I posted this monthly F&P chart a while ago. Maybe the link doesn't work or
people didn't notice it?
http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials/bas/ProgressMonitoring.pdf
It shows expected grade level performance for 10 months of the year.
You can do a running record on any text. 100+ words is usually sufficient to
give an idea of the reading. The F&P level is the same as a Guided Reading
level. Some reasons to sometimes do a more formal Benchmark assessment is
that it offers a more definite leveling than many trade books, and it has a
comprehension component that some might feel more comfortable with than
creating their own comprehension check. There are rubrics out there to help
with general comprehension feedback. You might choose to do an F&P BAS
assessment for report cards, or when you need more definitive data.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Stevens" <sstev...@maustonschools.org>
To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 8:49 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] F & P Monthly Check
I have seen many requests for monthly benchmarks. My question about this
is--how do you determine the FP level on a monthly basis? Surely you
wouldn't do the benchmark every month, would you? That to me would seem
to be over testing on the benchmark. But how else do you determine the
students' level unless you are actually doing the benchmark?
Also, how would have the time to do a monthly FP benchmark? You'd be
spending all your time doing the assessment. I must be missing something.
Sandy
4th grade teacher
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