Literacy Leveled Library
Lakshmi Valdes
What is the LLI KIT
 The Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention System
(LLI) is a small-group, supplementary literacy
intervention designed to help teachers provide powerful,
daily, small-group instruction for the lowest achieving
students at their grade level.
 Through systematically designed lessons and original,
engaging leveled books, LLI supports learning in both
reading and writing, helps students expand their
knowledge of language and words and how they work.
 The goal of LLI is to bring students to grade level
achievement in reading.
Targeting Levels for
Interventions
System
Grade
Reading Level
No. of LISD
Campuses with
the Systems
Orange System
Kindergarten
A-C
0
Green System
First Grade
A-J
12
Blue System
Second Grade
C-N
11
Red System
Third Grade
L-K
6
Gold System
Fourth Grade
0-T
0
Purple System
Fifth Grade
R-W
0
Lessons
 Lessons across the seven systems
progress from level A (beginning
reading in kindergarten) through level Z
(represents competencies at the middle and
secondary school level) on the F&P Text
Level Gradient™. Header
Alignment to Strategic Timeline
1.5 Design a system that reinforces student risk-taking,
creativity, innovation, and thinking outside the box,
rewarding growth in knowledge rather than regurgitation of
information.
3.1 Use relevant and innovative real world applications to
develop problem solving skills while still applying TEKS
readiness standards to current courses.
Rationale
 Data collected from the elementary campuses during the year 20122013 indicates that we have an estimate of 1513 students that are in
Tier II and Tier III due to literacy needs.
 Data collected from the elementary campuses during the year 20122013 indicates that 105 students that were referred for dyslexia did
not meet the identification criteria.

The LLI Kits will be used to support the students in LISD who are
in Tier II and Tier III due to Literacy needs.
 The classroom teacher, Literacy Dyslexia Interventionists, Literacy
Specialist and any other support personnel at the campuses will use
the kits.
2013-2014
Implementation
 Lakshmi Valdes (Literacy Intervention Supervisor) facilitated
Kathy Northcutt (Consultant, Fountas and Pinnell) who
provided professional learning on the Leveled Literacy
Intervention System for 50 elementary interventionists and
classroom teachers.
 Mrs. Valdes provided a series of professional learning on
Response to Intervention to elementary assistant principals,
RTI facilitators, Literacy Coaches, Counselors and Literacy
Dyslexia Interventionist.
 Ms. Valdes has been working with a RTI committee to
support the district RTI process and the appropriate
interventions and assessments to monitor students’ progress.