This is a BIG deal: Fountas and Pinnell Say Librarians Should Guide Readers by Interest, Not Level

For quite some time now, librarians have been saying - let us recommend books that students are interested in reading... and, I'll be honest it felt like maybe nobody was listening. If they were listening it felt like maybe they did not believe us.

And now we have some heavy-hitters in the literacy and reading education world saying, "Hey, let librarians recommend books that students are interested in!"

Yah!
This makes me so very happy.
And yes, this is a very BIG deal.

Read On!
Ms. J.

link to the full article: http://www.slj.com/2017/10/literacy/fountas-pinnell-say-librarians-guide-readers-interest-not-level/