Book Clubs (BC)
Book clubs provide an opportunity for children to apply many of the literacy behaviors and understandings that they have learned through other instructional contexts: thinking within, beyond, and about a text; listening and understanding; interacting socially; engaging in extended discussions; and more.
As they bring together much of their learning in this one context, children find a sense of agency. The experience of exchanging ideas with their peers and co-constructing richer understandings of texts is genuinely rewarding.
The FPC Book Club Collections include 32 titles in grades K-3 and 48 titles in grades 4-6. They are organized into eight text sets, allowing teachers to conduct book clubs approximately once per month throughout the school year. The books in each text set will be connected by genre, theme, topic, author, or illustrator. A facilitator card is included for each Book Club title for teachers to support discussion with groups of readers.
Explore the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum
Proficient readers and writers display recognizable behaviors at every stage of literacy learning. When teachers notice, teach, and support these behaviors, they link assessment to responsive teaching. This indispensable literacy tool identifies the behaviors that demonstrate thinking and understanding within, beyond, and about a text. These behaviors are described as continua of learning across eight instructional contexts.
Explore what the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum is, what’s included, how it’s implemented, and gain access to samplers, research, webinars, and more.
