Assignment 4 Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Program Logic Model

Program Description Abstract: The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention program is a literacy intervention program intended for students in grades k-2.  This program is designed for primary students who have difficulty with reading and writing.  It is structured around the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark reading assessment system.  Books are leveled according to the reading skills necessary for comprehension.  A gradient is used to show the appropriate level for each grade level from kindergarten to grade eight.  The Leveled Literacy Intervention program uses this same system of leveled books.  The LLI program's goal is to bring students who are below grade level to grade level.  In some cases students may even surpass grade level.   The Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) program is designed to provide short-term intensive support.  Students receive 30 minutes of small group instruction five times a week.  Groups are never more than four students, however, it is strongly encouraged to keep them at three students per group.  This intensive support lasts on average for 18 to 24 weeks.  Teachers take part in a three day training session and receive detailed lesson plans.  Each lesson last 30 minutes and is segmented into activities lasting between 5 and 15 minutes.  Teacher materials include Program and Lesson guides as well as prompting guides.  Activities include a wide array of games and strategy practice intended to develop phonemic and phonetic awareness, word study, writing skills, oral language and comprehension.  Student materials include a series of books which are leveled according to the F&P leveling system and correspond with the F&P Benchmark Assessment system. Students receive book/word bags to take home which contain a black-line master of the books read in class as well as word cards to be practiced at home.  Before students are allowed to take part in the program parents are contacted and the intensity of the program is explained.  Students are not to miss a class unless they are extremely ill.  If parents have an upcoming holiday planned and their child will miss several days of the program they will not be admitted.  In addition, LLI classes are never cancelled for field trips, assemblies etc.  Attendance and regular at home practice are important to the integrity of the program. Fountas & Pinnell state that their Leveled Literacy Intervention program will take primary students from below grade level to grade level in 18 weeks if the program is followed according to their guidelines.  They also affirm that students will maintain this grade level literacy standing throughout their elementary school years.