Gay Su Pinnell

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Gay Su Pinnell
Born(1944-06-28)June 28, 1944
Alma materOhio State University
Scientific career
Thesis Language functions explorations of first grade students as observed in informal classroom environments  (1975)

Gay Su Pinnell (born June 28, 1944) is an American educational theorist and a professor emerita at the School of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University. She is best known for her work with Irene Fountas on literacy and guided reading, a teaching framework that laid the groundwork for the Fountas and Pinnell reading levels.

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Education

Pinnell's parents were educators in Portales, New Mexico and Pinnell has an undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University. [1] In 1975, Pinnell earned her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University where she worked on the language with first-grade students. [2] In 2018, Lesley University awarded Pinnell an honorary doctorate to recognize her contributions to childhood literacy. [3]

Career

Working with Irene Fountas, Pinnell developed a system of guided reading for teachers which assigns letters (A through Z, commonly known as the Fountas and Pinnell reading levels) to students based on their reading ability and comprehension. [4] [5] Their work is also known as leveled reading, [6] and establishes guidelines to identify books for children by reading level. [7] Pinnell's books include Guided Reading Good First Teaching for All Children that was reviewed by Harvard Educational Review, [8] Literacy Quick Guide for pre-K to 8th grade, [9] and Matching Books to Readers that was reviewed by Education Review. [10]

Pinnell also contributed financially to literacy programs for young children, including multiple contributions to Ohio State's Literacy Collaborative [11] and she endowed the Mary Fried Endowed Clinical Professorship at Ohio State University in 2020. [12] Eastern New Mexico University named her Philanthropist of the Year in 2019. [13]

Selected publications

Awards

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References

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  2. ↑ Pinnell, Gay Su (1975). Language functions explorations of first-grade students as observed in informal classroom environments (Thesis).
  3. ↑ "Sen. Elizabeth Warren to speak at Commencement | Lesley University". lesley.edu. April 10, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ↑ Parrott, Kiera (October 12, 2017). "Fountas and Pinnell Say Librarians Should Guide Readers by Interest, Not Level". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. ↑ "Guided Reading". teacher.scholastic.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. ↑ Pondiscio, Robert (2019-09-10). "Come to Jesus". Education Next. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, Nancy (August 2011). "August | 2011 | Children's Literature at the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" . Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  8. ↑ "The Harvard Educational Review - HEPG". www.hepg.org. Winter 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  9. ↑ Thorpe, Stacy (2018-08-30). "Literacy Quick Guide: Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching". www.middleweb.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  10. ↑ "Matching Books to Readers: Using Leveled Books in Guided Reading, K-3". Education Review. 1999. ISSN   1094-5296.
  11. ↑ Kiplinger Ciccone, Janet (December 11, 2020). "Pinnell adds $2M to $7.5M children's literacy gift". Pinnell adds $2M to $7.5M children’s literacy gift. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Benjamin (July 9, 2020). "Professor emerita donates $7.5M to Ohio State's College of Education and Human Ecology". Professor emerita donates $7.5M to Ohio State’s College of Education and Human Ecology. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  13. ↑ "Philanthropist of the year Dr. Gay Su Pinnell". ENMU Green & Silver Magazine. December 2019. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  14. ↑ "Gay Su Pinnell Wins Dana Award". Gay Su Pinnell Wins Dana Award. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. 1 2 "Gay Su Pinnell (Inducted 1999) | Reading Hall of Fame". www.readinghalloffame.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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