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Gay Su Pinnell
Alma materOhio State University
Scientific career
ThesisLanguage functions explorations of first grade students as observed in informal classroom environments (1975)

Gay Su Pinnell; is a professor Emerita in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She best known for her work with Irene Fountas on literacy and guided reading which lays the groundwork for the Fountas and Pinnell reading levels.

Education

Pinnell's parents were educators in Portales, New Mexico and Pinnell has an undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University.[1][when?] In 1975, Pinnell earned her Ph.D. from Ohio State University where she worked on language in 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 States'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

  • Fountas, Irene C.; Pinnell, Gay Su (1996). Guided reading : good first teaching for all children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ISBN 978-0435088637.
  • Fountas, Irene C.; Pinnell, Gay Su (2001). Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6 : teaching comprehension, genre, and content literacy. Portsmouth, NH. ISBN 0-325-00310-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Pinnell, Gay Su; Lyons, Carol A.; DeFord, Diane E.; Bryk, Anthony S.; Seltzer, Michael (1994). "Comparing Instructional Models for the Literacy Education of High-Risk First Graders". Reading Research Quarterly. 29 (1): 9–39. doi:10.2307/747736. ISSN 0034-0553.

Awards

  • Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education (1993)[14]
  • Hall of Fame, International Reading Association (1999)[15]
  • Alumni Medalist Award, Ohio State University Alumni Association (2016)[16]
  • Inaugural winner[17] of the Diane Lapp & James Flood Professional Collaborator Award, International Literacy Association (2018)[18]
  • International Reading Association’s Albert J. Harris Award [15]

References

  1. ^ Smith, Darron. "Donor Spotlight - MyENMU". my.enmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "The Harvard Educational Review - HEPG". www.hepg.org. Winter 1997. Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Thorpe, Stacy (2018-08-30). "Literacy Quick Guide: Tool for Responsive Literacy Teaching". www.middleweb.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ 32344992 (December 2019). "Philanthropist of the year Dr. Gay Su Pinnell". ENMU Green & Silver Magazine. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-09-23. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  14. ^ "Gay Su Pinnell Wins Dana Award". Gay Su Pinnell Wins Dana Award. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. ^ a b "Gay Su Pinnell (Inducted 1999) | Reading Hall of Fame". www.readinghalloffame.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  16. ^ "Pinnell headlines 2016 Alumni Award honorees". Pinnell headlines 2016 Alumni Award honorees. August 30, 2016. Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Literacy Leaders Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell Win ILA Diane Lapp & James Flood Professional Collaborator Award". www.hmhco.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved 2021-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Diane Lapp & James Flood Professional Collaborator Award | International Literacy Association". www.literacyworldwide.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
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