http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=52 Teacher's Lounge - Fountas & Pinnell - Are LLI lessons scripted? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:13:16 GMT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:13:16 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=52
Here are some answers to your questions:
1. LLI is the antithesis of a script. Rather it is a system for enhancing teacher expertise and supporting children’s improvement in literacy. We have designed our materials to help teachers learn more about making the most effective decisions for their children, helping them become better observers of reading and writing behaviors. The most powerful teaching fits the precise needs of the learners. The LLI Lesson Guides provide teachers with background information, suggestions, and tools for making good decisions specific to the children they teach. We provide a variety of tools to support effective teacher decision making. We find that some teachers need more support and others less support depending on their experience and knowledge of the reading process. We provide a predictable lesson framework within which the teacher needs to make decisions that fit the children. We begin with an analysis of text characteristics so teachers can learn about and think about the features of the text as they support and challenge readers. We include behaviors and understandings to notice, teach for, and support at every level so the teacher can consider the specific strengths and needs of the readers in relation to the suggestions given in the Lesson Guide. In addition, we provide professional development suggestions and information specific to consider in teaching English Language Learners in each lesson. There are other tools to support decision-making provided in the system as well. The Prompting Guide is a tool for the teacher to use in making decisions about supporting each reader and in selecting teaching points. The Continuum page at the end of each level provides the competencies the teacher will keep in mind as she teaches within each lesson and makes the decision to move a child to the next level. In addition, there is an extensive professional resource, When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works that supports the teachers’ knowledge, and a Professional Development DVD to support teacher expertise in coding, analyzing reading behaviors, using the information to inform teaching, and teaching effective lessons. In sum, LLI provides a powerful system of professional development so that teachers can learn more about teaching through using it and have a structure for teaching that promotes the differentiation of instruction so students can make accelerated progress and reach the competencies of grade level readers. We hope you will take a look at the materials to understand this description more fully.

2. You will find that the books that come with the system should be adequate. If you find that you need for than the number of books at each level you can move to the other system to get more books and lessons at that level, but that would be rare.

3 & 4. If a student is not making progress with excellent teaching and consistent daily lessons in LLI in addition to small group classroom instruction the student may need an evaluation to diagnose any type of processing difficulties.

5. The components are available separately but it is far more economical to buy the system. See the LLI order form for ordering information.

6. It is not ideal to share a system as you may need some of the same levels at the same time. Also the other components that come with the system are designed for one teacher. If you find you must share at first you may get additional components separately.

7. You can read about the existing and ongoing research on LLI by checking in on our website frequently.

Our best, Gay and Irene]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:13:16 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=52
Contributed by: Lori]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:25 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=52
LLI is the antithesis of a script. Rather, it is a system for enhancing teacher expertise and supporting children’s improvement in literacy. We have designed our materials to help teachers learn more about making the most effective decisions for their children, helping them become better observers of reading and writing behaviors. The most powerful teaching fits the precise needs of the learners. The LLI Lesson Guides provide teachers with background information, suggestions, and tools for making good decisions specific to the children they teach. We provide a variety of tools to support effective teacher decision making.

We find that some teachers need more support and others less support depending on their experience and knowledge of the reading process. We provide a predictable lesson framework within which the teacher needs to make decisions that fit the children. We begin with an analysis of text characteristics so teachers can learn about and think about the features of the text as they support and challenge readers. We include behaviors and understandings to notice, teach for, and support at every level so the teacher can consider the specific strengths and needs of the readers in relation to the suggestions given in the Lesson Guide. In addition, we provide professional development suggestions and information specific to consider in teaching English Language Learners in each lesson. There are other tools to support decision-making provided in the system as well. The Prompting Guide is a tool for the teacher to use in making decisions about supporting each reader and in selecting teaching points. The Continuum page at the end of each level provides the competencies the teacher will keep in mind as she teaches within each lesson and makes the decision to move a child to the next level. In addition, there is an extensive professional resource, When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works that supports the teachers’ knowledge, and a Professional Development DVD to support teacher expertise in coding, analyzing reading behaviors, using the information to inform teaching, and teaching effective lessons.

In sum, LLI provides a powerful system of professional development so that teachers can learn more about teaching through using it and have a structure for teaching that promotes the differentiation of instruction so students can make accelerated progress and reach the competencies of grade level readers. We hope you will take a look at the materials to understand this description more fully.

Our best, Irene and Gay]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:59:03 GMT http://heinemann.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=52
Contributed by: Joan Lewis]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:32:08 GMT