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The Fountas and Pinnell Assessment System is one way our district identifies a student's reading level. The assessment provides valuable information about reading accuracy, comprehension, fluency, and more. This is just one tool used to determine your child's strengths and weaknesses in reading.
The grade-level goals on the F&P Text Level Gradient are intended to provide general guidelines.
If a word is hard to say, add a note next to it showing how to pronounce it. Use context to help you figure out words you don’t know.
Think about the rate you will read your lines. You may change your rate to show your character is in a rush or slowly figuring things out.
Think about what your character is like. Then read your lines with feeling. Use your voice, face, and hands to help show how your character feels.
Look carefully at the punctuation for clues about which words go together and where to pause as you read.
Think about how your voice may change as you read your lines. Look at the punctuation for clues about whether to make your voice go up or down.