Hi Jacqueline,
Our school is smaller (1 or 2 classes per grade level). Without looking up the current F & P info -- the set we have included an 'alternate' binder so that you could make sure the student was working with unseen text (a new little book, that is, new to him or her). At that, one set (including the second binder) was adequate, in that they were housed on a shelf in one primary classroom. Because of the pressure during the several weeks prior to report card periods (due dates), you need to manage your class time well to get individual assessments done and get the binder back to its 'home' shelf each day. We keep the originals of the recording sheets in a separate small binder and plenty of copies (perhaps ten) in sleeves with each small assessment book in the big binder. So each teacher was probably in and out of that shelf several times over a three week period. People did need to mindful of the needs of others and there was pressure on the system in being the demand for the actual binder. Sometimes a teacher will just take out a group of ten or so of the books (plus sleeves with assessment pages), knowing that's the range they'd be working in that day, to leave the rest free for another teacher. There is a fair bit of informal communication between classrooms and over the staff room lunch table as to who is using what. To sum up, it took some good will and cooperation -- but the one set (with alternate) was adequate. It sounds like a school your size would need two? It was easy to use (if you are used to running records) . By data management you probably mean the single sheet on which a student's "level" is tracked over several years -- yes we used that. These were required by admin, but they were easy to keep up and also very useful. Only one cautionary note -- just occasionally you'd have a student whose home background was limited and he may need 'the alternate', being that maybe he's never been skating or what have you -- something a little too unfamiliar to be a fair assessment. Hope that helps, Linda Rightmire South central British Columbia, Canada >________________________________ > From: Jacqueline Brick <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:59:58 AM >Subject: [MOSAIC] fountas & Pinnell BAS > >Hello, > >Our school is considering purchasing the latest edition of the Fountas & >Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. We are not sure if we need to order one >kit per classroom, or one kit per grade level (we have 3 classes per grade >level) We currently use Reading A-Z Running Records and correlate them to >F&P, but want to know how F&P kit works. If you use F&P: > >Do we need one kit per grade level or one kit per teacher? >Is it easy to use? >Do you use the data management component? >Any information would be appreciated, as it is a huge expense and I want to >make sure it is worth it. > >Thanks, >Jacki >American School of Madrid >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >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 [email protected] 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
