directions and student and/or teacher forms to download, print, or share.

2. Observational Notes

Use your observational notes during your interactions with students to gain behavioral evidence of children’s thinking about texts:

• Children’s talk about texts
• Children’s writing about texts (journals, writing, readers’ notebook, etc.)

3. Student Writing and Talk about Texts

Tools to measure student writing and talk about texts: 

• Analyzing Writing About Reading from Genre Study: Teaching with Fiction and Nonfiction Books
• Assessment of Letters in Reader’s Notebooks from Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency
• Systems of Strategic Actions for Processing Written Texts: Observational Notes from Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency (Talk Tool)

Collaborate with your colleagues on your school/district requirements. Use your own professional judgment about the best way to meet your school/district assessment policies in a fair and equitable way for all students.

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General Permission Guidelines

By reading or recording virtually, you agree to abide by the below guidelines:

• At the start of your live reading or recording, please mention that you are reading/using resources from or conducting a lesson from Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ or Leveled Literacy Intervention with permission from Heinemann.
• Recordings can only be placed in a closed digital or password protected environment to be shared exclusively with your student(s).
• Please remove and delete your recordings when your district/school resumes learning at school, or at the latest, Dec 31, 2020.

Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Educators and Caregivers

Daily Remote Learning Tip
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Remote Literacy Learning Suggestions from the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team
Practical methods to adapt Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™and Leveled Literacy Instruction (LLI)in a remote learning setting, as well as general literacy education best practices.

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Implementation Support Webinars

We are pleased to launch a new service to support our valued F&P customers.
Pearson is offering live webinars to help teachers achieve the greatest impact from their F&P resources. The sessions will take on an "ask us anything" format where participants can share questions and interact with others to develop a deeper understanding of responsive teaching and their F&P resources. These will be short sessions (40-60 minutes each) and registration will be capped at 15-20 to encourage participation and interaction.

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