Study Guides

Our study guides focus on a specific book and contain the discussion points and activities that form the foundation for workshops and study groups built around the book. And if you haven't read a particular book, the study guides may help you decide if it is applicable to your teaching situation.

Below is a list of the study guides currently available for FREE online:

Above and Beyond the Writing Workshop by Shelley Harwayne
Activate by Katherine Mills Hernandez
Assessment in Perspective by Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan
The Author's Apprentice by Vicki Meigs-Kahlenberg
Balancing Reading and Language Learning by Mary Cappellini
Beat Boredom by Martha Sevetson Rush
Becoming a Literacy Leader, Second Edition by Jennifer Allen
Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had by Tracy Johnston Zager
Beyond Leveled Books, Second Edition by Karen Szymusiak, Franki Sibberson, and Lisa Koch
Brain Words by J. Richard Gentry, Ph.D and Gene P. Ouellette, Ph.D
The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition by Gail Boushey and Allison Behne
Catching Readers Before They Fall by Pat Johnson and Katie Keier
Close Writing by Paula Bourque
Craft Moves by Stacey Shubitz
From Curiosity to Deep Learning by Julie Coiro, Elizabeth Dobler, and Karen Pelekis
The Daily 5, Second Edition by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? by Cris Tovani
Early Childhood Math Routines by Antonia Cameron
Engaging Literate Minds by Peter H. Johnston, et al.
Everyday Editing by Jeff Anderson
Fair Isn't Always Equal, 2nd Edition by Rick Wormeli
Fair Isn't Always Equal, 2nd Edition by Rick Wormeli
Good Thinking by Erik Palmer
Hands Down, Speak Out by Kassia Omohundro Wedekind and Christy Hermann Thompson
In Defense of Read-Aloud by Steven Layne
In the Best Interest of Students by Kelly Gallagher
Intentional From the Start by Carolyn Helmers and Susan Vincent
Literacy Essentials by Regie Routman
The Literacy Workshop by Maria Walther and Karen Biggs-Tucker
Little Readers, Big Thinkers by Amy Stewart
Living the Questions, Second Edition by Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Power
Love the Questions by Cathy Fraser
Making Problems, Creating Solutions by Jill Ostrow
Mechanically Inclined by Jeff Anderson
Necessary Conditions by Geoff Krall
No More "I'm Done!" by Jennifer Jacobson
No More “How Long Does It Have to Be?” by Jennifer Jacobson
Nonfiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey
Not Light, But Fire by Mathew R. Kay
Number Sense Routines, Grades 3-5 by Jessica F. Shumway
Number Sense Routines, Grades K-3 by Jessica Shumway
On the Same Page by Janet Allen
Patterns of Power, Grades 1–5 by Jeff Anderson with Whitney La Rocca
Patterns of Power, Grades 6–8 by Jeff Anderson, Travis Leech, and Melinda Clark
Power Up by Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts
Practicing Presence by Lisa J. Lucas
Reading with Meaning, Second Edition by Debbie Miller
Reconsidering Read-Aloud by Mary Lee Hahn
Revision Decisions by Jeff Anderson and Deborah Dean
Rough Draft Math by Amanda Jansen
Sharing the Blue Crayon by Mary Anne Buckley
Shifting the Balance by Jan Burkins and Kari Yates
Start with Joy by Katie Egan Cunningham
Starting Strong by Katrin Blamey and Katherine Beauchat
Still Learning to Read, Second Edition by Franki Sibberson and Karen Szymusiak
Teaching Arguments by Jennifer Fletcher
TeamWork by Monique D. Wild, Amanda S. Mayeaux, and Kathryn Pilcher Edmonds
10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know by Jeff Anderson
Text Sets in Action by Mary Ann Cappiello and Erika Thulin Dawes
The Art of Comprehension by Trevor Bryan
Think Nonfiction! (Video) by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
Thinking Through Genre by Heather Lattimer
To Know and Nurture a Reader by Kari Yates and Christina Nosek
Understanding the Math We Teach and How to Teach It by Marian Small
Welcome to Writing Workshop by Stacey Shubitz and Lynne Dorfman
What Every Elementary Teacher Needs to Know About Reading Tests by Charles Fuhrken
When Writers Drive the Workshop by Brian Kissel
Who's Doing the Work? by Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris
Word Nerds by Brenda Overturf, Leslie Montgomery, and Margot Holmes Smith
Write Like This by Kelly Gallagher
Writing Clubs by Lisa Eickholdt and Patty Vitale-Reilly
Writing, Redefined by Shawna Coppola
Writing Rhetorically by Jennifer Fletcher
The Writing Thief by Ruth Culham