Recorded Webinar Series

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Systems
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 6

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality classroom-based literacy instruction. This new system, developed by master educators and best-selling authors, Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, is designed to change the landscape of reading instruction and to ensure the right of every student to lead a literate life. In this four-part webinar series, Fountas and Pinnell-trained consultant, Chrisie Moritz, will present a vision for lifting students' literacy learning through authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, and writing. Throughout the interactive sessions, . . . more>>

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Interactive Read-Aloud Collection
Recommended Grade Level: Grades PreK - 3

Interactive read-aloud promotes the joy of reading, expands children's vocabulary, and increases their ability to think, talk, and write about texts that fully engage their interest. Participants in this four-part series will learn more about the values of this powerful instructional context, how to use The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum to observe children for evidence of their reading behaviors, and how to use the Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Interactive Read-Aloud Collection to engage children's thinking through high-quality texts. During this series, participants will. . . more>>

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Systems
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 2

Explicit instruction in phonics, spelling, and word study is needed to help students attend to, learn about, and efficiently use sounds, letters, and words. This four-part webinar series will help teachers understand and work with a continuum of learning about letters, sounds, and words and explore ways to implement the Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System and incorporate word study throughout the various instructional contexts of Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™.

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Shared Reading Collection
Recommended Grade Level: Grades PreK - 3

Shared reading provides successful, enjoyable, social experiences around texts that build community in the classroom. It offers the opportunity to nurture students' abilities to construct meaning in a supported context and learn critical concepts of how texts work. Throughout this four-part interactive series, Fountas and Pinnell-trained consultant Chrisie Moritz will explore ways to use shared reading to build community amongst students as well as help students build an early reading process and develop a strong foundation of letters, sounds, and words.

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Guided Reading Collection
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 2

Guided reading is a powerful small-group instructional context in which a teacher supports each reader's development of systems of strategic actions for processing new texts at increasingly challenging levels of difficulty. Through discussion, reflection, and video examples, participants in this four-part webinar series will learn how to use guided reading to meet students where they are and lead them forward with intention and precision teaching.

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ The Reading Minilessons Book
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 3

Reading minilessons are short, concise, purposeful lessons with a practical application in a specific area of literacy. There are four types of minilessons: Management, Literary Analysis, Strategies & Skills, and Writing About Reading. Throughout this interactive series, Fountas and Pinnell-trained consultant Chrisie Moritz will explore each type of minilesson, how they connect to The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, and how the minilessons use texts from interactive read-aloud as mentor texts.

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Book Clubs Collection Guide
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 3

Book clubs bring a small group of students together to talk about a book they have each chosen to read. These enjoyable community experiences deepen readers’ appreciation for a common text, extend their thinking as they process and interpret the perspectives and opinions of their peers, expand their ability to express their ideas orally, and provide an authentic context for applying the norms for listening and speaking and for using academic language. Throughout this four-part series, participants will explore how to organize and implement book clubs and how to facilitate authentic discussion about a common text.

Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Based on their PD resource, Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Independent Reading Collection
Recommended Grade Level: Grades K - 3

Independent reading offers students the chance to read, write about, talk about, and enjoy self-selected texts. It is nested within an instructional framework of minilessons, conferring, and sharing. Throughout this interactive series, Fountas and Pinnell-trained consultant Chrisie Moritz will help participants explore how to support student choice during independent reading as well as explore how to have authentic and meaningful conversations with students that will move them forward in their reading competencies.