Fountas & Pinnell Leveling Information
Students are given the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment 3 times every school year- Fall, Winter and Spring. This assessment is used to find out a student's reading level along with their strengths and weaknesses as reader. The level expected for each grade level are as follows:
Grade Fall Winter Spring
K |
A |
B |
D |
1st |
E |
G |
J |
2nd |
J |
L |
M |
3rd |
N |
O |
P |
4th |
Q |
R |
S |
****Students that fall below expected levels in 1st- 3rd grade will be considered and possibly screened further for Title I services, which is extra reading intervention in addition to regular classroom instruction.
Click on the picture to see the ladder of Instructional Level Expectations