Book Study Guides
Whether you’re reading independently or with colleagues, our free study guides offer reflection questions and classroom connections to help you explore the six shifts and apply your learning.
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What you’ll find in each free guide
Guide readers through each of the six shifts, one at a time.
Connect the reading to real instructional decisions and practice.
Record what your team decides to change and carry forward.
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Explore the six shifts for beginning readers through guided reflection and practical connections to K–2 instruction. Use the free guide independently or with colleagues.
GET THE FREE K–2 GUIDE
Explore the six shifts for developing readers through guided reflection and practical connections to grades 3–5 instruction. Use the free guide independently or with colleagues.
GET THE FREE 3–5 GUIDEBehind the Books
Classroom teacher, literacy coach, and district and state literacy leader turned author of eleven books who now works with educators around the world.
Author, literacy consultant, and co-creator of Shifting the Balance, drawing on experience as a teacher, principal, and district leader.
Former classroom teacher, professor, university program director, and literacy consultant connecting research with joyful classroom practice.
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