Fountas & Pinnell Literacy

Guided Reading (GR)

Meet students where they are and lead them forward with intention and precision.

Guided Reading unlocks students’ comprehension skills through explicit instruction, scaffolded support, and engaging discussions. This carefully crafted approach helps students grow into independent readers who can read and understand a variety of texts.

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The FPC Guided Reading Collections allow you to build a guided reading collection with powerful, engaging, original books to advance each student's ability to process increasingly challenging books.

Boost comprehension, fluency, and foundational skills with small-group literacy instruction featuring daily opportunities for authentic phonics application. Engage students with exclusive, high-interest texts, while nurturing the skills essential for reading success.

New in the Second Edition (K-3):

  • A 180-day plan for literacy success
Experience a systematic 180-day suggested instructional plan that simplifies planning and increases confidence. Elevate teachers’ expertise and responsiveness throughout the year with guidance that takes the guesswork out of what to teach and when to teach it.
  • 15 impactful teaching routines for familiar teaching and learning

Embedded instructional routines in grades K–3 offer structured opportunities for students to apply their foundational skills, developed through a systematic phonics program. These instructional routines build student familiarity and ensure smooth instructional transitions for teachers.

  • Opportunities for foundational skills learning and application in every lesson
In grades K–3, Guided Reading offers a scope and sequence for daily phonics practice with high-quality texts. Research demonstrates that consistent, authentic skill application ensures lasting learning. Small-group instruction is essential for fostering growth as students read, write, and discuss texts together.
  • Student-facing eBook and audio book libraries with Guided Reading Digital
eBooks are available to enjoy in the classroom or at home. Take foundational skills learning further—and make learning stick for students with additional practice. Digital activities are available to reinforce learning. Utilize these activities for after-school learning, or use them as a part of your phonics station.
  • Professional development video collection

Teach lessons with confidence due to the detailed overview of each instructional routine.

Download the Guided Reading 2nd Ed Brochure   Download 2nd Ed Lesson Walkthrough

The scope and sequence chart outlines the foundational skills required for readers in grades K-3, including early literacy concepts, phonological and phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, phonics, high-frequency words, word structure, and word meaning/vocabulary. Use this chart to see where these skills are taught and practiced with the new K-3 editions of Shared Reading and Guided Reading.

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 3 Ways to Purchase: Choose the FPC Guided Reading Collection that fits your school/classroom and budgetary needs.

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.

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Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell are committed to the important role of research in the development and ongoing evaluation of Fountas & Pinnell Classroom (FPC).

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