Fountas and Pinnell

WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND HOW CAN WE MOVE YOU FORWARD!!!
 Look Inside.
Unpack your box
Sticker the back of your books (not in yet)
Put them in the correct leveled folder
Save the calculator box :) The directions are on the
back OPTIONAL timing at J/DRA 18
Note one original per level
 Online Resources
Fountas and Pinnell Online Resources

http://resources.fountasandpinnell.com/
Your code is in the inside left cover of your Benchmark Assessment Guide.
We will log in at the end!

http://www.fountasandpinnell.com/
A great website to register it for updates and resources.

http://thankyou.heinemann.com/bas-third-edition-webinar
AWESOME WEBINAR about giving the F&P!
 The Why
The PURPOSE is...to show you a reflection of what your students can do
without your help. It is done on a cold read.

WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND HOW CAN WE MOVE YOU FORWARD!!!

Benchmark grades K-2, Levels A-N, OR DRA A-30

14 fiction and 14 nonfiction books
K-2 student chooses fiction or nonfiction for assessment

Benchmark grades 3-8+, LEVELS L-Z, OR DRA 24-50

15 fiction and 15 nonfiction books (L-N more mature selections)
3-5 Beginning of the year is fiction and end of year is nonfiction
 Where to Start
STICKY p. 16-19: Finding a place to start

Tools you may need:

Testing area
Books/kit
Copies of running records
F and P calculator, optional
Pencils
Teachers prepare before:
Read and know the text well
Become familiar with prompts and understandings
STICKY: p.29,33,34 Assessment Guide
Familiarize yourself with the comprehension conversation rubrics
Possibly do with kids!! p.29!
Explain the task to students, explain its not a speed test
Look over rubrics
 #1-Coding and Scoring
Make check mark on top for lower el (so kids are not distracted if you suddenly write
something), upper el ok to leave blank if they are fast
Anything above your written line is student talk
Repetitions, use R next to word, use arrow to where phrase started the repeat
Use R2 and R3 for additional repeats
Appeal: now a Y for You Try It
Errors: sounding it out, Spelling is Uppercase above line
Proper nouns are only counted once as an error. (names, titles)
Its/It is counts as one error, all contractions are only one error
Speech/dialect issues (ax for ask) are not errors
SCORING is big, lets save for another date!
 Analyzing Errors
Up to the point of error!

Meaning: Does the error have any impact on meaning of the story? Circle M

Structure: Does the error make sense grammatically up to the point of error?
Circle S

Visual: Does the printed text have visual similarity to the error? Circle V
Whats a COMPREHENSION CONVERSATION?

A COMPREHENSION CONVERSATION
moves from just accuracy to thinking in all 3 areas.

Gives you insight into their thinking BEYOND the

text, and ABOUT the text, as well as how they
summarize WITHIN the text.
 What is a conversation?
1. You say something.
2. Your friend comments on what you said.
3. You add more.
4. Your friend asks a question.
5. You answer and make another comment.
6. Your friend says more.

BACK AND FORTH BACK AND FORTH

#2-The Comprehension Conversation
Scoring Comprehension Conversations

A-K
L-Z
DRA A-20
DRA 24-50
2 scoring areas,
3 scoring areas,
6 points total
9 points total
 We are recording the INDEPENDENT level

STICKY: p. 44
Levels A-K- 95-100% accuracy with excellent or satisfactory comprehension
Levels L-Z - 98-100% accuracy with excellent or satisfactory comprehension
All 3 is the key
WITHIN the text
ABOUT the text
-Levels A-K (A-20)

WITHIN the text

ABOUT the text
BEYOND the text
-Levels L-Z (24-50)
Questioning within the 3
Student Thinking about all 3!
 M S V Information Sources
Meaning Structure Visual
Pictures Verbs/endings Punctuation
Concepts Irregular verbs Numbers
Characters Questions Font/spaces
Setting Adjectives Layout
Names of Objects Adverbs # of lines
Story prob/sol Patterns How words look
Text structure Sentence order
 Continuum/Assessment Book
Continuum Book: all levels A-Z.
Look inside both covers, wheels for reading and writing.
Sticky: p. 410 Guided Reading section (light blue tab) gives reading
behaviors at each level, informs you what to teach at that level to move
them to the next level
WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND HOW CAN WE MOVE YOU FORWARD!!!

Assessment Book
Sticky: p. 145 Assessment book talks about each book