TRT Podcast#63: Reaction to Fountas & Pinnell #7 – Do Fountas and Pinnell promote “balanced literacy?”
Fountas and Pinnell are steering clear of the label “balanced literacy.” But should they? Do they deserve the label?
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Related resources
- Fountas & Pinnell’s series: Just to Clarify
- Emily Hanford’s response: Influential authors Fountas and Pinnell stand behind disproven reading theory
- Mark Seidenberg’s response: Clarity about Fountas and Pinnell
- My blog post: The difference between balanced and structured literacy
- Unbalanced comments on balanced literacy, by Timothy Shanahan on Reading Rockets
- Balanced Literacy’s Crumbling Foundation, by Margaret Goldberg on Reading Rockets
- At a Loss for Words, by Emily Hanford
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