*Please note that the F&P scale is not a scientifically backed metric, simply an informal assessment to match students to appropriate books. See the reading level correlation chart to the left for how all of the leveling systems line up. I have included in the chart and book list below where the "grade levels" would fall, but I would not recommend using the grade levels as your primary leveling system. See above (or left- mobile vs desktop) for a description of each level (directly from Fountas and Pinnell). This makes it easier to find the just-right level book for a student and to have a clearer picture of how to challenge them to improve reading levels. "I read at a second grade level"), (b) it is easy to find the F&P level of a book with the technology we have (see websites and apps tab to learn how), and (c) it divides books into 28 levels- AA (pre-reader) through Z+ (Adult). I find this leveling system to be particularly useful because (a) it does not consistently remind underperforming students of their shortcomings (imagine a 4th grade student saying, "I'm a level K reader!" vs. Instead, I use a combination of standardized reading assessments and the informal Fountas and Pinnell reading level assessments. Not only are all students within a particular grade level completely different in terms of age and ability, but the "grade level" reading levels are incredibly broad and not specifically helpful. One common misconception is that there is a specific "grade level" reading expectation.
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Personally, I have used it at work to train authors, bloggers, and podcasters how to succeed at collaborative marketing. Why haven’t you read it?!? There is so much in this book! Swimmy shows his friends how-with ingenuity and team work-they can overcome any danger.” Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding. “ The gorgeous, Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a very clever fish by beloved picture book creator Leo Lionni.ĭeep in the sea lives a happy school of fish. Information put a premium on knowledge and brainpower, as well as on human creativity. As the American sociologist Daniel Bell put it in 1973, the new society was one where ‘what counts is not raw muscle power, or energy, but information’, where the new professionals would be producing immaterial goods. One thing that the computer revolution brought was a certainty that industrial society was changing, or even about to be finished. 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