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:

Are They Really Reading? by Jodi Marshall
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
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 by Karen Szymusiak, Franki Sibberson, and Lisa Koch
Catching Readers Before They Fall by Pat Johnson and Katie Keier
Close Writing by Paula Bourque
Craft Moves by Stacey Shubitz
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? by Cris Tovani
Good Thinking by Erik Palmer
In Defense of Read-Aloud by Steven Layne
In the Best Interest of Students by Kelly Gallagher
Living the Questions (Second Edition) by Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Power
Making Problems, Creating Solutions by Jill Ostrow
No More 'I'm Done!' by Jennifer Jacobson
Nonfiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey
On the Same Page by Janet Allen
Power Up by Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts
Reading with Meaning (Second Edition) by Debbie Miller
Reconsidering Read-Aloud by Mary Lee Hahn
Sharing the Blue Crayon by Mary Anne Buckley
Starting Strong by Katrin Blamey and Katherine Beauchat
Still Learning to Read (Second Edition) by Franki Sibberson and Karen Szymusiak
Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
TeamWork by Monique D. Wild, Amanda S. Mayeaux, and Kathryn Pilcher Edmonds
10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know by Jeff Anderson
Think Nonfiction! (Video) by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
Thinking Through Genre by Heather Lattimer
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
Zeroing in on Number and Operations Set by Anne M. Collins and Linda Dacey
Zeroing in on Number and Operations, Grades 1-2 by Linda Dacey and Anne M. Collins
Zeroing in on Number and Operations, Grades 3-4 by Linda Dacey and Anne M. Collins
Zeroing in on Number and Operations, Grades 5-6 by Anne M. Collins and Linda Dacey
Zeroing in on Number and Operations, Grades 7-8 by Anne M. Collins and Linda Dacey
Zeroing in on Number and Operations, Pre-K-K by Linda Dacey and Anne M. Collins