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These indispensable instructional tools reveal the integrated and flexible systems of strategic actions that take place in a reader’s head.  These critical strategic actions are divided into three categories.

Thinking within the text involves efficiently and effectively understanding what’s on the page, the author’s literal message.  Thinking beyond the text requires making inferences and putting text ideas together in different ways to construct the text’s meaning.  In thinking about the text, readers analyze and critique the author’s craft.  Reading is thinking and student’s talk and writing about what they’ve read is evidence of that thinking – take a look.

These indispensable instructional tools reveal the integrated and flexible systems of strategic actions that take place in a reader’s head.  These critical strategic actions are divided into three categories.

Thinking within the text involves efficiently and effectively understanding what’s on the page, the author’s literal message.  Thinking beyond the text requires making inferences and putting text ideas together in different ways to construct the text’s meaning.  In thinking about the text, readers analyze and critique the author’s craft.  Reading is thinking and student’s talk and writing about what they’ve read is evidence of that thinking – take a look.

References are listed in this document for each of the 12 areas on the Systems of Strategic Actions (SOSA) graphic. The references provide a body of research underlying each of the 12 categories.

References are listed in this document for each of the 12 areas on the Systems of Strategic Actions (SOSA) graphic. The references provide a body of research underlying each of the 12 categories.

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Implementation Plan as you unpack, organize, and begin to implement FPC. The 3 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (FPC) is a first-of-its-kind, cohesive system for high-quality, classroom-based literacy instruction centered on a powerful principle: what we teach, we value; and what we value, we teach. Turning a vision into action requires a carefully laid out plan. Use this printable Interactive Implementation Plan as you unpack, organize, and begin to implement FPC. The 3 steps in this interactive plan are designed to put you, your students, and your school on the path to literacy success.

A FREE downloadable tool to use with your school community to reflect upon your school culture. 

This tool offers your team a chance to share their perspective on evidence of coherence and commitment, data-informed decision making, collaboration and collegiality, and cultural proficiency within the school. Use it to think about and evaluate the culture that currently exists and determine next steps for making it stronger.

This tool is one of DOZENS from Fountas and Pinnell's professional book, Leading For Literacy.

A FREE downloadable tool to use with your school community to reflect upon your school culture. 

This tool offers your team a chance to share their perspective on evidence of coherence and commitment, data-informed decision making, collaboration and collegiality, and cultural proficiency within the school. Use it to think about and evaluate the culture that currently exists and determine next steps for making it stronger.

This tool is one of DOZENS from Fountas and Pinnell's professional book, Leading For Literacy.