The boxes have arrived. The space has been made. Now it’s time to organize the materials that will transform your classroom, your teaching, and the literacy lives of your students. Welcome to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™!
The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team knows how daunting this task might be, so we’ve come up with a step-by-step Interactive Implementation Plan for organizing your Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) materials. Below is a quick summary, but to get the full benefit of the plan click HERE and print it out for you and your colleagues.
Step 1: Unpack Your System
Using this visual step-by-step guide—together with your implementation goals—unpack inventory, and get to know your FPC books and resources. Thoughtful and intentional unpacking will help you prepare for efficient organization and implementation. In this step you will have the opportunity to unpack and inventory your FPC, and familiarize yourself with the resources in each instructional context using the tools provided in the Interactive Implementation Plan. In this step, you will have an inventory sheet and colored pictures of the components in each context with clear directions on how to organize them.
Step 2: Organize Your Classroom
The classroom is a place of joy, activity, and continuous inquiry. As you plan the layout of your classroom, consider how to incorporate three types of learning spaces: an area for whole-group instruction and gatherings; an area for small-group instructions and discussions; and areas for students to work independently. The Interactive Implementation Plan will allow you to explore and envision how to plan the layout of your classroom; consider suggestions and examples for arranging your classroom; and organize learning tools to optimize effective teaching and learning.
Step 3: Implement your Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
As you implement FPC, you will be creating a warm and inviting, yet functional, space that supports the classroom community. As you organize your classroom and prepare to teach with FPC, consider how your space, materials, literacy time and planning work together to enhance learning across the day, and what professional learning will elevate your expertise. In step 3 of the Interactive Implementation Plan you will have the opportunity to create a “getting started” period with FPC, get to know The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum; and identify a professional learning path.
Turning a vision into action requires thoughtful planning and organizing. FPC is a literacy system that allows you to operationalize your vision. Use this Interactive Implementation Plan to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.
~The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy™ Team
