Educational Leadership

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Red System, Grade 3 (Levels L–Q)

LLI Red – Available October 2012

“Millions of American children get to fourth grade without learning to read proficiently. And that puts them on the dropout track.”

— Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, page 7 A KIDS COUNT Special Report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation © Annie E. Casey Foundation

* 45-minute lessons, 4 days a week for small groups of 4 students

* 24 lessons at each reading level, L–Q

* 144 original, high-interest leveled texts (60% nonfiction and 40% fiction)

* Novel study lessons to support sustained reading of literature

* Optional test preparation lessons

* 18–24+ weeks of explicit, intensive instruction, depending on the student’s entry level.

The LLI Red System provides:

Leveled Literacy Intervention is a K– 8+ intervention system authored by the preeminent authorities on literacy education, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell.