The Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Book Clubs Collection
Activate student agency and connect learning with books that stir captivating discussion
Book Clubs provide an authentic opportunity for children to apply many of the literacy behaviors and understandings that they have learned through other instructional contexts: thinking within, beyond, and about a text; listening and understanding; interacting socially; engaging in extended discussions; and more. As they bring together much of their learning in this one context, children find a sense of agency. The experience of exchanging ideas with their peers and co-constructing richer understandings of texts is genuinely rewarding.
What is it?
Book clubs provide an opportunity for children to apply many of the literacy behaviors and understandings that they have learned through other instructional contexts: thinking within, beyond, and about a text; listening and understanding; interacting socially; engaging in extended discussions; and more. As they bring together much of their learning in this one context, children find a sense of agency. The experience of exchanging ideas with their peers and co-constructing richer understandings of texts is genuinely rewarding.
Who is it for?
The Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Book Club Collection is for the classroom teacher who wants to encourage agency and stir in-depth discussion in students, grades K–6. This context is implemented during small-group literacy instruction where the children discuss a self-selected book that they have read and the teacher supports them during their discussion.
What is inside?
Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Book Clubs Collection Guide
A brief guide that provides an overview of the components and implementation of the FPC Book Clubs Collection
Book Club Books (6 copies of each trade title)
Book clubs provide an authentic opportunity to bring students together for in-depth discussion of captivating trade books they have self-selected and read. Book clubs help students extend thinking, learn more about themselves as readers, and grow as thoughtful users of literacy.
Book Club Discussion Cards
Discussion cards provide an overview of each book feature and instructional support to utilize as teachers support groups of readers during their discussion.
Inquiry Overview Cards
Inquiry Overview Cards (1 per text set) that feature a brief overview of the text set, opportunities to think across books, or an essential question and big ideas to guide thinking and discussion, as well as a menu of projects to encourage exploration and inquiry.
FPC Book Club Online Resources
The resources needed for each book club, including:
- PDF of each discussion card
- Video Library
How is it implemented?
Books clubs are meant to be done in small groups during which children meet and discuss a book that they have all read or listened to and share their thinking on what they read. The texts may be beyond children’s reading level. The instructional focus is on constructing meaning through language and print.