Gay Su Pinnell

Gay Su Pinnell is a professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She has extensive experience in classroom teaching and field-based research, and in developing comprehensive approaches to literacy education. She has received the International Reading Association’s Albert J. Harris Award for research and the Charles A. Dana Foundation Award for her contributions to the field of education. She is also a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.

Together with Irene Fountas she has authored numerous books, videos, and websites with Heinemann that are considered standards in the field of literacy instruction and staff development. Their latest innovations are The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention and The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, a comprehensive assessment system for grades K–8. Visit http://www.fountasandpinnellleveledliteracyintervention.com/and http://www.fountasandpinnellbenchmarkassessment.com for details.

Fountas and Pinnell have influenced the classroom practices of teachers nationwide through bestselling titles such as:

• The Fountas & Pinnell Prompting Guide 1 (2008)
• When Readers Struggle (2008)
• The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Book List, K–8+ (2009–2011 Edition, Print Version)
• The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K–8 (2007)
• The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K–2 (2007)
• The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades 3–8 (2007)
• Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency: Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Reading, K–8  (2006)
• www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com
• Leveled Books, K–8: Matching Texts to Readers for Effective Teaching (2005)
• Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children (1996)
• Guiding Readers and Writers: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy (2001)
• Interactive Writing: How Language & Literacy Come Together, K–2 (2000)
• The Primary Literacy Video Collection Series of DVDs: Guided Reading; Classroom Management; and Word Study (2006)
• Word Matters: Teaching Phonics and Spelling in the Reading/Writing Classroom (1998)
• The Reader’s Notebook
• Help America Read and Coordinator's Guide (1997)

In addition, through Heinemann's firsthand line of classroom materials, Fountas and Pinnell have authored Phonics Lessons (Grades K, 1, and 2), Word Study Lessons (Grade 3), Sing a Song of Poetry, and their corresponding word and picture cards. These materials are used in thousands of classrooms throughout the country.

Fountas and Pinnell together present workshops nationwide on a variety of literacy-instruction topics through Heinemann Professional Development. Visit pd.heinemann.com for details.