Re: I hate fountas and pinnell reading stations

It works!

Posted on 12/31/10

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I am in my ninth year of teaching and have always used the Balanced
Literacy/Fountas and Pinnell approach. I have had nothing but
success! If teachers continue to do what they have always done
then the education system will not progress as children and society
in general progress. Research proves that this system works. Does
the teacher have to do more work in the beginning? Yes! it is
worth it? Absolutely! Thanks for your support!!!!

On 5/01/09, dlynn wrote:
> I've been teaching for 10 years, and our school uses Fountas and
> Pinnell extensively. In fact, my classroom is one of the mentor
> classrooms for other teachers to observe. I have to say that my
> 2nd grade students never crawl around on the floor or act like
> monkeys during Guided Reading, Stations, or Independent Reading.
> In fact, they are capable of sitting for 45 minutes of
> Independent Reading time while I pull several groups. They
> participate in book discussion groups that require higher level
> critical thinking skills. It takes a lot of modeling in the
> beginning and having very clear expectations! My students
end
> the year on level and loving books! Hang in there and
truly try
> to figure it out

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