The Benchmark levels are very high and not to my liking given that they are really to be used as to place readers with the right books. I will contact you off the list.
Troy Fredde On Oct 31, 2011, at 7:14 AM, MaryJo Costello <mcoste...@rhnet.org> wrote: > Troy > We are also very much a Fountas/Pinnell district and have been for many > years. We have already begun to use the Common Core. I feel I can share many > different thoughts which may be too lengthy for this list serve. You are > certainly welcome to contact me personally. However, I will say that the > listed independent benchmark levles seem very high. > Mary Jo Costello > Literacy Coach > mcoste...@rhnet.org > ________________________________________ > From: mosaic-bounces+mcostello=rhnet....@literacyworkshop.org > [mosaic-bounces+mcostello=rhnet....@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of > jayhawkrtroy fredde [jayhawkrt...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 11:13 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] Common Core and F & P > > I am on my district's literacy Taskforce. We are starting the task of > creating descriptors for each grade level for the implementation of Common > Core next year. This will include sight words students should know,(which I > am not keen on), what Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark level students should be > at, and exactly what a student should be able to do and use as far as > reading strategies. It must meet all Common Core Standards. We are a > district really pushing everything Fountas & Pinnell also, so we have their > LLI program and are starting to implement the Benchmark Assessment. We are > going to use the Fountas and Pinnell Continuum Of Literacy to help us do > this. I was wondering anyone out has put together this type of document in > their district yet and what it looked like. I would love an example to > look at. We are setting lofty standards. Here are our Independent Level > Goals for next year for the end of the year using F & P Benchmark. > K= Level D > 1st= Level J > 2nd= Level N > 3rd= R > 4th =U > 5th= X > > Troy Fredde > North Kansas City School District > Reading Specialist > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
