Reading Professional Development Books for Teachers K-12
With proven best practices, a deep research base,
and a passion for child-centered instruction, our professional books are
created by real teachers in real classrooms who document their most
successful teaching methods.
To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff
Teaching practices to build students' prior knowledge, a key component to reading comprehension.
Grades 6-12
A framework for improving students' critical reading skills using five questions to ask any text.
Grades 6-12
The Reading Strategies Book 2.0
Your trusted, research-aligned companion for any K–8 reading classroom—no matter your curriculum, subject area, or instructional approach.
Grades K-8
Understanding Texts & Readers
Understanding Texts & Readers makes comprehension make sense.
Grades 1-8
A guidebook for teachers on how to find and protect time for
reading in every day, along with the practices that nurture a
long-lasting love of reading.
Grades 3-8
Reading Nonfiction helps students become sophisticated, skillful, and savvy readers who can evaluate the truth of nonfiction.
Grades 4-8
When Kids Can't Read–What Teachers Can Do,
Second Edition
Reading matters because it changes us. It changes the way
we think, the way we see the world, the way we process
information and dream new thoughts.
Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work in the
bestselling 180 Days by exploring their beliefs and
strategies for teaching four essential literacy
practices: essay, poetry, book clubs, and digital
composition.
With Culturally Sustaining Practice as its foundation,
Textured Teaching shares lesson design strategies that
build traditional literacy skills while supporting
students in developing their social justice skills at
the same time.
Letter Lessons and First Words
A research-based vision of what lively, engaging phonics instruction can look like, along with practical, classroom-tested tools to make it happen in your classroom.
